India Inflation jumps to 0.57 pc

New Delhi, Apr 30: India's inflation for the week ended Apr 18 jumped to 0.57 pc as against 0.26 pc in the previous week.

The index for the primary articles rose 1.7 per cent and the manufactured products index was up 0.3 pc on a week-on-week basis. Meanwhile the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for the fuel group rose 0.1 pc on a week-on-week basis.

Inflation for the week ended February 21 was revised to 2.99 per cent from 3.03 per cent. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected India's WPI inflation to be around 4 pc by the end of this fiscal.

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