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Nation's annual food inflation rose to 17.65 percent for the week ended April 10 from 17.22 percent a week ago as prices of milk, fruits and lentils went up during the period under review, official data showed on Thursday.

Annual food inflation rose to 17.7 percent for the week ended March 27 from 16.35 percent a week before owing to a rise in the prices of milk, fruits, vegetables and lentils.

Food inflation rose marginally to 16.34 percent for the week ended 20th March from the four-month-low 16.22 percent the week beofre, according to official figures released on Thursday.

Driven primarily by higher food prices, nation's annual rate of inflation, based on the wholesale prices index, went up marginally to 9.9 percent in March from 9.89 percent a month ago, official data showed Thursday.

Nation's annual food inflation dropped marginally to 17.22 percent for the week ended April 3 from 17.7 percent a week before even as prices of milk, fruits and lentils rose during the period under review, data showed Thursday.

Annual food inflation declined to 16.61 percent for the week ended April 17 from 17.65 percent a week ago due to a fall in prices of fruits, vegetables and some coarse cereals, official data showed on Thursday.

Annual food inflation declined to 13.93 percent for the week ended April 24 from 16.61 percent a week ago due to a fall in prices of wheat and vegetables, official data showed Thursday.

Despite the government's best efforts to talk it down, India's annual food inflation shot up to 16.55 percent for the week ended May 22, owing to high prices of pulses, milk and fruits, official data released Thursday showed.