Retail inflation declined marginally to 9.86 per cent in July due to lower prices of spices, cereals and its products although prices of vegetables remained high during the month.
Based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the inflation for June was revised downwards to 9.93 per cent from the provisional estimate of 10.02 per cent, as per the government data release .
Inflation rates for rural and urban areas were 9.76 per cent and 10.10 per cent in July.
According to the revised data, the inflation rates for rural and urban areas were 9.65 per cent and 10.44 per cent in June.