Retail inflation jumps to 4-month high of 4.87% in May from 4.58% in April

Food inflation rose to 3.1 per cent, from 2.8 per cent in April while vegetable prices rose 8.40 per cent, from 7.29 per cent

The consumer price index-based inflation rose to a four-month high of 4.87 per cent in May, from 4.58 per cent the previous month, on rising food prices and a lower base. 

This was despite the fuel and lighting category showing less of a rise, of 3.37 per cent, from 5.24 per cent in April. 

Food inflation rose to 3.1 per cent, from 2.8 per cent in April. Vegetable prices rose 8.40 per cent, from 7.29 per cent; those of fruit by 12.33 per cent, against 9.65 per cent in April.

However, in an unpleasant news for cane growers, the pace of fall