Rising food prices pushed the annual rate of inflation for food articles to 13.4 per cent in the week ended October 24, 2009. The annual rate of inflation for primary articles, which include food articles, for the week ended October 24, 2009, rose 8.94 per cent from a year earlier. In the previous week ended October 17, 2009, it was 8.67 per cent.

The Wholesale Price Index for the week ending October 24, 2009, in respect of primary articles declined by 0.1 per cent to 273 from 273.3 for the previous week.