What the Rupee Is Worth Today (Purchasing Power)

Why this matters

Inflation is reported as a monthly percentage, which is easy to hear and hard to feel. This is the same story told as money: what is left of a hundred-rupee note after fifteen years of price rises.

Economy: Sustained inflation transfers value from anyone holding rupees, savers and salaried workers above all, to borrowers and to holders of land, gold and foreign currency. It is the mechanism behind the shift into those assets.

For you: If your pay has risen by less than prices have, this is the gap. It is also why a salary that looked adequate a few years ago no longer covers the same month.