Consumer inflation rose to more-than-expected 8.59 per cent in April on rising food prices. An NDTV poll of economists saw inflation rising to 8.5 per cent in April.In March, retail climbed to 8.31 per cent.
In April, food prices rose 9.66 per cent from a year earlier.
Earlier this month, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said the country's inflation needs to come down in order to achieve sustainable growth, reiterating a stance he has held since he took charge at the bank. Dr Rajan has hiked rates thrice since assuming charge in September.
"To get sustainable growth, we have to bring down inflation. Once we get inflation down, then we can talk about the rest," Rajan said on the sidelines of a conference in St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland.
The Reserve Bank of India is scheduled to meet next month to do decide on it rate policy.
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