Telangana State was leading in the country in terms of rate of inflation for May with the combined inflation rate of rural and urban areas pegged at 9.45%.
According to the consumer price index numbers (on base 2012=100) for rural, urban and combined released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), inflation in rural areas touched 10.32% during May while it was at 8.65% in urban areas.
The values of consumer price index in Telangana increased to 180.7 in May in Telangana as against 165.1 in the same month last year.