Retail Inflation Rises To 4.91% In November From 4.48% In October

Retail inflation rose to 4.91 per cent in November 2021 from 4.48 per cent in October, government data showed on Monday. The price rise was mainly due to a significant jump in the prices of fruits and vegetables and other edible items like eggs, cereals and milk products.

Even food inflation rose to 1.87 per cent in November 2021 from 0.85 per cent recorded in October 2021.

Earlier, the consumer price index (CPI) based inflation had risen to 4.48 per cent in October 2021 from 4.35 per cent in September, and at time too the rise was propelled by higher food prices.