During the week, prices of wheat remained steady at all reporting centres except an increase at Bhopal while prices of sugar remained stable at all the reporting centers except for an increase at Shimla and Mumbai.
Prices of gram dal also remained steady at all the reporting centers except for an increase at Mumbai, Agartala and Bangalore and decreased at Delhi.
However, price of tur dal moved up in cities like Delhi, Agartala, Bhubaneshwar and Hyderabad, while it decreased at Bangalore.
In Delhi, prices of rice increased from Rs 19 to Rs. 20 per kg, tur dal from Rs 42 to Rs. 43 per kg, vansapati from Rs 73 to Rs 74 per kg, tea from Rs 120 to Rs 121 kg and onion from Rs 9 kg. to Rs 10 kg. Price of gram dal decreased from Rs 35 to Rs 34.50 per kg, groundnut oil from Rs 123 to Rs 122 per kg. and potato from Rs 9.50 to Rs 9 per kg.
Wholesale price index based inflation for the week ended June 21 stood at 11.63 per cent. For the same week, inflation for food articles stood at 6.27 per cent.
