Inflation fell below the five per cent mark to stand at 4.85 per cent for the week ended May 26 from 5.06 per cent in the previous week, as the prices of essential food items like pulses and fruits and vegetables declined.
Wholesale prices-based inflation rose by 0.05 per cent to stand at 3.59 per cent during the week ended April 29 as against 3.54 per cent a week ago owing to food items going dearer.
Royal Philips Electronics is making an ultra low cost mobile handset, priced below (Rs 1000), for India and plans to launch the product sometime next year.
Inflation fell for the second consecutive week to 3.24 per cent for the week ended April 8 from 3.51 per cent in the previous week mainly due to cheaper food items including vegetables and wheat.
Deflation masked the rise in food inflation to a 5-month high.
If Nirmala Sitharaman does indeed present a 'never-before' like Budget on February 1, going by her promise, she would create a new benchmark for post-contraction Budgets, observes A K Bhattacharya.
Contrary to expectations that it might fall after a cut in petrol prices, inflation remained unchanged at 7.34 per cent during the week ended November 20
After a delayed start, the monsoon is advancing steadily.
The current fiscal began with inflation rising to 5.26 per cent during the week due to costlier food, fuel and manufactured products.
Inflation rose marginally to 3.75 per cent during week ended September 17 from 3.53 per cent a week ago, mainly due to increase in the prices of minerals, manufactured products and non-food essential items.
The Value Added Tax system has no adverse impact on consumer prices, and revenue earnings under the new regime have shot up by 15.3 per cent during the first quarter of the current fiscal, Finance Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesda
In case of onions, inflation skyrocketed to 127.04 per cent, while for the eggs, meat and fish segment the rate of price rise was 5.76 per cent.
Costlier petrol, diesel and food products pushed up inflation to 4.14 per cent during the week ended June 25 but it was much lower than 6.95 per cent a year ago.
The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 1 points to end at 26,396 and the Nifty50 slipped 2 points to end at 8,109.
Inflation declined for the fourth consecutive week ended May 21 to 5.38 percent mainly due to cheaper primary articles, including food and fuel products, even as fears that it could spurt looms large over an imminent price hike in fuels.
Inflation revised upwards to 7.91% for week ended July 24 from provisional level of 7.51%.
Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan said on Friday that he expected inflation to be stable and saw no pressures apart from oil prices. \n\n\n\n
Inflation touched 5.48 per cent for the week ended April 9, mainly due to costlier vegetables, fruits, cooking gas and edible oils.
In line with the Centre's expectation of a benign price level, inflation fell further to 5.11 per cent in the penultimate week of 2004-05 fiscal, but was higher than 4.53 per cent a year-ago.
A sharp fall in iron ore prices could affect only a marginal decline in inflation to 5.23 per cent for the week ended March 12 since essential commodities like vegetables and fruits and several manufactured products became costlier.
Inflation breached the 5.0 per cent figure with price level rising for the second consecutive week by 0.30 per cent to 5.3 per cent in the week ended March five despite cheaper fruits and vegetables.
After falling for ten consecutive weeks, inflation stood unchanged at the previous week's level of 5.01 per cent for the week ended February 12 even though vegetables and fruits became costlier.
Inflation fell marginally to 3.54 per cent for the week ended April 22 as against 3.55 per cent in the previous week, despite higher prices of eggs and wheat.
Onion prices, however, continued to rule high with 79.78 per cent increase in September.
Inflation fell for the tenth consecutive week to 5.01 per cent in the week ended February 5, touching the lowest level after the UPA came into power, due to cheaper vegetables, fruits and edible oils.
Inflation shed another 0.12 per cent to tick eight months' low of 5.25 per cent for the week ended January 29, despite costlier fruits and vegetables.
Inflation dropped by 0.05 per cent to 5.37 per cent, touching a 34-week low, for the week ended January 22, mainly due to cheaper vegetables, fruits, edible oils, minerals, fuel and manufactured products.
The UPA government's commitment to keep the price rise under check notwithstanding, inflation rose by 0.47 per cent to 4.67 per cent for the week ended May 15 due to surging prices of mass consumption items like vegetables, milk and edible oils.
Inflation fell to 33-week low of 5.42 per cent for the week ended January 15 mainly due to lower prices of essential items like vegetables, fruits, tea, edible oil and naphtha.
Inflation fell below the 6 per cent mark, after almost seven months, to 5.78 per cent during the week ended January 1, mainly due to a fall in prices of fuels, vegetables and fruits, edible oils and other food items.
The inter-meeting rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) indicates a shift in its monetary policy stance, the finance ministry's chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian said on Thursday.
After remaining firm for two consecutive weeks, inflation fell marginally by 0.14 per cent to 4.26 per cent for the week ended April 24 even as prices rose for fruits, vegetables, eggs and various manufactured items, including edible oils.
Inflation stood unchanged for the second consecutive week at 4.4 per cent for the week ended April 17 despite vegetables and tea prices skyrocketing and a marginal hike in some of the manufactured products, including cement.
Inflation fell by 0.23 per cent to a 23-week low of 6.5 per cent for the fourth consecutive week ended December 18, mainly due to cheaper food items, edibles oils and manufactured products.
A sharp 12 per cent fall in the prices of vegetables pulled down inflation only marginally to 7.3 per cent for the week ended November 27
The survey showed firms passed on a greater cost burden to consumers. Prices charged rose at their fastest pace since October.
Wholesale fuel prices in May fell 10.51 per cent year-on-year.
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