Business EconomyPosted at: Apr 15 2019 2:22PM

New Delhi, Apr 15 (UNI) The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price inflation, stood at 3.18 per cent for March 2019 compared to 2.93 per cent for the previous month and 2.74 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year, official data said on Monday.
Food Inflation in March stood at 3.89 per cent against 3.29 per cent the previous month, the Commerce and Industry ministry said.
Fuel and Power Inflation rose to 5.41 per cent against 2.23 per cent last month.
Manufactured Products Inflation stood at 2.16 per cent in March against 2.25 per cent last month.
Vegetables Inflation rose to 28.13 per cent in March against vs 6.82 per cent in February.

Build up inflation rate in the financial year so far was 3.18 per cent compared to a build up rate of 2.74 per cent in the corresponding period of the previous year.
The official Wholesale Price Index for ‘All Commodities’ for March, 2019 rose by 0.4 per cent to 120.0 from 119.5 for the previous month.
The index for ‘Food Articles’ group rose by 0.9 per cent for the previous month for ‘Non-Food Articles’ group declined by 2.6 per cent .


The index for Primary articles rose by 0.4 per cent to 134.7 from 134.2 for the previous month.
The index for ‘Minerals’ group declined by 1.9 per cent and for 'Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas' group rose by 3.3 per cent.
The index for ‘Mineral Oils’ group rose by 4.1 per cent and for manufactured products rose by 0.2 per cent .
The index for ‘Manufacture of Food Products’ group declined by 0.2 per cent and for ‘Manufacture of Beverages’ group rose by 0.2 per cent .

The index for 'Manufacture of Tobacco Products' group rose by 3.2 per cent for the previous month while for ‘Manufacture of Textiles’ group declined by 0.3 per cent.
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