NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's consumer price inflation edged up to 5.01 percent in May, government data showed on Friday.
The data compared with a 5.0 percent annual rise predicted by analysts in a Reuters poll and April's 4.87 percent print.
Retail food inflation eased to 4.80 percent last month from 5.11 percent in April.
(Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Malini Menon)