WPI inflation eases to nine-month low of 4.68%

New Delhi: India's wholesale price index's (WPI) inflation eased to a nine-month low of 4.68 per cent.

The reading for WPI inflation was revised to 6.40 percent. Food prices rose by 8.12 per cent, which is slower than an annual rise of 8.80 per cent in January.

Cooling food prices helped slow down retail inflation for a third straight month to a 25-month low of 8.10 per cent in February as well.