Tomatoes became expensive by 34%, vegetables by 23%, pulses by 19% and wheat by 15%. In September, the Federal Bureau of Statistics recorded a decrease of 1.2% in inflation and the rate came to 23.2%.
According to the Institute of Statistics, the rate of inflation in urban areas was 21.2 percent and in rural areas 26.1 percent. Earlier, inflation had reached 27.3 percent in August.
Statistics agency said that last month tomatoes became expensive by 34%, vegetables by 23%. In 1 month, pulses and mung became expensive by 19.53%, potatoes by 17.43%.
In addition, wheat became expensive by 15%, eggs by 14%, chicken by 13%. Last month, tea became expensive by 11 and a half percent, rice by 10 percent.
The report further stated that cigarettes have become more expensive by 8%, dal chana by 6.90%, dal mash by 6%.
According to the report, last month ghee has fallen by 4.50%, onion by 4% while dal masoor by 3%, cooking oil by 2% and sugar by about 1%.
