TABLE-Indian annual inflation at 7.83 pct on May 3

May 16 (Reuters) - India's wholesale price index
<INWPI=ECI> rose 7.83 percent in the 12 months to May 3, higher
than the previous week's annual rise of 7.61 percent,
government data showed on Friday.

The rate was above a median forecast of 7.50 percent in a
Reuters poll of analysts. It was the highest since an annual
reading of 7.93 percent on Nov. 6, 2004.
KEY POINTS:
SUB-INDEX (WEIGHTING) May 3 Apr 26 Pct change
PRIMARY ARTICLES (22.025) 239.3 238.6 +0.3
Food articles (15.402) 231.5 230.4 +0.5
Non-food articles (6.138) 227.9 228.2-0.1
Minerals (0.485) 630.2 630.20
FUEL, POWER, LIGHT
AND LUBRICANTS (14.226) 345.4 342.5+0.8
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS (63.749) 198.9 198.3+0.3
Food Products (11.538) 204.3 202.8 +0.7
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Note: Articles in CAPITALS are sub-indices. Articles in lower
case are specific categories within the sub-indices.
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(Reporting by Rajkumar Ray; Editing by Charlotte Cooper)