Dec retail inflation rises to 5.59%; Nov IIP growth at 1.4%
Retail inflation rose to 5.59% in December, mainly due to an uptick in food prices, government data showed on Monday.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation was 4.91% in November 2021 and 4.59% in December 2020.
As per the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), food inflation rose to 4.05% in December this fiscal compared to 1.87% in the preceding month. Read more
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