New Delhi, August 13: Inflation dipped to (-) 1.74 per cent for the week ended August 1, the lowest in three decades, even as prices of essential food items like pulses, cereals fruit and vegetables continued to rise.
The wholesale price index during the corresponding week a year ago was as high as 12.91 per cent, while in the previous week, it stood at (-) 1.58 per cent.
During the week, prices of barley, jowar and gram rose by two per cent and condiments and spices, arhar and fruits and vegetables by one per cent each.
At the same time, imported edible oil, sugar and unrefined oil got expensive.
–PTI