Food on boil, inflation rises to 4-month high of 5.08% in June; May factory output highest since October

India's retail inflation surged to a four-month high of 5.08% in June, up from 4.8% in May, driven by a sharp increase in food prices which reached a six-month high of 9.36%. This exceeded expectations, as a recent poll had projected inflation at 4.7%. Concurrently, the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) indicated robust growth, rising to a seven-month high of 5.9% in May, fueled by gains in electricity generation and mining sectors.