The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation surged by 22.35 percent during July-April 2008-09 against 10.27 percent in the same period of 2007-08. According to Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) figures released here, during April 2009, food inflation stood at 17.04 percent, whereas prices of non-perishable items surged by 16.22 percent and perishable items by 22.71 percent over April 2008.