Overview
- Year-on-year inflation fell to -0.07% for agricultural labourers and 0.31% for rural labourers in September, down from 1.07% and 1.26% in August.
- The CPI for Agricultural Labourers declined to 136.23 and the CPI for Rural Labourers to 136.42, slipping by 0.11 and 0.18 points from August.
- Food inflation turned negative at -2.35% for agricultural labourers and -1.81% for rural labourers, with the Food Index dropping 0.47 and 0.58 points.
- Indices are compiled from prices in 787 sample villages across 34 states and union territories using an updated methodology that includes revised weights and the geometric mean.
- The rural readings align with subdued national price trends, as headline CPI stood at 1.54% in September and wholesale inflation eased to 0.13%.