TABLE-India's food inflation at 10.05 pct y/y on Aug 20

Sept 1 (Reuters) - India's food price index rose 10.05
percent, its highest in nearly six months, and the fuel
price index climbed 12.55 percent in the year to Aug.
20, government data on Thursday showed.

In the previous week, annual food and fuel inflation stood
at 9.80 percent and 13.13 percent respectively.

The primary articles index was up 12.93 percent,
compared with an annual rise of 12.40 percent a week earlier.

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KEY POINTS:

SUB INDEX (WEIGHTING) Aug 20 Aug 13 Pct change

PRIMARY ARTICLES 20.12 200.9 198.5 +1.2 pct

Food articles 14.34 195.0 192.7 +1.2 pct

FUEL AND POWER 14.91 166.8 167.2 -0.2 pct

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NOTE: Articles in CAPITALS are sub-indices. Articles in

lower case are specific categories within the sub-indices.

(Compiled by Rajesh Kumar Singh in New Delhi; editing by Malini
Menon)