Bengal, Telangana, Odisha and Andhra worst affected by rising inflation

Price rise in rural areas leads to four states recording inflation in double digits

Four states — Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, and West Bengal — saw the maximum rise in prices in October, with retail inflation rate in double digits against the national average of 7.61 per cent — which was a six-year high.

Comparing this to January, when inflation at the national level — at 7.59 per cent — was closer to October’s figure, shows a different trend. In the first month of this calendar year, none of the states had inflation rates in double digits, highlighting that the price rise was more evenly distributed among states in January than in October.

In September, only