Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
Inflation increased steadily during 2008, reaching 8.75% by the end of May and in June when this jumped to 11% then there was an alarming increase in the prices.
There were many reasons for it but one of the main driving forces was a reduction in government fuel subsidies, which lifted gasoline prices by an average of 10%.In July 2008, the key Indian Inflation Rate
i.e. the Wholesale Price Index touched the mark of 12.6%, the highest rate in the past 16 years of Indian history. This was almost three times the RBI‘s target of 4.1% and almost doubled as compared to 2007.
This continuous rise slipped back to 12.4% by mid-August in 2008.