{
  "id": 1208382,
  "title": "FinMin nudges ministries to use PPI for rate adjustments in govt contracts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/finmin-nudges-ministries-to-use-ppi-for-rate-adjustments-in-govt",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-16T05:24:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Standard IN",
    "slug": "business-standard-in",
    "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/finance/news/finmin-nudges-ministries-to-use-ppi-for-rate-adjustments-in-govt-contracts-126081600132_1.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Department of Expenditure, in a communication to all ministries and departments, said that PPI is a more internationally accepted index compared to WPI used in government contracts",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times - Economy",
        "title": "Finance ministry asks ministries to move from WPI to PPI in future contracts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/finance-ministry-asks-ministries-to-move-from-wpi-to-ppi-in-future",
        "published": "2026-08-16T06:44:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}