According to the government data released Friday, food articles registered deflation at 4.04 per cent in August 2018. Last month, deflation in this category was 2.16 per cent.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation stood at 4.43 per cent in May and 0.90 per cent in June last year.

Prataap Snack MD & CEO, Amit Kumat, is confident that Yum Pie, a Rs 5 chocolate-coated cake with a fruit-cream filling, would soon contribute over 10 per cent to his revenue.

Inflation based on wholesale prices eased to a seven-month low of 2.48per cent in February on cheaper food articles, including vegetables.

As per the data relased by government on Thursday, wholesale inflation on food articles fell by 2.4 per cent last month. The index for non-food articles jumped by 1.4 per cent.

The Reserve Bank should not \"over-react\" to high yield pressures in the bond market and refrain from hiking interest rates in its next monetary policy review on February 7, industry body Assocham said.

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According to the data released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, inflation in food articles slowed to 4.72 per cent in December from 6.06 per cent in November.

For December, there has been a considerable rise in the retail inflation to 5.21 per cent as compared to 4.88 per cent recorded in November.