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Food inflation remained the principal driver of headline CPI in Sep'26, driven by a surge in vegetable prices and broadbased pressures across the food basket, and within vegetables, onion inflation more than doubled in Sep'26 vs Aug'26, while garlic and lemon inflation also increased.
Onion prices more than doubled year-on-year, pushing food inflation higher, while rural inflation climbed to 6.08 percent, outpacing the urban rate of 4.88 percent
Retail inflation rose to 5.54% in September, driven by higher food costs, the highest since January’s new index series.