After rising to 5.21% in the month of December, India’s Retail inflation, measured by the consumer price index (CPI) has eased to 5.07% in January 2018. Rural inflation has softened to 5.21% and urban inflation stood at 4.93% in January 2018. CPI food inflation for January has also eased substantially to 4.70% as against 4.96% in December.