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CPI inflation for January recorded at 2.75% under new base year
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Under the new arrangement, the base year has been revised from 2012 to 2024 using Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24. Further, now there are 12 Divisions in place of 6 Groups in accordance to Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) 2018. The year-
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FAO Food Price Index edges up in July
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 130.1 points in July 2025, up 1.6 per cent from June, driven primarily by rising international prices of meat and vegetable oils.
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Retail inflation eases to 4.75 % in May, downward trend continues
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The data indicates differentiated inflation rates for rural and urban areas, with rural inflation at 5.28 per cent and urban inflation at 4.15 per cent.
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Retail inflation eases to 5.09 per cent in February 2024
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the provisional figures provided by the NSO, the retail inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index (General), stood at 5.09 per cent in February 2024.
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India's retail inflation eases to 5.10 pc in January
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Retail inflation in India declined to 5.10 per cent in January due to an easing in food prices, according to the data released by the government on Monday
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FAO Food Price Index continued declining in June
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The FAO Food Price Index which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, averaged 122.3 points in June, down 1.4 per cent from May and 23.4 per cent from its peak in March 2022.
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'India has managed food inflation very well in difficult global conditions
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The consumer food price index (CFPI) in India moderated to 4.79 per cent in March this year, down from 5.95 per cent in February and 7.68 per cent in March 2022
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Benchmark for world food commodity prices fall in March for 12th consecuti
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, averaged 126.9 points in March 2023, down 2.1 per cent from the previous month and 20.5 per cent below its peak level of March 2022.
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Retail inflation rises to 5.59 per cent in December, highest in 6 months
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): India's retail inflation rose to a six-month high of 5.59 per cent in December 2021 as compared to 4.59 per cent recorded in the same month of 2020, the government data showed on Wednesday.
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India's retail inflation drops to 4.35 pc in September
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): India's retail inflation measured by consumer price index (CPI) dropped to a five-month low of 4.35 per cent in September from 5.3 per cent in August, as per a statement issued by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Tuesday.
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Global food prices fall for first time in 12 months: FAO
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], July 8 (ANI): Global food commodity prices fell in June for the first time in 12 months, according to a benchmark United Nations report released on Thursday.
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FAO food price index rises for 9th consecutive month in Feb
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], March 5 (ANI): Global food commodity prices rose for the ninth consecutive month in February with quotations for sugar and vegetable oils increasing the most, according to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations.
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