New Delhi, April 13:  India's consumer price inflation for March eased to 5.17 percent from 5.37 percent in February 2015, government data showed on Monday.

The March CPI was considerably down from 8.25 percent recorded in the corresponding month of 2014.

The CPI urban for March stood at 4.75 percent and rural at 5.58 percent. March food inflation stood at 6.14 percent from the previous months rate of 6.88 percent.

As per final CPI inflation rates for February 2015 furnished by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the CPI urban stood at 7.52 percent and rural at 6.43 percent.