Archive · 19 Nov 2025
India's CPI Data Collection to Go Digital with CAPI Tablets from 2023
Starting next year, India will use tablets to collect data for the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures retail inflation.
This change is expected to make data collection faster and more accurate.
The government is currently testing this new method and plans to fully implement it by January 2023.
Additionally, a new CPI with a 2024 base year will be released in 2026 using the same digital method.
Government to use tablets for CPI price collection from 2023
Pilot testing underway since November to iron out issues
New CPI with 2024 base year to be released in 2026 using CAPI tablets
Shift from paper-based to digital data collection for improved accuracy
CAPI tablets already used in many National Sample Survey and National Statistics Office surveys
- Who
- Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- What
- Implementing CAPI tablets for CPI price collection
- When
- From January 1, 2023, with pilot testing since November 2022
- Where
- India
- Why
- To improve accuracy and speed of data collection
- Current Method
- Paper-assisted personal interviews
- New Method
- Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI) using tablets
- Implementation Date
- January 1, 2023
- Pilot Testing
- Underway since November 2022
- New CPI Release
- January 2026 with 2024 base year
