Food inflation dips to 16.91%

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.

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