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Inflation at 44-month high of 7.83%

PTI - 07:45 PM

New Delhi, May 16 (PTI) An unabated rise in inflation to 44-month high of 7.83 per cent has added to the miseries of the government as Finance Minister P Chidambaram warned of more administrative steps in case steel and cement prices do not come to the desired level.

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