Inflation falls to

Under the group beverages, tobacco, and tobacco products there was a decline of 0.1 per cent in the case of manufactured bidis, cigarettes, tobacco and zarda.

In the textiles group, cotton textiles witnessed a drop of 0.2 per cent while man-made textiles eased by 0.4 per cent and jute, hemp and mesta textiles showed a decline of 3.1 per cent for the latest recorded week.

On the other hand, price index for 8216;non-food articles8217; rose by 0.4 per cent to stand at 144.2 from the previous week8217;s 143.6 due to higher prices of soyabean which hardened by 11 per cent, raw jute and cotton seed with rose by 3 per cent each, raw silk and fodder rose by 2 per cent each while groundnut seeds rose by one per cent. Prices of sunflower dipped by 5 per cent, copra, gingelly seed and linseed by 3 per cent each while mesta and raw rubber fell by 2 per cent each even as rapeseed and mustard fell by one per cent each.

However, the price index for fuel, power, light and lubricants has shown a rise by 0.5 per cent due to higher prices of furnace oil which has hardened by 14 per cent.