Pages

Total Pageviews

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Why all-India inflation is misleading to all of us

Every month the government releases national inflation data that is widely publicised and analysed. 

What goes unnoticed is the data on state-wise inflation, which is far closer to price rise (or fall) families have to live with. 

As the charts below show, some states have double the rate of inflation than others. 

Over the past five years, rural consumers had to live with a higher rate of inflation than urban Indians




No comments:

Post a Comment