India advances release time of retail inflation, infrastructure output data by 90 minutes

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's statistics ministry said on Tuesday it had decided to bring forward the release time of retail inflation data, the key metric used to decide monetary policy, by 90 minutes to 1600 India Standard Time from 1730 IST on the 12th of every month.

The ministry has also decided to bring forward the release time of infrastructure output data by 90 minutes to 1600 IST on the 12th of every month, it added.

(Reporting by Shivam Patel; Editing by Gareth Jones)