India's consumer price inflation rose slightly in April, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation said Tuesday.
Consumer price inflation rose less-than-expected to 3.48 percent in April from 3.40 percent in March. Inflation was forecast to rise to 3.8 percent.
At the same time, food inflation accelerated to 4.2 percent from 3.87 percent a month ago, data showed.
Last month, the Reserve Bank of India left its policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25 percent.
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