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Food inflation fell to a seven-week low of 13.07 per cent for the week ended January 29 as pulses turned cheaper, even as vegetables remained costly.
Snapping the two-week rising trend, food inflation fell nearly 4 percentage points in the week from 17.05 per cent in the week ended January 22.
On an annual basis, prices of potatoes fell 8.87 per cent, while pulses fell 8.63 per cent and wheat by 3.58 per cent, data released by the government showed.
Onion prices, which had more than doubled in the week ended January 22, eased in the subsequent week. However, onions continued to remain dearer by 78.64 per cent for the week ended January 29.
Vegetables as a whole have turned costlier by 44.34 per cent on an annual basis.
Fruits and milk became costlier by 10.46 per cent and 11.66 per cent on a year-on-year basis respectively.
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