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India’s Retail Inflation in December 2021
The retail inflation in India increased to 5.59% in December 2021. This is the highest in the last five months. The inflation data was released by the Ministry...
October WPI at 5-month high
Ministry of Commerce & Industry released its data on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) on November 15, 2021. Key Points As per Ministry’s data, provisional Wholesale Price Index (WPI)...
RBI Monetary Policy Committee Announcements
Three-membered Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained an accommodative stance and kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent, in order...
WPI inflation at 1.48% in October 2020; Increased for third consecutive month
The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) increased to 1.48% in October 2020. This was the highest in the past eight months. Key Highlights The inflation rate based on WPI...
India allows export of onions to Bangladesh
On September 18, 2020, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade lifted the ban on export of onions to other countries including Bangladesh. The decision was made after a long...
Retail Inflation at 5-year high of 7.35% in December, 2019
According to the data released by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on January 13, 2020, the food inflation increased to 14.12% in December 2019 as compared to...
FICCI study on Onion Price Rise: India should follow Israel, Brazil
India is witnessing price hikes in retail onion up to Rs 100 per kg currently in November 2019. Government had introduced the TOP-Tomato Onion Potato Scheme in 2018-19...
Why WPI is not getting reflected in CPI?
The prices of food items in India are rising at a much faster pace at the wholesale level than the retail end. The wholesale price index (WPI) for...
Trends in Food Inflation and Monetary Policy
The reduced growth rate and higher rates of unemployment have led to an expectation that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would cut the interest rates in the...
Retail inflation increases to 2.57% in February 2019
The Central Statistical Office (CSO) has released the data of Inflation for the month of February 2019. The data shows that: Retail inflation was at a four-month high...
