People shop at a vegetable market in Ahmadabad, India, Thursday, April 15, 2010. India’s headline inflation stuck at 9.9 percent in March as food and fuel prices rose sharply, adding to pressure for an interest rate hike, data showed Thursday. Rising prices have quickly become a political issue and hindered efforts by the ruling Congress Party to roll back costly fuel subsidies, which would help trim India’s swelling budget deficit. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)