Against the national retail inflation of 4.88 percent, the cost of living in Jammu and Kashmir has almost doubled as average prices have recorded year-on-year increase of 8.61 percent for the month of November, according to recently released consumer price index (CPI). The CPI figures released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MOSPI) reveal that J&K has emerged as one of the most expensive states in the country due to high inflation rate. J&K has recorded inflation of 8.61 percent for November, followed by Kerala with 8.1 percent,…
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