In Photos | Retail Inflation Crosses RBI’s 6% Mark As Food Prices Climb

From weighing onions in Mumbai to buying grains in Jammu, shoppers and sellers are feeling the pinch as India’s retail inflation rose to 6.09% in October, up from 5.54% a month earlier. The increase, driven by higher food prices, pushed inflation above the Reserve Bank of India’s 2–6% target range. These images capture the markets, workers and daily routines unfolding against a backdrop of rising household costs.

A shopkeeper weighs onions at his shop in Mumbai, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

A Kashmiri shopkeeper speaks with customers at his grocery shop in Srinagar Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Dar Yasin

A ragpicker carries empty cardboard boxes collected from a market in Srinagar, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Dar Yasin

Workers are engaged in the construction of a coastal road in Mumbai, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Rafiq Maqbool

A vendor carries cauliflower to sell at a vegetable market in Jammu, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Channi Anand

A shopkeeper displays grains for sale at a grocery store in Jammu, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Channi Anand

A vegetable vendor waits for customers at a market in Jammu, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Channi Anand

A shopkeeper arranges pickled vegetables for sale in Jammu, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Channi Anand

A vendor pushes a cart selling seeds at a market in Jammu, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Channi Anand

Kashmiri fruit vendors wait for customers at a market in Srinagar, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. | Photo: AP/Dar Yasin