The Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation further increased by 18.17 percent in March compared to 17.33 percent in the preceding month as reported by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

According to the CPI Report for March, which was released Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), food inflation increased by 22.95 percent from 21.79 percent in February.

Core Inflation also rose to 12.67 per cent in March from 12.38 per cent in the preceding month.