India's September inflation picks up to 7.34%
Authored By Bharat Sharma
Published: Oct 12, 2020, 24:41 IST | Updated: Oct 12, 2020, 24:41 IST
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India's annual retail inflation picked up in September to 7.34% from a year ago as food prices surged ahead of the festival season, government data showed on Monday.
Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast that retail inflation would rise to 6.88% in September, compared to 6.69% in the previous month.
(More details awaited)