c) Miscellaneous Factors:

Apart from the above, there are several other factors that lead to inflation in the economy. Some of them have been listed below.

(i) Rise in price of international commodities such as edible oil, crude oil etc.

(ii) Huge number of middlemen and large amounts of money siphoned off as profits by them.

(iii) Cartelization practices as adopted by some of the traders in the Indian economy thereby harming the interests of the consumers.

(iv) Huge dependence on import of crude oil for meeting the energy demands of the economy.

(v) Prolonged industrial unrest, which results in reduction of production capacity.