War led to globalisation of inflation, says RBI governor raising FY23 inflation projection to 6.7%

MUMBAI: RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said the Ukraine-Russia war has led to globalisation of inflation and is posing new challenges, as the central bank upped the inflation projection to 6.7 per cent for current fiscal year.

In April, RBI had projected retail inflation at 5.7 per cent for 2022-23.