A female labourer carried away watermelons following an auction at the Gaddiannaram wholesale fruit market on the outskirts of Hyderabad on March 17, 2011. India's central bank is expected March 17 to hike interest rates for the eighth time in just over a year to clamp down on soaring inflation, which is the highest in any major Asian economy. While food inflation has fallen from peaks of 20 percent in early 2010, it remains stubbornly high at 9.50 percent, causing hardship and resentment among the general public as it erodes purchasing power. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
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