Price index for fuel and power remains unchanged compared to last week.
New Delhi: India's annual rate of inflation dropped to minus 1.55 per cent for the week ended June 27, from minus 1.30 per cent the week before, according to official data released here on Thursday.
India's annual rate of inflation turned negative for the week ended June 6, for the first time since the new wholesale price index (WPI) series started in 1995.
The inflation rate had last turned negative in 1977.
The price index for primary articles rose 0.3 per cent, while that for fuel and power remained unchanged at its previous week's level of 327.9 (provisional) while manufactured products declined by 0.1 per cent.
The final data for the week ended April 25 showed that the revised annual inflation rate actually stood at 1.48 per cent.
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