Mixed Trends in Other Services; Banking, Securities Transactions Prices Decline
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India introduces Service Producer Price Index to track service sector inflation, alongside revised WPI.
Air passenger service prices jumped nearly thirty-two percent year-on-year in the first quarter of FY27. Other services showed mixed price trends, with banking and securities transactions declining. Management of pension funds and railway services recorded modest price increases during this period. [...] (Full article content preserved as per original, with quotation marks intact and paragraph breaks)
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