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.
Amid spiralling prices of essential commodities in the country, the government is planning to revamp the method for measuring inflation with the help of World Bank's technical assistance.
High oil prices are expected to push up inflation to 3.9 per cent in the next three months, hardening interest rates, economic think-tank IEG has said.
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
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Onions had the highest inflation rate among all major commodities.
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.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 245 points at 28,799 and the 50-share Nifty closed down 81 points at 8,750
The broader markets ended negatively with mid-caps and small-caps shedding 0.5 per cent on the BSE.
Inflation touched 5.48 per cent for the week ended April 9, mainly due to costlier vegetables, fruits, cooking gas and edible oils.
Inflation revised upwards to 7.91% for week ended July 24 from provisional level of 7.51%.
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.
PSU bank shares were the top gainers on hopes of a rate by the RBI on easing consumer inflation
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.
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 remained static at 7.1 per cent during the week ended October 16 despite rise in prices of fuel and manufactured products.
RBI has kept interest rate unchanged at 8 per cent since January
Higher prices for essential commodities following the truckers' strike pushed up inflation by 0.16 per cent to a four-year high of 8.33 per cent for the week ended August 28.
Households continued to bear the brunt of increased cost of living with inflation rising by 0.35 per cent to 7.96 per cent for week ended August 7, mainly due to costlier vegetables, petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel.
Inflation rose for the ninth consecutive week to touch 39-week high of 6.21 per cent for the week ended January 10 with primary articles, including food products, and manufactured products becoming costlier.
Inflation shot up to 7.51 per cent, the highest in the last two years, due to soaring prices of vegetables and manufactured products.\n\n\n\n
Inflation fell to 3.84 per cent in the week ended July 30 from 4.07 per cent a week ago, due to cheaper food items and manufactured products although fuel prices went up.
Reversing its very short upward trend, inflation fell by 0.23 per cent to touch about two-year low of 4.10 per cent for the week ended June 18 even as food items and manufactured products become costlier.
Some say the MPC will raise the rate, while others are of the view that there is already de facto interest rate tightening through rising bond yields, which might prompt the central bank to go for a pause.
After six weeks of decline, inflation rose marginally by 0.11 per cent to 4.33% during the week ended June 11.
In tune with the Reserve Bank of India's expectation of moderate inflation this year, the general price level stood unchanged at the previous week's figure of 4.2 per cent for the week ended May 8.
Inflation dipped to a two-month low of 5.20 per cent during the week ended May 28 from the previous week's level of 5.38 per cent even as some of the primary and manufactured products became costlier.
The inflation fell for the second consecutive week, dropping by 0.06 per cent to 4.2 per cent for the week ended May 1 mainly due to cheaper vegetables, fruits, milk, maida and atta.
A rate cut will bring positive sentiment around the Budget.
As stock markets continue to witness a dream rally, the total market valuation of domestic listed companies has soared to a record $1.6 trillion on a day the benchmark BSE Sensex ended at a new closing high of 28,177.88.
The commodity prices eased further with inflation falling marginally by 0.06 per cent to 5.61 per cent during the week ended May 07
Inflation stood unchanged at the previous week's level of 4.4 per cent for the week ended April 10, even as prices fell for wheat, rice, fruits, vegetables and several edible oils.
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Chidambaram further said government has taken a number of fiscal and administrative measures from time to time to contain inflation especially food.
Cheaper fruits, vegetables and edible oils pushed down inflation further to 4.78 per cent for the week ended March 13 despite costlier milk, skimmed milk powder, bread and buns, and baby food.
Inflation fell substantially by 0.62 per cent to 5.32 per cent for the week ended February 28 mainly due to the fall in prices of primary items, including fruits and vegetables, and non-food articles.
Costlier fuel products and manufactured items including edible oils pushed up inflation to 4.95 per cent during the week ended February 26.
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