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Article: INDIA'S INFLATION RATE STATIC AT 8.21 PER CENT.
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- AsiaPulse News
- Article date:
- February 19, 2001
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NEW DELHI, Feb 19 Asia Pulse - India's annual inflation rate stood static at 8.21 per cent during the week ended February three, despite a sharp 1.6 per cent rise in fuel prices.
The point-to-point inflation rate based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for all commodities (Base Year: 1993-94 _ 100), hovering over eight per cent for the last six weeks, was 8.21 per cent previous week and 3.25 per cent a year ago.
The WPI, however, rose slightly by 0.1 per cent to 158.2 during the week against 158.1 in the ...