By IANS,
New Delhi: India’s food inflation rose to 9.13 percent for the week ended June 11, compared to 8.96 percent recorded in the previous week, official data showed Thursday.
The high inflation figures comes a week after the Reserve Bank of India hiked interest rates again — the 10th time since March 2010.
As per data released by the commerce and industry ministry, the primary articles index fell to 12.62 percent compared to 12.86 percent in the previous week.
The index for fuels and power was unchanged at 12.84 percent.
The following are the yearly rise and fall in prices of some main commodities that form the sub-index for food articles:
Onions: 11.89 percent
Vegetables: (-) 9.27 percent
Fruits: 28.66 percent
Potatoes: 0.71 percent
Milk: 15.3 percent
Eggs, meat, fish: 10.56 percent
Cereals: 4.32 percent
Rice: 1.82 percent
Wheat: (-) 1 percent
Pulses: (-) 10.34 percent