The index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of succeeding month.
Rate of inflation based on CPI-AL (consumer price index for agricultural workers) and CPI-RL (consumer price index for rural labourers)…
The official data released on Monday showed that retail inflation spurted to a seven-month high in January at 6.01 per…
Analysts in a Reuters poll had predicted annual inflation to touch 6.0%, the upper limit of the Reserve Bank of…
If the asymmetric behaviour in the past is a guide, the catch-up in core-CPI inflation could come quite fast.
Retail inflation for farm and rural workers eased marginally to 3.9% and 3.97%, respectively in August.
The RBI has said on record on more than one occasion that it would expect the Centre and states to…
Over the last few months, the government has taken steps to address the price rise in pulses, edible oils as…
While on the other hand, the rising trajectory of the international crude oil prices within a broad-based surge in international…
The high positive annual growth in the index of industrial production (IIP) in March 2021 came on back of a…
The retail inflation has swelled beyond the RBI’s benchmark and the relief is not expected anytime soon.
Despite the high inflation rate, what came as relief earlier was the low core inflation (inflation excluding food and energy…
With inflation raising its ugly head once again, no respite is expected for the common man anytime soon, analysts said.
Apart from them, the other three states that have inflation rate closing to 9% are Haryana, West Bengal, and Tamil…
The Centre also asked the Delhi government to deploy an adequate number of officials in Maharashtra to check and clear…
Two union ministers assured consumers about the adequate stock of onions available with agencies like Nafed that will be released…
With retail inflation showing signs of hardening, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan may maintain status quo in the bi-monthly monetary policy…
Retail inflation for industrial workers eased to 5.53 per cent in February compared to 5.91 per cent in January due…