Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das had said the rise in inflation was primarily due to statistical reasons, especially in the third quarter of FY22.
A private survey showed cost prices rose across the manufacturing and services sectors
The country s retail inflation slipped marginally in January but was within the Reserve Bank of India s target range for a second month as vegetable prices declined further, a Reuters poll predicted. The February 5-9 poll of 50 economists showed retail inflation fell to 4.45 per cent in January from December s 4.59 per cent. If this holds true, inflation would be its lowest since October 2019 and within the RBI s target zone of two per cent - six per cent. It stayed stubbornly high last year amid the coronavirus pandemic and breached the range for eight continuous months from April. Inflation was expected to ease in January led by correction in vegetable prices, said Sakshi Gupta, senior economist at HDFC Bank.