Food inflation & price index up by a point

All-India CPI-IW for November, 202I increase{ by 0.8 points and stood at125.7 (one hundred twenty five and point seven). 
On one month percentage change, it increased by 0.64 per cent with respect to previous month cornrpared to an increase of 0.33per cent recorded between corresponding months ayear ago.
The maximum upward pressure in current index came from Food & Beverages group contributing 0.82 percentage points to the total change. 
At item level, French-Bean, Kundru, Lady’s finger, Tomato, Potato, Onion, Brinjal, Cabbage, Cookilng Gas, Medicine Allopathic,Telephone charges mobile, etc. are responsible for the rise in index. 

However, this increasewas largely checked by Buffalo-Milk, Poultry/chicken, Soyabe&n oil, Sunflower oil, Banana, Cauliflower, Garlic, Ginger, Domestic Electricity, Diesel, Petrol, etc. putting downward pressure on the index.
At centre level, Puducherry recorded a maximum increase of 6.9 points followed by Mercara-Kodagu with 4.0 points. 
Among others, 5 centres observed an increase between 3 to 3.9 points,9 centres between 2 to2.9 points, 16 centres botween 1 to 1.9 points and 31centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. 
On the contrary, Sangrur recorded a maximum decrease of 4.6 points followed by Amritsar with 3.8 points, Among others, 2 centres observed andecrease between 2 to 2.5 points, 2 centres between 1 to 1.9 points and 17 centres between 0.1 to 0.9 points. Rest of 2 centres’ indices remained stationary.
Year-on-year inflation for the month stood at 4.84 per cent compared to 4.50 per centfor the previous month and 5.27 per cent during the corresponding month a year before.
Similarly, Food inflation stood at 3.40 per cent against 2.20 por cent of the previous month and 7.48 per cent during the corresponding month ayear ago.