New Delhi, July 15: Annual food inflation inched up to 12.81 per cent for the week ended July 3, while fuel inflation shot up to 14.27 per cent, reflecting the hike in oil prices.
In the previous week food inflation was at 12.63 per cent and fuel inflation at 18.02 per cent.
While vegetable prices fell by 5.70 per cent year-on year, costlier pulses and cereals kept food inflation higher.
Potato became cheaper by nearly 43 per cent, while onion prices were down five per cent on an annual basis. Cereals turned dearer by 6.04 per cent and rice by 6.10 per cent.
Prices of pulses shot up 28.98 per cent and that of milk by 15.91 per cent. Year-on-year fruit prices went up by 15.91 per cent.
–Agencies