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March consumer price inflation quickens to 8.31 percent

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Apr 15 2014 | 5:53 PM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's annual consumer price inflation in March quickened to 8.31 percent, driven by higher food prices, government data showed on Tuesday.

A Reuters poll had forecast retail inflation would edge up to 8.19 percent from a 25-month low of 8.10 percent in February.

Food prices for consumers in March rose 9.10 percent from a year earlier, faster than February's provisional 8.57 percent rise.

(Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Douglas Busvine)

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