"industrial-workers"

Food inflation stood at 5.26 per cent last month against 4.78 per cent in April 2021 and 5.88 per cent in the corresponding month a year ago.

The maximum upward pressure in current index came from 'fuel and light' group contributing 0.40 percentage points to the total change, it said.

High prices of fuel and certain food items pushed index to 4.48% in February

It said that the food inflation stood at 7.48 per cent in November as against 8.21 per cent in the previous month.