New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- India's retail inflation rose to 4.45 per cent in July from 4.38 per cent in June, mainly driven by a pickup in food inflation, particularly higher prices of onion, ginger and garlic, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Wednesday.

Food inflation, measured by the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI), increased to 5.52 per cent in July from 5.32 per cent in June. Rural food inflation stood at 5.79 per cent, while urban food inflation was 5.05 per cent.

Among key food items, onion inflation accelerated sharply to 22.54 per cent in July from 4.73 per cent in June. Inflation in ginger rose to 83.62 per cent from 50.41 per cent, while garlic inflation increased to 35.36 pe...