Food inflation rose to 16.55% for the week ended May 22 on account of high prices of pulses, fruits and vegetables.
Inflation increased by 0.32 percentage point from 16.23% in the previous week.
The uptick was mainly due to a 7% increase in fish marine prices, 5% rise in prices of poultry chicken, 2% in prices of barley and masur each and one% increase in prices for fruits and vegetables.
However, coffee turned cheaper by 5% while wheat prices eased by one%.
Among non-food articles, raw rubber prices rose by 5% and raw silk and castor seed by 4% each.
On an annual basis, prices of pulses rose by 30.84%, milk by 21.12% and fruits by 13.74%.
The overall inflation for April stood at 9.59%, moderating slightly from 9.90% in March, according to the provisional data.