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Netflix, Uber enter India's CPI basket
Mint Hyderabad
|January 30, 2026
From Ubertrips to Netflix subscriptions and digital devices, India will soon start counting a host of new goods and services to determine its retail inflation.
Simultaneously, items such as video cassette recorders and audio cassettes will be removed from the consumption basket, relics of entertainment that have disappeared from India's living rooms long ago. India will shift to a new consumer price index (CPI) series index with 2024 as the base year from 12 February, the Union statistics ministry said on Thursday. This comes after an expert group recommended a comprehensive overhaul
This story is from the January 30, 2026 edition of Mint Hyderabad.
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