India’s inflation in April rises for sixth straight month, but undershoots estimates

A customer hands over a pineapple to a vendor at a roadside shop decorated with plastic Vishu Konna flowers (scientific name: Cassia fistula) ahead of the Vishu festival in Kochi, India, on April 14, 2026. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images India's consumer price inflation in April rose for the sixth straight month to 3.48% from 3.40% in March, even as the government kept prices at the pump steady to shield consumers from rising global oil prices. …