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  Prices of home-cooked Veg Thali drops while Non-Veg Thali surges in February: Report

  Business | March 10, 2025 15:44 IST

  Crisil has released its latest report on food inflation in India which has stated that home-cooked vegetarian thali price has declined while non-veg thali has increased in February on YoY basis.

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  Food inflation in India likely falls below 5 per cent in Feb for first time since June 2023: Report

  Business | March 08, 2025 9:15 IST

  Retail inflation for farm and rural workers eased slightly to 4. 61 per cent and 4. 73 per cent, respectively, in January from 5. 01 per cent and 5. 05 per cent in December 2024, showed the government data released in the last week of February.

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  Wholesale inflation eases to 1.89 per cent in November, food prices decline

  Business | December 16, 2024 14:42 IST

  The wholesale inflation declined in the month of November. The food inflation also eased this month mainly due to the reduction in the prices of the vegetables. However, potato prices continue to be high.

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  September inflation hits 9-month high: Will it delay RBI's rate cut plans?

  Business | October 15, 2024 13:48 IST

  India’s retail inflation surged to 5.49% in September 2024, driven by food prices, casting doubt on the RBI’s December rate cut plans.

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  India considering to import 8-9 million tonnes of wheat from Russia amid inflation: Report

  World | August 17, 2023 22:22 IST

  India's wheat production had fallen to 107.74 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year (July-June) from 109.59 million tonnes in the previous year.

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  Govt to sell additional 50 lakh tons wheat, 25 lakh tons rice in open market to contain price rise

  Business | August 09, 2023 16:55 IST

  The government has decided to offload 50 lakh tonnes of wheat and 25 lakh tonnes of rice under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS).

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  'Thalinomics': Know why veg thali prices are higher than non-veg thali

  Business | August 08, 2023 13:59 IST

  The report said the normal expense of setting up a thali at home is determined in light of input costs prevailing in north, south, east, and west India.

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  Retail inflation rises to 3-month high of 6.52 per cent in January, says Govt data

  Business | February 13, 2023 22:29 IST

  Inflation: The retail inflation rose to a 3-month high of 6.52 per cent in January, the government data showed on Monday.

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  IMF provisionally agrees on USD 2.9 billion loan for crisis-hit Sri Lanka

  World | September 01, 2022 12:59 IST

  IMF staff and the Sri Lankan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement to support Sri Lanka’s economic policies with a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of about 2.9 billion US dollars.

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  Retail inflation drops to 7.01% in June as compared to 7.04% in May: Govt

  Business | July 12, 2022 18:46 IST

  Inflation update: The consumer price index (CPI) based inflation stood at 7.04 per cent in May and 6.26 per cent in June 2021.

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  Retail inflation rises to 6.95% in March against 6.07% in February

  Business | April 12, 2022 19:20 IST

  The inflation in the food basket was 7.68 per cent in March, up from 5.85 per cent in the preceding month.

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  WPI data for February out: Cheaper food articles drive wholesale inflation to 7-month low of 2.48%

  Business | March 14, 2018 13:10 IST

  WPI inflation at 2.48 per cent in February is the lowest in seven months. The previous low level was recorded in July at 1.88 per cent.

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  Better monsoon to help check food inflation; revenue collections going up: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | July 12, 2015 14:59 IST

  Mumbai: Pinning hopes on ‘rain gods' to be kinder this year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said a better monsoon would help check food inflation, including in pulses.Jaitley also said that rising tax revenues and

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  Wholesale inflation hits zero, lowest in over 5 years

  December 15, 2014 13:34 IST

  New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation hit a zero level in November, the lowest in about five and half years, on account of decline in prices of food, fuel and manufactured items.The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

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  'Declining crop area has potential to cause food inflation'

  Politics | October 29, 2014 16:54 IST

  Chandigarh: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said declining area under crops has the potential to cause food inflation and hit farm output and employability in the agriculture sector.“Now we are witnessing different types of

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  RBI should raise interest rates to contain inflation: IMF paper

  October 07, 2014 7:35 IST

  New Delhi: The Reserve Bank India (RBI) may consider raising interest rates to bring down the persistently high inflation on a durable basis, suggested IMF working paper."Given elevated and persistent inflation... the RBI may also

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  Narendra Modi government's first priority is to control food inflation: Arun Jaitley

  August 28, 2014 7:34 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said controlling food inflation, which has been consistently hovering around the double-digit mark, is a ‘top priority' for the government."Food inflation will be a challenge and a

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  Retail inflation for factor workers rose to 10.7%

  October 31, 2013 21:05 IST

  New Delhi: Retail inflation for industrial workers has surged to 10.7 percent in September compared to 9.14 percent in same month last year, mainly on account of rise in price of food items, fuel and

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  Food inflation may linger despite good monsoon: India Ratings

  October 16, 2013 11:05 IST

  Mumbai: Despite favourable impact of monsoon, the sharp decline in overall inflation is unlikely in near future, rating agency India Ratings & Research said on Tuesday.Headline inflation, on y-o-y basis, increased to 6.5 percent in

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  Food inflation will come down with good rabi crop: Chidambaram

  June 06, 2013 17:25 IST

  Mumbai, Jun 6: Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said that food inflation is still high and expressed confidence that it will come down with the full harvest of rabi crops.“Food inflation is still elevated but