India's food inflation at 8.28pc y/y on April 2

NEW DELHI: India's food price index rose 8.28 percent and the fuel price index climbed 12.97 percent in the year to April 2, government data on Friday showed.

In the previous week, annual food and fuel inflation stood at 9.18 percent and 13.13 percent, respectively.

The primary articles price index was up 11.40 percent, compared with an annual rise of 12.97 percent a week earlier.

The wholesale price index-based inflation, the most widely watched gauge of prices in India, rose 8.98 percent in March from a year earlier, higher than February's 8.31 percent rise.