Inflation falls to 3-decade low of (-) 1.74 pc

New Delhi, Aug 13 (PTI) Inflation dipped to (-) 1.74 per
cent for the week ended August 1, the lowest in three decades,
even as prices of essential food items like pulses, cereals
fruit and vegetables continued to rise.

The wholesale price index during the corresponding week a
year ago was as high as 12.91 per cent, while in the previous
week, it stood at (-) 1.58 per cent.

During the week, prices of barley, jowar and gram rose by
two per cent and condiments and spices, arhar and fruits and
vegetables by one per cent each.

At the same time, imported edible oil, sugar and
unrefined oil got expensive. PTI DP
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