The base year for consumer price index has now been revised from 1982 to _____.

1990

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1991

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1996

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2001

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Solution

The correct option is D 2001
Government is always set to modify index and base year to calculate DA. The last revisionin the base year was in 2006 by the Sixth Central Pay Commission from 1982 to 2001.

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