NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (Reuters) – India’s wholesale price index in December rose 0.73% year-on-year to a nine-month high, mainly on the back of higher food prices, government data showed on Monday. The rise in the index (INWPI=ECI) was slower than the
NEW DELHI, Oct 18 (Reuters): The Indian government on Wednesday hiked the inflation-adjusted allowance for its 11.7 million employees and pensioners by 4% ahead of the festival season, a minister said, a move that would cost the exchequer 128.57 billion rupees ($1.54
New Delhi, Oct 16 (PTI) The wholesale price index-based inflation remained in the negative territory for the sixth straight month in September at (-)0.26 per cent, on easing prices of food articles. The WPI-based inflation rate has been in the negative since
NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (Reuters) – India’s annual retail inflation eased to a three-month low in September on softer food prices, government data showed on Thursday. The South Asian country’s annual retail inflation (INCPIY=ECI) rose 5.02% in September from 6.83% the previous