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Wholesale price based inflation rises to 3.93 per cent in Nov

PTI
Published : Dec 14, 2017, 12:20 pm IST
Updated : Dec 14, 2017, 12:55 pm IST

Wholesale food prices in November rose 4.10 per cent year-on-year, compared with a 3.23 per cent rise a month earlier.

WPI inflation of food articles increased to 6.06 per cent last month, as against 4.30 per cent in October.
 WPI inflation of food articles increased to 6.06 per cent last month, as against 4.30 per cent in October.

New Delhi: Inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) accelerated further to 3.93 per cent in November due to a sharp rise in onion prices and costlier seasonal vegetables, government data showed on Thursday.

It was 3.59 per cent in October this year, and 1.82 per cent in November last year. Onion, a kitchen staple, witnessed a whopping 178.19 per cent rise in inflation last month on annual basis.

For seasonal vegetables too the rate of price rise accelerated to 59.80 per cent, as against 36.61 per cent in October.

Protein rich eggs, meat and fish as a category, however, grew at a slower pace of 4.73 per cent during the month, against 5.76 in preceding month.

WPI inflation of food articles increased to 6.06 per cent last month, as against 4.30 per cent in October, as per the data released by the Commerce Ministry.

For manufactured goods, it was at 2.61 per cent during the month, almost static against 2.62 in preceding month.

Retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index, hit a 15-month high of 4.88 per cent in November, as per the data released last week.   

Tags: wholesale price inflation, food products, fuel products, cpi
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