Inflation falls to 3.96 pc due to lower manufactured product price

New Delhi, Apr 7 (UNI) The annual rate of inflation fell to 3.96 per cent for the week ended March 25 as against 4.06 per cent during the previous earlier, due to lower prices of manufactured products.

The inflation rate, calculated on point-to-point basis, stood at 5.10 per cent during the corresponding week last year, official figures released here said today.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram had earlier said inflation would be 3.96 per cent.

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