Reinforcing expectations that the Reserve Bank of India will leave interest rates on hold at its April 1 review after surprising investors with a 25 basis points hike last month, the provisional annual inflation rate based on all India general Consumer Price Index (CPI) (Combined) for January 2014 on point to point basis (January 2014 over January 2013) came in at two year low at 8.79%, as compared to 9.87%.