Retail Inflation
Retail inflation touches 6.01 pct in January highest in six months
New Delhi: India's retail inflation spiked to 6.01 per cent in January, the highest figure in six months, as per data released by the Indian government on Monday.
It had touched 5.59 per cent in December 2021.
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, read a government statement.
During the month of January 2022, NSO collected prices from 99.7 percent villages and 98.2 percent urban Markets while the Market-wise prices reported therein were 89.3 percent for rural and 93.3 percent for urban.
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