Retail inflation picks up to 2.92% in April

New Delhi, May 11: India's annual retail inflation rose to 2.92 per cent in April 2019 as against 2.86 per cent in March.

The data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showed that food inflation was at 1.1 percent in April against 0.3 percent in March on a month-on-month basis.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast April's annual increase in the consumer price index at 2.97%.