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Inflation based on wholesale prices eased to 3.58 per cent in December 2017 as prices of food articles declined even as fuel cost witnessed a surge.
Calculated on the basis of Wholesale Price Index (WPI), the inflation was 3.93 per cent in November 2017 and 2.10 per cent in December 2016.
As per government data released today, inflation on food articles slowed to 4.72 per cent in December, from 6.06 per cent in November 2017.
Vegetables too witnessed some softening with annual inflation at 56.46 per cent in December as against 59.80 per cent in the previous month.
Kitchen staple onion witnessed a whopping
