Economic Survey 2017: Volume II, Chapter 4: Prices and Inflation
Published By: Ministry of Finance GOI | Published Date: January, 29 , 2018Inflation in the country continued to moderate during 2017-18. CPI based headline inflation
averaged 3.3 per cent during April-December 2017-18, the lowest in the last six financial
years. The significant reduction in food inflation, particularly of pulses and vegetables,
moderated the general inflation. The average food inflation fell to 1.2 per cent during AprilDecember
2017-18. Core inflation too declined during this period. Many States witnessed
reduction in inflation across rural as well as urban areas during the year.
Author(s): Arun Jaitley | Posted on: Jan 31, 2018 | Views() | Download (100)