Rising prices of potatoes and pulses raised food inflation to 19.95 per cent in the first week of December against 19.05 per cent in the previous week. On an annual basis, potato prices more than doubled at 136 per cent and pulses became costly by over 40 per cent, while onion rose by 15.4 per cent. While urad and spices price rose by 3 per cent, cost of milk rose by 2 per cent. At the same time, maize, barley, pork, masur and wheat was costlier by one per cent each.However, the prices of poultry chicken declined by 10 per cent and tea by 2 per cent. Among the non-food articles, raw jute turned expensive by 11 per cent. The fuel index declined during the week due to lower prices of aviation turbine fuel.