Retail inflation jumps to five-month high of 7.41% in September due to costlier food items

13 Oct 2022 Evaluate

Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped to a five-month high of 7.41 percent in September 2022 mainly due to costlier food items. It is for the ninth month in a row that retail inflation has remained above the Reserve Bank of India's upper tolerance level of 6 percent. The central government has mandated RBI to ensure that retail inflation remains in the range of 2-6 percent. Earlier, the inflation was at 7 percent in August. In the year-ago month, it was at a comfortable level of 4.35 percent. Besides, inflation in the food basket rose to 8.60 percent in September from 7.62 percent in August and 0.68 percent in September 2021.

The National Statistical Office (NSO) under Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in its data has showed that Rural CPI (General) in September 2022 stood at 7.56 percent as against 7.15 in August. The Urban CPI (General) stood at 7.27 percent in September as against 6.72 per cent in August. The index value for Rural, Urban and Combined CPI (General) stood at 176.4, 174.1 and 175.3 respectively, in September 2022.

As per the data, the retail inflation in 'cereals and products', 'milk and products', vegetables, 'pulses and products' and spices were higher at 11.53 percent, 7.13 percent, 18.05 percent and 3.05 percent and 16.88 percent respectively in September, higher than the preceding month. Protein-rich eggs continued to show deflation at (-) 1.79 percent in September, albeit at a slower pace than (-) 4.57 percent in August. The rate of price rise in fruits was slower at 5.68 percent as against 7.39 percent in the previous month. For 'fuel and light' category, the retail inflation remained above 10 percent.

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