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Food inflation rises to 8.76%
India's food price index rose 8.76% and the fuel price index climbed 13.53% in the year to April 16, government data today showed.
Updated on: Apr 28, 2011, 13:40:33 IST
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India's food price index rose 8.76% and the fuel price index climbed 13.53% in the year to April 16, government data on Thursday showed.
In the previous week, annual food and fuel inflation stood at 8.74% and 13.05%, respectively.
The primary articles price index was up 12.08%, compared with an annual rise of 11.96% a week earlier.
The wholesale price index-based inflation, the most widely watched gauge of prices in the country, rose 8.98% in March from a year earlier, higher than February's 8.31% rise.
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