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Table 1
17.04.2008

Inflation: How Much and Why
A Gap too Wide
 (Inflation as measured by retail and wholesale prices)
Over last 12 months
Since beginning 2008
Retail price
WPI
Retail price
WPI
Rice
20.86
7.88
3.74
1.95
Wheat
4.06
3.97
3.17
1.39
Atta
4.59
0.45
3.18
1.59
Gram
3.95
3.32
4.41
3.84
Tur
15.76
13.98
-3.55
1.74
Sugar
-0.23
-6.87
5.56
0.59
Groundnut Oil
14.71
10.11
2.97
5.86
Mustard Oil
28.26
28.98
12.11
14.49
Vanaspati
22.23
7.94
13.72
4.34
Potatoes
4.12
29.41
-25.37
-5.41
Onions
-27.19
-26.71
-30.63
-34.01
Milk
8.07
9.71
1.90
1.94
Retail prices from FCAMIN Price Monitoring Cell, averaged over 18 reporting centres
 
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