Retail inflation eased to 4.17% in July

Prices of pulses and vegetables dropped.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 13, 2018 · 06:11 pm

Consumer price inflation rose to 5.0% in June

The rise in inflation was driven by higher fuel prices and a depreciating home currency.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 12, 2018 · 06:13 pm

Wholesale price inflation rose to 4.43% in May – the highest in over a year

The inflation rate was at a 14-month high, mainly due to increasing prices of fuel and vegetables.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 14, 2018 · 12:56 pm

Wholesale inflation slowed in February to 2.48%

The WPI inflation had reached an eight-month high of 3.93% in November 2017, but has since been on a downward trend.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 14, 2018 · 01:03 pm

Wholesale inflation slowed in January to 2.84%, shows government data

The WPI inflation had reached an eight-month high of 3.93% in November 2017, but has come down since then.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 15, 2018 · 01:48 pm

Retail inflation eases to 5.07% in January, industrial output for December grows 7.1%

Food inflation was at 4.7%, compared to 4.96% in December 2017.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 12, 2018 · 07:42 pm

Retail inflation rises to a 16-month high of 5.21% in December 2017

Prices of vegetables rose by 29.13%, and those of eggs by 9.48%.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 12, 2018 · 07:54 pm

Retail inflation rises to 3.36% in August, industrial production increases in July

The Reserve Bank of India said the prices of vegetables and animal proteins could rise in the coming months.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 12, 2017 · 06:59 pm

Consumer price inflation in June at record low of 1.54%

Retail food prices also fell to 2.12%.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 12, 2017 · 06:19 pm

Arhar Modi: Prices of pulses rose 40% under BJP government, but the reasons go back many years

General food inflation, on an average, which touched 16% as UPA II ended, fell to 3% under the Modi government.

Factchecker Team

· Aug 01, 2016 · 05:30 am

Retail inflation up for third successive month

This is mostly due to the staggering rise in prices of pulses, which rose 42.2% in October.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 13, 2015 · 08:48 am

Five reasons why Modi will find inflation hard to tame

External factors like the Iraq crisis and some key government decisions, such as the raising of sugar subsidies, means prices are likely to continue rising.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jun 28, 2014 · 07:18 am