date:May 16, 2016
In April, India's annual consumer price inflation hit a stronger-than-expected 5.39 percent from 4.83 percent the previous month, reports Reuters, referring to government data released Thursday 12 May.
Meanwhile, food inflation picked up to 6.32 percent in April from 5.21 percent in March, the data showed.
Separately, data showed India's industrial output edged up 0.1 percent in March from a year earlier, well below forecasts for 2.5 percent growth.
Sonal Varma, an Indian economist in Mumb