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The India's commerce and industry ministry has started the exercise to revise base year to 2017-18 for computation of wholesale inflation with a view to present more realistic picture of the price situation

In May last year, the government revised the base year for WPI-based inflation to 2011-12 to give a better indication of changes in prices of commodities.

The new index, with 2017-18, is expected to have new items, which would provide a more realistic picture of price rise and its impact on people.

Most of the additions could be in the manufactured products category. Currently, the index has a total of 697 items, including primary articles, fuel and power and manufactured products.

The chemical name of common salt is Sodium Chloride with a chemical formula NaCl.

We know that, peninsula is a piece of land that surrounded by water on three sides.  Hence, it is what A piece of land almost surrounded by water i.e, three sides water and one side land.

Cerebrum is the largest region of the brain.

One of the thing that progressive support would be: Direct election of senators.

The progressive wanted this so they could the candidate based on the person and not the party.
Direct election of senators will make it easier for them to elect the person that represent their value for the position.

Plants wilt due to excess of Transpiration.