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)
