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Reserve Bank chief, Mukherjee meet

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao met Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee here Friday amid concern over spiralling food inflation.

After the meeting, Subbarao said he largely discussed macro-economic issues with the finance minister.

‘I have come for a routine meeting with the finance minister. When I meet the finance minister I [...]

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Rising inflation a matter of concern: Pranab

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday said the rise in inflation, primarily due to increase in food prices, was a matter of concern.

‘This is a matter of concern. There is an inflationary pressure, particularly in food items,’ he told reporters.

India’s annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices, rose sharply to [...]

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India’s annual inflation rate in November rises 4.78 percent

New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices, rose sharply to 4.78 percent in November from 1.34 percent in the previous month, mainly on account of a 16.71 percent jump in prices of food articles.

The annual inflation rate was 8.48 percent during the like month last year.

Data on the [...]

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India’s annual inflation rate rises to 1.34 percent

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices, rose sharply to 1.34 percent in October from 0.5 percent in the previous month, mainly on account of a 13.32 percent jump in prices of food articles.

Data on the official wholesale price index released Saturday showed that over the past year, [...]

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Food prices jumped 13.32 percent in October

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices, rose sharply to 1.34 percent in October from 0.5 percent in the previous month, mainly on account of a 13.32 percent jump in prices of food articles.

Data on the official wholesale price index released Saturday showed that over the past year, [...]

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India’s annual food price inflation up over 13 percent

New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Based on the new guidelines on disclosing the official wholesale price index, India’s annual rate of inflation based for primary articles and fuels stood unaltered at minus 6.2 percent for the week ended Oct 24, official data showed Thursday.

The annual inflation rate for food articles was sharply higher at 13.39 [...]

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Inflation rate rises marginally to 1.51 percent

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices, rose to 1.51 percent for the week ended Oct 17 from 1.21 percent the week before, data released Thursday showed.

The official Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for the week ended Oct 17 remained unchanged at its previous week’s level of 242.2 (provisional) [...]

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Inflation rate rises to 1.21 percent

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation, based on wholesale prices, rose to 1.21 percent for the week ended Oct 10 from 0.92 percent the week before, data released Thursday showed.

The official Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose 0.1 percent during the week following a rise in the index for primary articles and [...]

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India’s annual inflation rate rises to 0.92 percent

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices rose marginally to 0.92 percent for the week ended Oct 3 from 0.7 percent for the like week of the previous year.

The official wholesale price index, as per the latest data, declined 0.5 percent during the week ended Oct 3 due [...]

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Inflation declines to 0.7 percent

New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation, based on the wholesale price index, declined marginally to 0.7 percent for the week ended Sep 26, from 0.83 percent for the week before, due mainly to a drop in prices of food articles.

Data released Thursday showed that while the index for primary articles was [...]

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Inflation rate up, now at 0.83 percent

New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation crawled up marginally to 0.83 percent for the week ended Sep 19 from 0.37 percent the week before, according to official data released Thursday.

The price indices for major groups like primary articles, manufacturing products and fuel, power, light and lubricants rose for the week under [...]

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Inflation rate inches upwards to 0.37 percent

New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation crawled up marginally by 0.37 percent for the week ended Sep 12, a rise from 0.12 percent the week before, according to official data released Thursday.

The price indices for major groups like primary articles, manufacturing products and fuel, power, light and lubricants rose for the [...]

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After 13 weeks, inflation turns positive at 0.12 percent

New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) After remaining in the negative zone for 13 consecutive weeks, India’s annual rate of inflation was back to positive at 0.12 percent for the week ended Sep 5, a rise from minus 0.12 percent the week before, according to official data released Thursday.

The rate turned negative for the week ended [...]

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Inflation turns positive after 13 weeks

Mumbai, Sep 17 (ANI): The country’s annual rate of inflation turned positive, rising to 0.12 percent during the week ended on September 5, for the first tine in 13 weeks.

According to a Commerce and Industry Ministry release, the price rise stood at minus 0.12 per cent in the previous [...]

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After 13 weeks, inflation turns positive at 0.12 percent

New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) After remaining in negative zone for 13 consecutive weeks, India’s annual rate of inflation was back to positive at 0.12 percent for the week ended Sep 5, a rise from minus 0.12 percent the week before, according to official data released Thursday.

The rate turned negative for the week ended June [...]

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Inflation continues to be negative at minus 1.74 percent

New Delhi, Aug 13(ANI): The annual rate of inflation on Thursday fell marginally to minus 1.74 percent for the week ending August 1 from minus 1.58 percent the week before.

Food prices continued on a higher path with barley, jowar and gram gaining two percent each and condiments and [...]

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