date:Sep 14, 2012
In the manufactured items category, prices rose for cotton textiles, paper and paper products, cement and lime.
The rate of price rise in the manufactured products was 6.14 per cent in August, as against 5.58 per cent in July.
In the food articles category, pulses turned expensive by 34.39 per cent in August, wheat by 12.85 per cent and cereals by 10.71 per cent on an annual basis.
Besides, potatoes turned costlier by 68.86 per cent and rice by 10.29 per cent.
Inflation in eggs, meat, fish p