Snapping the five week rising trend, food inflation softened to 16.91 per cent for the week ended January 1, 2011, although vegetables, onions and protein-based items continued to remained costly.
Food inflation fell by 1.41 percentage points from 18.32 per cent recorded in the previous reporting week.
The economists rather than releasing the food inflation percentage in figures can really think of some constructive ways that would solve the rise in price.
