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India's May retail inflation rises 3.93% on year

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FILE PHOTO: Debashis Dhara, a vegetable vendor, speaks on his mobile phone at a retail market area in Kolkata, India, March 22, 2022. Picture taken March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Debashis Dhara, a vegetable vendor, speaks on his mobile phone at a retail market area in Kolkata, India, March 22, 2022. Picture taken March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo Rupak De Chowdhuri Reuters

NEW DELHI - India's retail inflation rose to 3.93% year-over-year in May from 3.48% in April, government data showed on Friday.

A Reuters poll had projected retail inflation at 4.0%.

(Reporting by Shubham Batra and Shivangi Acharya in New Delhi)

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This story was originally published June 12, 2026 at 6:34 AM.

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