June retail inflation eases to 7.31 pct y/y

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual consumer price inflation rate > eased to 7.31 percent in June, the lowest since the government started releasing the data in 2012, helped by moderating 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.

Consumer food price inflation, under a new series published by the government, eased in June to 7.97 percent from 9.56 percent in May.

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