Headline inflation rises to 7.61% in Oct’20
20-Apr-2022
CPI inflation surged further to a seven year high in the month of October to 7.61% as increase in food prices continued to persist. Food inflation which clocked y-o-y rise of 11.1% was led by an increase in vegetable prices (22.5% y-o-y). Core inflation, also moved higher to 5.81% in October vis-à-vis 5.42% in the month of September.