After rising to 3.36% in the month of August, India’s Retail inflation, measured by the consumer price index (CPI) has eased to 3.28% in September 2017. Rural inflation has softened to 3.15%, while urban inflation stood at 3.44% in September 2017. CPI food inflation for September has also edged lower substantially to 1.25% from 1.67% in August.