June retail inflation eases to 7.31 pct

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Jul 14 2014 | 5:56 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual consumer price inflation eased to 7.31 percent in June, the lowest level since the government started releasing the data in 2012, helped mainly by a moderation in food prices, government data showed on Monday.

A Reuters poll had forecast the consumer price inflation rate would moderate to 7.95 percent in June from 8.28 percent in the previous month.

(Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)

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