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Source: NSO
Note: * Apr-Dec, 2019
$ Data for Urban areas is not compiled by NSO for Arunachal Pradesh
# Thali costs for the months of April, 2020 & May, 2020 are not compiled as sufficient price data was not available
due to lockdown situation of COVID-19 pandemic and therefore 2020-21 corresponds to Jun-Dec, 2020.

INFLATION IN STATES

5.22 CPI-C inflation increased in most of the states in the current year. However, regional
variation persists. Inflation ranged between 3.2 per cent to 11 per cent across States/UTs in
2020-21 (Jun-Dec) compared to (-) 0.3 per cent to 7.6 per cent in the same period last year. In 17
States/UTs, overall inflation is below the all-India average in the current year with Delhi having
the lowest inflation, followed by Dadra & Nagar Haveli (Figure 16).