India’s consumer price inflation rose in March, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed on Friday.
The consumer price index rose 2.86 percent year-on-year following a 2.57 percent rise in February. The reading matched economists’ expectations.
Food inflation rebounded to 0.3 percent in March from a fall of 0.73 percent in February.
Separate data from the statistical office showed that, the industrial production edged up 0.1 percent year-on-year in February, which was slower than the 2.0 percent gain economists had forecast.
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