The Wholesale Price Index based inflation rose to 7.33 per cent for the week ending April 12 as compared to 7.14 per cent last week, driven by higher prices of mineral groups.


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</p><p class='TableClas'>The government also revised the inflation rate for the week ending on February 16 to 5.66 per cent as against 4.89 per cent as reported earlier. </P></p></table>


Inflation rises to 7.33%

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