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Which key items became costlier or cheaper as retail inflation hits 3.4% in March?
short by Medhaa Gupta / on Monday, 13 April, 2026
India's year-on-year inflation rate, based on CPI, rose to 3.40% in March. The main items with low inflation were onion (-27.76%), potato (-18.98%), garlic (-10.18%), arhar/tur (-9.56%), peas/chickpeas (-7.87%). Meanwhile, the key items with high inflation were silver jewellery (148.61%), gold/diamond/platinum jewellery (45.92%), Coconut: copra (45.52%), tomato (35.99%) and cauliflower (34.11%).
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