The annual inflation rate rose to 3.22 per cent for the week ended December 22 as compared to 3.15 per cent the previous week. The inflation rate for the corresponding period was 2.08 per cent in the previous year.
The wholesale price index (WPI) fell 0.1 per cent to 166.9 during the reported week. The index was 161.7 in the corresponding period in 2001.
The final WPI for the week ended October 26 stood corrected at 167.5 as against the provisional figure of 167.3 and the final inflation was at 3.14 per cent as compared to provisional mark of 3.02 per cent.
A 0.5 per cent fall in the prices of food articles and 0.2 per cent in non-food items pushed down the index for the primary articles
