New Delhi:
Retail Inflation: The common man has been dealt a big blow by inflation. In fact, increasing the burden on the pockets of the general public, the country’s retail inflation rate has increased to 6.09 percent (provisional) in the month of October. This is more than the upper limit of 6 percent set by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This information has come to light from government data released on Thursday. This is the 12th consecutive month when an increase in retail inflation has been recorded. The retail inflation rate in September 2026 was 5.54 percent, while in October 2025 it was recorded only 0.25 percent.
Inflation increased for the 12th consecutive month
According to government data, retail inflation has increased for the 12th consecutive month. Inflation figures remained different in both rural and urban areas. The effect of inflation is being seen more in the rural areas of the country. In October, the retail inflation rate in rural areas was 6.63 percent, while in urban areas it was recorded at 5.41 percent.
Food items became expensive
Food inflation rate has also increased in October. According to government data, food inflation increased to 8.94 percent, whereas in September it was 7.74 percent, that is, food inflation has increased by 1.20 percent in a month.
Onion, garlic and ginger become expensive
According to the data released by the ministry, the five commodities which have seen the highest increase in prices on an annual basis in October include onion (116.22 percent), garlic (60.74 percent), silver jewelery (52.39 percent), ginger (48.32 percent) and lemon (47.30 percent). At the same time, the five commodities which have seen the biggest decline in their prices on an annual basis during this period include potato (-14.24 percent), cauliflower (-10.57 percent), coconut (-5.60 percent), brinjal (-3.34 percent) and cabbage (-1.92 percent). Apart from this, Tamil Nadu (7.29 percent), Telangana (7.26 percent), Andhra Pradesh (7.25 percent), Madhya Pradesh (7.19 percent) and Odisha (7.17 percent) were among the top-5 states of the country in retail inflation in October.
RBI’s tolerance limit on inflation broken
Let us tell you that the government has entrusted the task to RBI to control the retail inflation rate at 4 percent. However, there is a variation of 2 percent in this. This simply means that if inflation remains in the range of 2 percent to 6 percent, then there is no need to worry.
Source: ndtv.in
