Bhubaneswar, Feb. 16 -- Bhubaneswar: Price rise haunts Odisha acutely. The State tops the country by virtue of recording steepest ever rise in prices of food commodities.

The most disconcerting trend observed is rural Odisha seems a stressed lot in country. The big reason is people in the villages of Odisha are bearing the brunt of country-highest spike in inflation rate.

This explosive revelation popped out when the National Statistics Office (NSO) recently released the annualised inflation rate for the month of January 2020.

The NSO data shows Odisha emerging the top pricey state in the country, and the national-highest rural inflation propelling Odisha to occupy the dubious distinction nationally.

As per the NSO, annual price rise ...