Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday disclosed the information which spoiled Finance Minister AMA Muhith's hope to keep the inflation under 7 percent in the new fiscal.
While presenting the 2014-15 budget proposal in June, Muhith had not set any inflation target but expected the rate to drop.
Kamal at a press briefing said the rate in last fiscal's June was at 6.97 percent on a point-to-point basis. It was 7.48 percent in May.
He said 2013-14's annual average inflation was at 7.35 percent.
The inflation rate in 2012-13 was 6.78 percent.