India, May 13 -- Retail inflation inched up to 3.48 per cent in April, mainly due to higher prices of gold and silver jewellery as well as some kitchen items, according to government data released on Tuesday.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation, with base year 2024, was 3.40 per cent in March, 3.21 per cent in February, and 2.74 per cent in January. The data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) showed that inflation in the food basket was at 4.20 per cent in April, up from 3.87 per cent in the preceding month.

The highest inflation was in silver jewellery (144.34 per cent), followed by coconut-copra (44.55 per cent); gold, diamond, platinum jewellery (40.72 per cent), tomato (35.28 per cent), and cauliflower (25.5...