Inflation jumps to 6.10 per cent

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 13:54 [IST]

New Delhi, Mar 9 (UNI) The annual rate of inflation rose to 6.10 per cent for the week ended February 24, from 6.05 per cent in the previous week.

The annual inflation rate calculated on a point-to-point basis was 4.18 per cent during the corresponding week of the previous year.

Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said rising inflation is an issue of social concern and can be tackled only through increased supply of farm products.

''Supply-side is indeed a durable answer to inflation. More wheat, more rice, more sugar, more pulses and more oil seeds is the answer,'' he said here yesterday.

UNI

Topics: ECONOMY-INFLATION

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