Food inflation eased to 10.63 per cent for the week ended November 5, from 11.81 per cent in the previous week, even as prices of agricultural items, barring onions and wheat, continued to rise on an annual basis. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index, had stood at 11.41 per cent in the corresponding week of the previous year. As per data released by the government, today, onions became cheaper by 22.89 per cent, year-on-year, while wheat prices fell 3.63 per cent. But vegetables became 27.26 per cent costlier, pulses were dearer by 14.44 per cent, milk by 10.74 per cent, and eggs, meat and fish by 11.73 per cent. Fruits became 5.99 per cent more expensive, while cereal prices were up 3.53 per cent.