The index for fuel, power, light and lubricants rose 0.1 per cent to 0.1 per cent to 323 (provisional) from 322.6 (provisional) for the previous week due to higher prices of aviation turbine fuel (8 percent) and furnace oil (2 per cent).

The inflation rate based on official wholesale price index had declined for eight consecutive weeks to 0.27 per cent for the week ended March 14, but marginally rose to 0.31 per cent for the week ended March 21.

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It then declined for two consecutive weeks, before rising again to 0.26 per cent and 0.57 per cent for the week ended April 11 and April 18.

Between April 11 and April 18, the wholesale price index rose 0.6 per cent to 230.2 from 228.8 the week before, as per the provisional data released by the commerce and industry ministry.