https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=69048 Rural inflation declined in 2025 and fell below urban inflation as food-price easing lowered inflation across sectors. Most states recorded retail inflation within the RBI's 2-6 percent tolerance band in 2025 26, except Kerala and Lakshadweep which breached the upper band. State-level heterogeneity reflected persistent deviations driven by local relative-price movements; analysis shows positive associations of state inflation with wage rates, state GDP growth, and COVID impact, a negative association with industrial output share, and GST imposition being price neutral for state inflation differentials. en-us Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:13:07 +0530 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:13:07 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=69048 Rural inflation declined in 2025 and fell below urban inflation as food-price easing lowered inflation across sectors. Most states recorded retail inflation within the RBI's 2-6 percent tolerance band in 2025 26, except Kerala and Lakshadweep which breached the upper band. State-level heterogeneity reflected persistent deviations driven by local relative-price movements; analysis shows positive associations of state inflation with wage rates, state GDP growth, and COVID impact, a negative association with industrial output share, and GST imposition being price neutral for state inflation differentials. News - Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:13:07 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=69048