India's consumer price inflation rises to 6.93% in July

By IANS | Published: August 13, 2020 07:30 PM2020-08-13T19:30:13+5:302020-08-13T19:40:23+5:30

New Delhi, Aug 13 A substantial rise in food prices lifted India's Juy retail inflation to 6.93 per ...

India's consumer price inflation rises to 6.93% in July | India's consumer price inflation rises to 6.93% in July

India's consumer price inflation rises to 6.93% in July

New Delhi, Aug 13 A substantial rise in food prices lifted India's Juy retail inflation to 6.93 per cent from 6.23 per cent in June, official data showed on Thursday.

Accordingly, India's consumer food price index during the month under review rose to 9.62 per cent from 8.72 per cent reported for June 2020.

The CFPI's readings measure changes in retail prices of food product.

"As the various pandemic related restrictions were gradually lifted and non- essential activities started resuming operations, availability of price data has also improved," the National Statistical Office said.

"NSO collected prices from 1,054 (95 per cent) urban markets and 1,089 (92 per cent) villages during the month of July, 2020," it said.

( With inputs from IANS )

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