Retail inflation rises to 9.75% in Oct
'CPI numbers of October 2012 for rural, urban and combined are 126.7, 122.6 and 124.9 respectively'
Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI), increased marginally to 9.75% in October 2012 from 9.73% in September 2012.
In rural areas, consumer price inflation increased to 9.98% in October from 9.79% in September, while in urban areas it was at 9.46% in October against 9.72% in September, showed the data released by the government today.
“All India provisional General (all groups) CPI numbers of October 2012 for rural, urban and combined are 126.7, 122.6 and 124.9 respectively,” Srikant Kumar Jena, Minister of State (Independent charge), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, said.
The Central Statistics Office releases CPI on base 2010=100 for all-India and states/Union Territories separately for rural, urban and combined every month with effect from January, 2011.
Price data are collected from selected towns by Field Operations Division of NSSO and from selected villages by the Department of Posts.