Finance ministry sees 2015/16 inflation at 5.5 pct or lower

A worker takes a nap inside a shop selling potatoes at a wholesale vegetable market in Delhi February 12, 2015. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's consumer inflation will drop to between 5 and 5.5 percent in 2015/16, opening up space for more monetary easing, a finance ministry report said on Friday, a day before the government presents its first full budget. (Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Frank Jack Daniel)