Retail inflation rises to 3.99 pc in Sep on costlier food items
![As per the Central Statistics Office (CSO) data inflation in vegetables contracted by 2.19 per cent last month, compared to 7.8 per cent in June. As per the Central Statistics Office (CSO) data inflation in vegetables contracted by 2.19 per cent last month, compared to 7.8 per cent in June.](https://s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/images.asianage.com/images/aa-Cover-eu7fljd9bpfcui7s4h1bmj0976-20180814013440.Medi.jpeg)
New Delhi: Retail inflation spiked to 3.99 per cent in September mainly due to higher prices of food items, government data showed on Monday.
The consumer price index (CPI) based inflation was registered at 3.28 per cent in August. On year-on-year basis, the inflation was 3.70 per cent in the September 2018.
The price rise in the food basket was recorded at 5.11 per cent in September, as against 2.99 per cent in the preceding month, data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed.
The inflation print for vegetables shot up to 15.40 per cent during the month.
However, the headline inflation still remained within the comfort zone of the Reserve Bank of India, which mainly factors in CPI while arriving at its bi-monthly monetary policy.