India's retail inflation rises to 6.09 pct in October-Xinhua - 新华网
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NEW DELHI, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- India's retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 6.09 percent in October this year, the latest government data showed Thursday.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- India's retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 6.09 percent in October this year, the latest government data showed Thursday.
According to data released by the federal Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI), CPI was 5.54 percent in September.
Reports said this is the highest inflation reading in about two years.
Food inflation in October rose to 8.94 percent, compared with 7.74 percent in September.
According to officials, the real-time price data are collected from selected 1,407 urban markets, including online markets, and 1,465 villages covering all states through personal visits by field staff of the field operations division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster. ■
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