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India's wholesale price index rose 0.37 percent in the 12 months to Sept. 12, government data showed on Thursday.
It compared with a median forecast of a 0.29 percent rise in a Reuters poll and a rise of 0.12 percent a week earlier.
The annual inflation rate was 12.42 percent during the corresponding week of 2008.
Last week, a deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said WPI inflation could hit 6 percent by the end of the fiscal year in March, above the central bank's July forecast of around 5 percent.
Private sector economists have said inflation could reach as high as 8 percent by the end of March.
The wholesale price index is more closely watched than the consumer price index, which is published monthly, because it covers a higher number of products and is released weekly.
Godrej Consumer Products (GCP) on Saturday said it has agreed to buy personal care company Tura from Nigeria's Tura Group.
Police in Mumbai said on Sunday they have arrested two men they say were prepari...
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