Retail inflation up for agricultural & rural labourers in June

Retail inflation rose 1.5 percentage points in June for both agricultural and rural labourers compared to May, according to data issued by the ministry of labour and employment on Sunday.

For agricultural labourers (AL), consumer price index-based inflation increased to 12.85% from 12.70% in May. For rural labourers (RL), it rose to 12.65% from 12.50%.

The rise was mainly because of inflation in food items -- for AL, this rate rose to 13.97% in June from 13.37% in May and for RL, this rose to 13.92% from 13.14%.

The ministry said Andhra Pradesh registered the highest rise, of 18 points each, for AL and RL. Meghalaya was at the other end, with a four point fall each for CPI-AL and CPI-RL.

Overall retail inflation picked up to 9.87% in June, after a three-month low in May, according to government data issued a fortnight earlier.