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Food inflation turns negative to -3.36%

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Posted: Jan 05, 2012 at 1209 hrs IST

New Delhi India's food inflation turned negative in the year to December 24, at -3.36 per cent, while fuel inflation accelerated to 14.6 per cent, government data on Thursday showed.

In the previous week, annual food and fuel inflation stood at 0.42 per cent and 14.37 per cent, respectively.

The primary articles price index was up 0.10 per cent, compared with an annual rise of 2.70 per cent a week earlier.

India's headline inflation has stayed above 9 per cent for a year, despite 13 rate increases by the central bank since March 2010.

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Will now prnab sy that people will get ommodity and get paid to pick it up toooooo? by umesh on 05 Jan 2012

When the prices were soaring our FM said it was because of the Food Inflation duressly we had to accept his claim, that is fine!!!! But will the negative infltion help the poor to get the commodities in the older prices? What you say Pranab???

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