India's inflation falls to 0.13 pc

Thursday, June 11, 2009, 13:04 [IST]

Mumbai, Jun 11: The official data on Thursday, Jun 11 revealed that India's annual rate of inflation fell to 0.13 pc from previous last week of 0.48 pc.

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As per data released by the commerce and industry ministry, the wholesale price index (WPI) for all commodities rose 0.1 pc primarily due to a rise in the indices for primary articles and manufacturing products.

Among the manufactured products groups, indices for food products, paper and non-metallic minerals increased. However, textiles, rubber and plastic products, basic metal, alloys and machinery equipment declined.

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