Inflation on the verge of turning double-digit

New Delhi, Apr 15: India's Inflation rate stayed shy of a double-digit number and came up close at 9.9 per cent for Mar 2010.

The wholesale price-based inflation was at 9.89 per cent in Feb 2010.

The marginal rise in Inflation has been attributed to rising prices of sugar and pulses.

The rate of food inflation, however, reduced marginally to 17.22 per cent for the week ended Apr 3 as against the previous week's 17.70 per cent.

OneIndia News