Food inflation down to 11.81

Tomatoes were 101.03 per cent dearer than a year earlier with their price-inflation having reached 88.06 per cent in the previous week. Prices of the vegetable had dropped 5.35 per cent in the same weeks last year.

The secretary of the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee,Azadpur did not confirm if tomatoes would grow cheaper during the winter.

Inflation for vegetables shed 2.84 percentage points from the previous week to 26.05 per cent,year-on-year as potatoes slowed from 0.98 per cent to 0.53 per cent. Onions remained 19.31 per cent cheaper than the previous year. Price of eggs,meat and fish eased to 12.74 per cent while milk prices to 11.79 per cent.

Cereals were 4.07 per cent dearer than the previous year,compared to the previous weeks 4.13 per cent. Inflation for rice increased by 0.06 percentage points to 4.27 per cent. Wheat fell 1.77 per cent.

Inflation for eggs,meat and fish eased 0.62 percentage points to 12.74 per cent while milk prices grew 0.06 percentage points faster at 11.79 per cent. Fruit prices grew 0.07 percentage points more quickly at 11.70 per cent. Inflation for oil seeds shed 0.95 percentage points to 10.24 per cent.