date:Aug 13, 2013
reas has contributed to the steep retail prices of vegetables.
Food inflation accelerated for the second month in a row to 9.74 percent in June as vegetable, including onion, prices shot up over 20 percent from the previous month.
Higher food prices pushed up retail inflation to 9.87 percent in June. Government data due later on Monday is expected to show consumer prices in July rose 9.70 percent compared with a year earlier.