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India's retail inflation jumps up to touch 7.41 percent in September, highest since April

by Trans World Features | @twfindia 12 Oct 2022, 06:01 pm

New Delhi: India's retail inflation touched  7.41 percent in September, as per government data released on Wednesday.

The Price data are collected from selected 1114 urban Markets and 1181 villages covering all States/UTs through personal visits by field staff of Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster.

During the month of September 2022, NSO collected prices from 99.9 percent villages and 97.8 percent urban Markets while the Market-wise prices reported therein were 89.5 percent for rural and 92.1 percent for urban.

The figure stood at  7 percent in August.

The latest inflation rate is the highest it has been since April.