NEW DELHI, Feb 8 APP: Inflation increased to its six-month high of 4.11 per cent in India for the week ended January 26 as against 3.93 per cent in the previous week, due to hike in prices of food items.
Prices of food items including maize, moong, wheat, condiments and spices, and bajra went up during the week. Prices of salt, black tea leaf, bread and buns, and mustard oil also registered upward trend, according to official figure released on Friday.
Toilet soaps, caustic soda, synthetic rubber, and truck and bus chassis became dearer in the week end.
According to estimates by the private sector, prices in food items have been constantly going high for the last one year.
The opposition parties have criticised the Congress-led coalition for the price hike which is hitting the commonman badly.