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    CPI inflation rises to 5% in February after falling for three months

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    CPI inflation rises to 5% in February after falling for three months

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    Retail price inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose to five per cent in February 2021 from 4.1 per cent in January 2021.  

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    At all-India level, inflation in the food & beverages group rose to 4.3 per cent in February 2021 from 2.7 per cent in January 2021.  

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    Inflation in Pan, tobacco and intoxicants group rose to 10.7 per cent in February 2021 as compared to February 2020.   

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    Clothing and footwear group rose to 4.2 per cent in February 2021 on Y-o-Y basis from 3.8 per cent in January 2021.

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    Retail inflation of housing has been consistent for last three months. Housing inflation rose to 3.2 percent in Feb 2021.

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    Inflation in the fuel & light group fell to 3.5 per cent from 3.9 per cent in January 2021. Shivani Sharma, Pragati Srivastava