December 6, 2017 6:34 AM

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Price rise comes down since 2014 under NDA rule: Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has countered Congress' allegations on the government over price rise, saying it has consistently come down since 2014 under the NDA rule. <br/><br/>Taking to Twitter, Mr Jaitley gave comparative data on inflation during the UPA rule and during the NDA government with the help of graphs. He said, Consumer Price Inflation was at 5.9 percent in 2014-15 which has decreased to 2.7 percent in October 2017-18. <br/><br/>Mr Jaitley said, since the issue of price rise has been raised by some in the Congress Party, let the data on inflation figures speak for itself.<br/><br/>The Congress had hit out at the government saying it has created economic chaos in the country.

December 5, 2017 8:11 PM

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Price rise comes down since 2014 under NDA rule: Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today countered the Congress attack on government over price rise, saying it has consistently come down since 2014 under the NDA rule. Through a graphic shared on his twitter handle, Mr Jaitley said, Consumer Price Index was at 5.9 percent in 2014-15 which has decreased to 2.7 percent in October 2017-18. He said, since the issue of price rise has been raised by some in the Congress Party, let the data on inflation figures speak for itself. The Minister said, unlike present regime, the CPI even crossed double digits during UPA rule.

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