India's inflation falls further to 5.24 per cent

New Delhi: India's annual rate of inflation fell further to 5.24 per cent for the week ended January 3, from 5.91 per cent the week before, official data released on Thursday said.

The inflation rate was 4.26 per cent during the corresponding week the previous year.

The wholesale price index (WPI) for all commodities declined 0.2 per cent to 229 from 229.5 the previous week. Both figures are provisional.

The index for primary articles declined 0.5 per cent to 246.3 from 247.5 the previous week, while that for manufactured products fell 0.1 percent to 200.6 from 200.8.

The index for fuel, power, light and lubricants also declined by 0.2 percent to 329.8 from 330.5.