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New Delhi: Indias wholesale price index based inflation rose to 1.84% in September on the back of higher food prices...
The September print was lower than the 1.92% increase projected by economists in a Reuters poll and up from 1.31% in August, according to government data released on Monday.. Food prices rose 9.5% year-on-year in September, compared to a 3.26% rise in August..
Vegetable prices rose 48.7%, compared to a drop of 10% in August..
However, a widening conflict in the Middle East has pushed global oil prices hovering near $80 a barrel and that could fan inflation in India, which is the third-largest oil importer and consumer...
