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India’s retail inflation in January up 6.52 pc

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New Delhi: India’s retail inflation based on consumer price index (CPI) for January increased to 6.52 percent, data shared by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed on Monday.

The retail inflation in December 2022 was 5.72 percent and in January 2022 it was 6.01 percent.

The rural inflation was 6.85 percent while urban inflation stood at 6 percent, the data showed.

Food inflation stood at 5.94 percent as against 4.19 percent in December 2022, the data showed.

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