Food Inflation
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Prices of home-cooked Veg Thali drops while Non-Veg Thali surges in February: Report
Business | Mar 10, 2025, 03:44 PM ISTCrisil 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 | Mar 08, 2025, 09:15 AM ISTRetail 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 | Dec 16, 2024, 02:42 PM ISTThe 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 | Oct 15, 2024, 01:48 PM ISTIndia’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 | Aug 17, 2023, 10:22 PM ISTIndia'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 | Aug 09, 2023, 04:55 PM ISTThe 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 | Aug 08, 2023, 01:59 PM ISTThe 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 | Feb 13, 2023, 10:29 PM ISTInflation: 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 | Sep 01, 2022, 12:59 PM ISTIMF 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 | Jul 12, 2022, 06:46 PM ISTInflation 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 | Apr 12, 2022, 07:20 PM ISTThe 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 | Mar 14, 2018, 01:10 PM ISTWPI 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
National | Jul 12, 2015, 02:59 PM ISTMumbai: 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
Dec 15, 2014, 01:34 PM ISTNew 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'
National | Oct 29, 2014, 04:54 PM ISTChandigarh: 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
Oct 07, 2014, 07:35 AM ISTNew 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
Aug 28, 2014, 07:34 AM ISTNew 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%
Oct 31, 2013, 09:05 PM ISTNew 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
Oct 16, 2013, 11:05 AM ISTMumbai: 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
Jun 06, 2013, 05:25 PM ISTMumbai, 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