The annual rate of inflation, based on index numbers of wholesale prices (WPI) in India, largely remained unchanged in the month of March as it came in at 6.89% as compared to 6.95% for the previous month and 9.68% during the corresponding month of the previous year. Build up inflation in the financial year so far was 6.89% compared to a buildup of 9.68% in the corresponding period of the previous year.
The index for primary articles group, which has a weightage of 20.12% in overall WPI, rose by 2.4% to 206.3 from 201.5 for the previous month. The index for fuel and power group with a weightage of 14.91% in WPI rose by 0.5% to 174.0 from 173.2 for the previous month. The index of Manufactured Products group (weight 64.97% of WPI) rose by 0.4% to 142.2 from 141.7 for the previous month.
India's wholesale price index hardly budged in the month of March after showing signs of accelerating last month. However, in the backdrop of weak industrial production and steady inflation, the Reserve Bank of India remains in a tight corner a day ahead of its annual monetary policy review meet in which it is widely expected to start the liquidity easing cycle by cutting key interest rates by 25 basis points.
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