Retail Inflation Eases To 5.59% In July From 6.26% In June As Food Prices Drop

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The fall in Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation was in sharp contrast to May 2021, when it had risen sharply to 6.30 per cent due to supply
chain disruption owing to the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic.The retail inflation, was down mainly due to falling food prices as
food inflation for July 2021 fell to 3.96 per cent from 5.15 per cent in June 2021.Incidentally, compared to May 2021 levels, retail
inflation has also reached below the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) upper margin as the central bank had earlier stated that it should be
at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either sides for a five year period ending March 2026.