Retail inflation at 2.75% in January; what’s new in new CPI series
Retail inflation stood at 2.75 per cent in January 2026 under the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series with base year 2024=100, the government said. Year-on-year inflation based on the All India CPI (Base 2024) for January 2026 stood at 2.75 per cent (provisional) compared with January 2025. The corresponding inflation rates were 2.73 per…