date:Apr 16, 2013
to 8.73 percent in March from 11.38 percent in February.
Easing of food inflation was on account of a sharp drop in prices of vegetables. Inflation in vegetables stood (-)0.95 percent in March, from 12.11 percent in the previous month.
Commenting on the inflation numbers, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said inflationary pressure is coming down gradually.
Inflation behaviour is consistent with what government has been saying that it is slowly coming under control,