The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at -2.36 percent (provisional) for the month of May, 2015 (over May, 2014) as compared to -2.65 percent (provisional) for the previous month and 6.18 percent during the corresponding month of the previous year.
India's headline inflation accelerated to 5.79 percent in July, the fastest pace in five months, mainly driven by higher food prices and costlier imports as the rupee fell to a record low, government data showed on Wednesday.