Inflation surged to 8.24 per cent for the week ended May 24 from 8.1 per cent in the previous week, despite fall in prices of some essential commodities like fruits, vegetables, spices.
Continuing its downward journey inflation further moderated to 12.34 per cent on Thursday for the week ending August 23 compared to 12.40 per cent recorded a week earlier.
Despite several measures taken by the Government to control inflation, it rose to 42-month high at 7.61 per cent this week as against 7.57 per cent in the previous week.
After declining for three successive weeks, inflation rose marginally to 12.14 per cent for the first week of September mainly due to dearer food items like fruits and vegetables.
Riding on the declining prices of food items, including cereals and pulses, inflation fell marginally to 11.80 per cent for the week ended September 27.