NEW DELHI, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- India's retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index, climbed to 5.54 percent year-on-year in September, up from 4.83 percent in August, the latest government data showed Monday.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation put rural inflation at 6.08 percent and urban inflation at 4.88 percent.
Food inflation, tracked by the Consumer Food Price Index, rose to 7.74 percent in September, up from 5.97 percent in August. Rural food inflation hit 8.06 percent while urban food inflation reached 7.18 percent.
Tamil Nadu recorded the country's highest retail inflation at 6.81 percent, and also the top food inflation at 10.62 percent. ■