Consumer inflation rises to 9.52% in August

NEW DELHI: Inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers ( CPI-AL) rose to 9.52 per cent in August, from 9.03 per cent in the previous month.

The rate of price rise based on Consumer Price Index for Rural Labourers ( CPI-RL) also rose to 9.71 per cent in August from 9.03 per cent in July.

On a point-by-point basis, the indices reported a rise of 1 per cent during August to 610 points compared to 604 points in July, an official release said.

Clothing, bedding and footwear index for agricultural labourers was up 1.20 per cent in August on a monthly basis and food was expensive by 0.83 per cent.

While pan and supari was expensive by 1.54 per cent, fuel and light was up by 1.20 per cent. Miscellaneous items also became dearer by 0.89 per cent for agricultural labourers.

In the case of rural labourers, food prices went up by 0.83 on a monthly basis, while pan and supari was became expensive by 1.53 per cent in August.

Clothing, bedding and footwear became expensive by 1.36 per cent and, fuel and lighting by 1.22 per cent. In August, miscellaneous items also went up by 1.07 per cent for rural labourers month-on-month.