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India's April wholesale prices rise 8.3% year-on-year

FILE PHOTO: A man sorts vegetables at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, February 1, 2026. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A man sorts vegetables at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, February 1, 2026. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo Reuters

NEW DELHI - India's wholesale prices rose 8.3% year-on-year in April after a 3.88% gain in the previous month, government data showed on Thursday.

Economists polled by Reuters had projected wholesale prices in April to rise 4.4% year-on-year.

(Reporting by Shivangi Acharya; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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This story was originally published May 14, 2026 at 1:38 AM.

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