New Delhi: India's annual rate of inflation crawled up marginally to 0.83 per cent for the week ended on September 19 from 0.37 per cent the week before, according to official data released on Thursday.
The price indices for major groups like primary articles, manufacturing products and fuel, power, light and lubricants rose for the week under review.
The index for primary articles rose 0.4 per cent to 276.5 (provisional) from 275.3 (provisional) for the previous week.
Similarly, the index for manufactured products went up by 0.1 per cent for the week under review to 209 (provisional) from 208.8 (provisional).
The price index for fuel, power, light and lubricants rose to 345.8 (provisional) from 343.5 (provisional) due to higher prices of furnace oil (up 12 per cent) and light diesel oil (up 4 per cent).
Inflation has been firming up since the week ended on September 5 after 14 consecutive weeks of fall. It had turned negative for the week ended on June 6 for the first time since the new wholesale price index series started in 1995.
The Reserve Bank of India had in its periodical policy review predicted inflation to be around the 5 per cent mark by the end of this fiscal.
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