Rising for the eighth straight month, inflation based on consumer price index for agricultural and rural labourers went up to 13.21 per cent and 12.89 per cent in August, due to high prices of onion, pulses and fruits.
The point to point rate inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL increased from 12.80 per cent and 12.61 per cent in July 2013 to 13.21 per cent and 12.89 per cent in August 2013.
Meanwhile, inflation based on food index of CPI-AL and CPI-RL stood at 14.22 per cent and 14.02 per cent, respectively during the month.
The index recorded increase between 5 points and 20 points in all the 20 states.
Karnataka topped the chart with 831 points and Tripura at the bottom with index level of 624 in case rural labourers.
Punjab registered the maximum increase of 21 points for agricultural labourers and Gujarat state registered the maximum increase of 20 points for rural labourers, mainly due to increase in the prices of rice, jowar, pulses, onion, vegetables and fruits, gur, firewood and shirting cloth cotton mill.