Expensive food items and beverages like coffee, tea, poultry, fish and vegetables pushed the WPI inflation in May to over 6%
Rising prices of food and beverages like coffee, tea, poultry, fish and vegetables pushed up inflation to a five-month high of 6.01% in May against 5.20% in the previous month. The wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation was 5.20% in April and 4.58% a year ago in May.
According to the data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry on Monday, food items whose prices rose the most during the month include coffee (23%), poultry chicken (7%), fish-inland (6%), tea, fruits, and vegetables (4% each).
The other items in the primary articles segment that became dearer are condiments and spices, fish-marine, urad, and masur (3% each); rice and moong (2% each); and milk, barley, pork, mutton and arhar (1% each).
However, the prices of maize came down by 5%, wheat and ragi by 2% each; egg, jowar and gram came down by 1% each.
In the 'non-food articles' category, guar seed became expensive by 13%, soyabean (10%), copra (coconut) (8%), tobacco (7%), raw jute (5%), raw silk (3%), mesta (2%); and groundnut seed, raw cotton and cotton seed (1% each).
However, the data showed, the price of gingelly seed and flowers declined by 8% each, fodder by 3% and linseed, castor seed and sunflower by 1%.
The inflation figures for March were revised to 6% from 5.70% reported earlier. The previous high was 6.4% in December.
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