The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 5.77% (provisional) for the month of June, 2018 (over June, 2017) as compared to 4.43% (provisional) for the previous month and 0.90% during the corresponding month of the previous year. This is one of the highest rates of inflation in recent months, and could […]
High fuel prices, particularly that of diesel, lifted India’s wholesale price index to its highest level since the Narendra Modi government took power almost three years ago. On an overall level, wholesale price of various items jumped 6.55% in February when compared with the prices of the same basket of commodities in the same month […]
The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 3.15% for the month of November, 2016 as compared to 3.39% for the previous month and -2.04% during the corresponding month of the previous year. The fall is largely expected due to the impact of the withdrawal of high-denomination currencies during the month. Build […]
