<h1>India's Retail Inflation Drops to 5.2% Amid Global Rise, Driven by Easing Food Prices and Supply Management.</h1> Retail inflation in India moderated to 5.2% during April-December 2021-22, down from 6.6% in the same period of the previous year, due to effective supply-side management. This contrasts with rising global inflation, with advanced economies seeing significant increases. The decline in India's retail inflation is largely attributed to easing food prices, although fuel and miscellaneous categories, particularly transport and communication, have driven inflation. The gap between rural and urban inflation has decreased. Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation remained high at 12.5%, partly due to a low base effect. The divergence between WPI and CPI inflation is expected to narrow.