India's consumer inflation rose to 0.71% in November, accelerating from an all-time low of 0.25% in the prior month.

The headline inflation number was in line with estimates of a 0.70% rise in the consumer price index, according to a Reuters poll of economists' median estimates.

The rise in consumer inflation was due to rises in the price of vegetables, eggs, meat and fish, spices and fuel, the government said in its Friday release, adding that fuel and light prices rose 2.32% in November compared to 1.98% in October.

Inflation also rose in both urban and rural areas.

Low inflation environment, coupled with the weakening of some key economic indicators, led India's central bank to cut its policy rates by 25 basis points last week, allowing it to boost the country's already strong e

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