Spiralling prices of vegetables, non-food items and manufactured products pushed up inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) to 4.75% for the week ended October 29 from 4.49% in the previous week.The WPI was up 0.3% at 198.3 in the week under review from 197.7 points in the previous week. The government revised upwards the inflation figure to 3.64% for the week ended September 3 from a provisional figure of 3.16%, and the WPI stood corrected at 196.6 points as against the earlier estimate of 195.7 points.
