August retail inflation up at 3.21%; prices of sugar, confectionery decline by 2.35%
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in August, however, was lower than the corresponding month of the last year when retail inflation stood at 3.69 per cent.
Product-wise, prices of pulses, vegetables, eggs, meat and fish pushed the retail food inflation higher on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. Image source: Reuters