RBI governor rules out spike in inflation due to Budget proposals

Retail inflation spiked to 7.59% in December 2019, the highest since May 2014, government data released earlier this week showed.

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· Feb 15, 2020 · 05:49 pm

Wholesale inflation rose to 3.1% in January as food articles continued to become dearer

Primary goods as a category became dearer by 10.01%, compared to January 2019.

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· Feb 14, 2020 · 01:04 pm

Wholesale inflation rose to 2.59% in December, onion prices up 455% in a year

Petrol prices rose by as much as 69.69%, mirroring the increase in retail prices of the fuel, which stood at 60.5% in December.

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· Jan 14, 2020 · 01:14 pm

Priyanka Gandhi criticises Centre for rising inflation, says ‘BJP has picked pockets of poor’

Congress leader P Chidambaram, meanwhile, said the sliding economy is an even greater threat to India than the Citizenship Amendment Act and the NPR.

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· Jan 14, 2020 · 12:41 pm

Retail inflation rose to an 11-month high of 3.99% in September, shows data

Consumer Price Index-based inflation in rural areas stood at 3.24%, and at 4.78% in urban areas.

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· Oct 14, 2019 · 06:43 pm

Wholesale inflation eases to nearly two-year low of 2.02% in June

The easing in inflation was led by a lower pace of price rise for vegetables and fuel and power items.

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· Jul 15, 2019 · 02:43 pm

Retail inflation rose to 3.18% in June, shows government data

Meanwhile, industrial production fell from 3.4% in April to 3.1% in May.

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· Jul 12, 2019 · 08:08 pm

Retail inflation rose marginally to 3.05% in May, shows government data

Food prices grew 1.83% in May compared to 1.1% in April.

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· Jun 12, 2019 · 06:07 pm

Retail inflation rose marginally to 2.92% in April, shows government data

Prices of health products rose the most in April, by 8.42%, according to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

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· May 13, 2019 · 06:31 pm

Wholesale inflation rises to 3.18% in March as vegetable prices soar

Wholesale prices of fuel and power rose by 5.41% in March compared to the corresponding month in 2018.

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· Apr 15, 2019 · 05:57 pm

Wholesale price inflation rose to 5.77% in June, the highest since December 2013

Potato prices were 99% higher in June over the corresponding month in 2017.

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· Jul 16, 2018 · 01:12 pm

Wholesale price inflation rises to 3.18% due to increase in prices of potato, fruits and fuel

The price of pulses declined the most in April – by 22.46%.

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· May 14, 2018 · 01:56 pm