India's April WPI falls to 3.85%, base year changed

India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices decelerated last month to 3.85 per cent from 5.29 per cent reported for March, official data showed on Friday

India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices decelerated last month to 3.85 per cent from 5.29 per cent reported for March, official data showed on Friday.

According to data furnished by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the base year of the current wholesale price index (WPI) has been revised from 2004-05 to 2011-12.

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