Food inflation at 7.70% as against 8.53% WoW on April 30

India's food price index rose 7.70% and the fuel price index climbed 12.25% in the year to April 30, government data on Thursday showed.

In the previous week, annual food and fuel inflation stood at 8.53% and 13.53%, respectively.

The primary articles price index was up 11.96%, compared with an annual rise of 12.11% a week earlier.

The RBI raised interest rates last week -- its ninth rate hike since March 2010 -- by a sharper-than-expected 50 basis points and said fighting inflation was its priority, even at the expense of short-term growth.

The wholesale price index-based inflation, the most widely watched gauge of prices in India, rose 8.98% in March from a year earlier, higher than February's 8.31% rise.

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