The jump in inflation rate was due to rise in prices of jowar, ragi, masur, vegetable and fruits, bajra, rice bran oil, salt, maida, suji and solvent extracted groundnut oil, shirts, bushshirts, hessian and sacking bags, foundries for casting and forging and other non-ferrous metals.

However, it remained above 8 per cent mark at 8.07 per cent during the corresponding week last year.

The rising trend in the inflation rate was witnessed despite fall in the prices of tea, fish, kardi seed, cottonseed, sugar and sweet meat confectionary, building bricks and cement.

The main reasons for decline in inflation rate was attributed to the record agricultural production offoodgrains and oilseeds which paved the way to this fall.