
New Delhi: Retail inflation was at 8.83 per cent in February on account of higher prices of protein based items and edible oil products. Retail inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index, was 7.65 per cent the January, as per the government data release in New Delhi on Monday. Among other items, only vegetable prices saw a decline of 4.73 per cent over the February 2011 level. During the month,...

12:42 PM, Mar 19, 2012

New Delhi: Inflation rose to 6.95 per cent in February because of sharp increase in food prices, especially vegetables and protein-based items. Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), was 6.55 per cent in January. In February last year, it was 9.54 per cent. As per the official data released on Wednesday, food inflation was 6.07 per cent in February against (-)0.52 per cent in January. Pulses turned...

12:34 PM, Mar 14, 2012

New Delhi: Inflation based on the all India Consumer Price Index stood at 7.65 per cent in January, as per the first nationwide retail inflation data released by the government on Tuesday. While 'food and beverages' reported a moderate rate of price rise of 4.11 per cent year-on-year in January, the inflation numbers for fuel and light, and clothing, bedding and footwear segments were in double-digits. Overall retail inflation in...

11:59 AM, Feb 21, 2012

New Delhi: Starting from Tuesday the government will release the nation-wide Consumer Price Index (CPI) on a monthly basis for better reflection of retail price movement and to help the Reserve Bank take effective monetary policy steps to deal with inflation. The new CPI, according to experts, will eventually replace the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for policy actions to deal with the price situation. The monthly CPI will be in...

01:12 AM, Feb 21, 2012

Shimla: The government on Friday said that the rate of inflation for rural workers moved up in a majority of states during January, with Maharashtra witnessing the highest level of price rise and Tripura the lowest. As per the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) number, released for the Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers for January 2012, the index of inflation for rural workers recorded an increase in 14 states and...

01:26 AM, Feb 18, 2012

New Delhi: The wholesale price index (WPI) rose 9.72 percent in September from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, girding the market for a possible rate hike this month despite weakening domestic growth and bleak global outlook. The figure was almost in line with the median forecast for a 9.70 percent rise in a poll and was lower than the annual rise of 9.78 percent in August. The...

11:42 AM, Oct 14, 2011

The rate of inflation for the week ended June 13 was at minus 1.14 per cent. ...

12:43 PM, Jul 02, 2009

As inflation slips into the negative zone deflation is the new reality. ...

08:46 PM, Jun 18, 2009

Prices of essential commodities like cereals, vegetables rose during the period. ...

12:28 PM, Mar 26, 2009

Last week the inflation number for the March 7 week was at 0.44 per cent. ...

12:02 PM, Mar 26, 2009

Annual inflation rate was 3.36 per cent during the corresponding week of the previous year. ...

01:56 PM, Oct 10, 2008