Retail inflation in the country has increased to 5.54 percent on an annual basis in September, whereas it was 4.83 percent in August. The government released CPI-inflation figures on Monday. According to statistics, inflation was higher in villages than in cities of the country.
According to the data released by the Union Statistics Ministry, retail inflation in rural India in September 2026 was 6.08 percent, while in urban areas it was 4.88 percent.
The food inflation rate in September 2026 has been 7.74 percent on an annual basis. It was 8.06 percent in rural areas and 7.18 percent in urban areas.
Wholesale inflation figures will be released on Tuesday.
Potatoes, tomatoes and these items became cheaper
The top 5 products which have seen a decline in prices in the last month include potato (-11.50 percent), tomato (-8.62 percent), motor car (-4.51 percent), ladyfinger (-4.48 percent) and coconut (-3.99 percent).
- Potatoes 11.5 percent cheaper
- Tomato 8.62 percent cheaper
- Bhindi 4.48 percent cheaper
- Coconut about 4 percent cheaper
- Motor car 4.51 percent cheaper
Prices of which things have increased?
Apart from this, the top five products whose prices have increased in September include onion (+108.09 percent), silver jewelery (+87.80 percent), ginger (+62.85 percent), garlic (+54.62 percent) and lemon (+36.41 percent).
- Onion prices doubled, 108 percent costlier
- Ginger became costlier by more than 62 percent
- Garlic also becomes expensive by about 55 percent
- Lemon prices increased by about 36 percent
- Silver jewelery became costlier by 87 percent
Highest inflation in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (6.81 percent), Odisha (6.70 percent), Madhya Pradesh (6.68 percent), Telangana (6.64 percent) and Andhra Pradesh (6.29 percent) were the top five states recording the highest retail inflation in the country in September.
The government said the prices were collected from 1,407 urban markets (including online markets) and 1,465 villages in different states and union territories.
During September, the response rate in both rural and urban markets was 100 percent, due to which complete information about the changes in prices was available.
Also said that the government will release retail inflation figures for October 2026 on November 12, 2026. If there is a holiday on that day, the data will be released on the next working day.
Source: ndtv.in
