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Retail inflation rate inches up to 2.07% in August on a pickup in food prices

September 12, 2025 10:40 pm

Floods, heavy rain likely to push inflation higher in Sep but base effect to keep headline number in check

inflation Vegetables recorded a deflation of 10.98 per cent in April, the sharpest pace of decline since February 2023, (Credit: Pixabay)

Retail inflation rate eases to near six-year low of 3.16% in April

May 14, 2025 5:39 am

Helped by lower food prices, 6th straight month of moderation.

At 2.63%, Gujarat's retail inflation rate significantly lower than national average: State govt

April 25, 2025 11:13 pm

This rate is also lower than many bigger and developed states

ED shortlists 5 sellers each on Amazon, Flipkart for probe, flags unfair practices

India's e-retail market overtakes US with $60 billion size but growth halves in 2024: Here's why

March 27, 2025 1:10 pm

Three key disruptions, quick commerce, trend-first commerce (especially in fashion), and hyper-value commerce, will define the next chapter of growth.

Food items such as ginger, tomato, and garlic recorded the lowest year-on-year inflation at -35.81, -28.51, and -20.32 per cent, respectively. Overall, the inflation rate for vegetables was registered at -1.07 per cent.

Retail inflation drops to 7-month low in Feb, food inflation eases most since May ’23; IIP grows by 5% in Jan

March 12, 2025 10:46 pm

Food inflation, based on the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI), fell to 3.7 per cent, the lowest since May 2023, when it was 3.19 per cent.

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Retail inflation at 5-month low of 4.31% in January on easing of key food prices

February 13, 2025 4:26 am

Food inflation, based on the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI), eased to a five-month low of 6.02 per cent in January from 8.39 per cent in December, the data showed.

How to put PDS items, free social transfers in new retail inflation index: MoSPI asks experts

December 26, 2024 5:35 am

The contention is how to change the price of PDS items from a positive value to zero or increase the prices of PDS items from zero to some positive value in an ongoing series, or rather the big question about whether the free PDS items be included in the CPI basket?

Inflation rate for perishables such as vegetables eased to 29.33 per cent in November from a 57-month high of 42.18 per cent in October. (Express File Photo)

November retail inflation eases, boosts rate-cut expectations in February

December 13, 2024 9:51 am

India’s factory output rose to a three-month high of 3.5 per cent in October from 3.1 per cent in September.

Surge in food prices drives September retail inflation to 9-month high of 5.49%

October 14, 2024 11:55 pm

Food and beverages, which accounts for 45.86 per cent of the total weight of Consumer Price Index (Combined), registered an inflation rate of 8.36 per cent in September, up from 5.30 per cent in August.

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Govt housing likely to be excluded from new retail inflation measure

September 26, 2024 9:02 am

Overall, the housing segment in retail inflation carries a weight of 10.07 per cent in the CPI. Government-provided dwellings are a subset of the housing segment. Rural inflation does not have any weightage for housing and thus, the entire weight is attributable for urban areas.

Bihar SIR: Voter list shrinks by 6% after 3-month revision, nearly 50 lakh names dropped

Political Pulse15 min ago

The Election Commission has removed 50 lakh names from Bihar's voter list, resulting in a 6% decrease in the total number of electors. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, which was criticized for resembling a citizenship check, resulted in 3.5 lakh deletions and 21 lakh additions.

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