Inflation declined to 5.16 per cent for the week ended December 2 from 5.30 per cent in the previous week mainly due to a fall in the prices of fuel and food items.
The wholesale price-based inflation stood at 4.44 per cent during the corresponding week last year.
The wholesale price index for all commodities fell by 0.4 per cent to 207.8 points as against 197.6
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points a year ago.
The government revised upward the final inflation figure to 5.36 per cent for the week ended October 7, as compared to the provisional 5.16 per cent, while the WPI stood corrected at 208.3 points as against the earlier estimate of 207.9 points.