Retail inflation for industrial workers remained flat at 3.96 per cent in May compared to 3.97 per cent in April this year, a Labour Ministry statement said today.
According to the statement, the food inflation based on CPI-IW (Consumer Price Index-Industrial Workers) stood at 1.66 per cent in May against 1.33 per cent in the previous month and (-) 1.63 per cent during May 2017.
"The year-on-year inflation based on CPI-IW stood
On the contrary, Chhindwara, Darjeeling, Jalandhar, Jaipur and Ghaziabad recorded the maximum decrease of 2 points each, while decrease of