Tag: Food Inflation
India’s per capita availability of fruits and vegetables increases by 7 kg and 12 kg over last decade: Report
Per capita availability of fruits and vegetables has increased by 7 kg and 12 kg, respectively, over the past ten years, according to State Bank…
inflation: India’s retail inflation eases to 5.48% in Nov from 6.21% in Oct as food prices moderate
India’s retail inflation eased to 5.48 per cent in November, after breaching the RBI’s 6 per cent upper tolerance band in October, as the arrival…
inflation: The ghost of inflation may not leave the Indian economy anytime soon
Axis Bank‘s latest report warns that inflation in India is unlikely to ease quickly, as both core and food price indices are expected to remain…
Is India’s food inflation being measured correctly? EAC-PM member Nilesh Shah weighs in
Nilesh Shah, managing director and CEO of Kotak Mutual Fund, shared his views on the complexities surrounding food inflation and its role in economic policy…
Food items may shed weight in CPI basket
New Delhi: Food items could see their dominance in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) decline by up to 6.5 percentage points in rural areas and…
MoF outlook cautiously optimistic amid clouded global background
The finance ministry said on Monday India’s economic outlook for the coming months is “cautiously optimistic”, and that domestic growth, dynamics of global interest rates…
S&P cuts India’s growth targets for the next two fiscal years
S&P Global Ratings on Monday retained India’s GDP forecast for the current financial year 2024-25 at 6.8 per cent while cutting economic growth forecasts for…
food inflation: Kitchen essentials buck slowdown trend: Hopes of demand recovery rise as staples segment sees double-digit growth in Sept qtr
Staples and essentials are largely bucking the consumption slowdown at mostly double-digit volume sales growth, which industry executives said indicates consumers are not cutting spending…
RBI wary of more than just food inflation: What else is a headache for Das & Co
For the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), food inflation has been a headache, so much so that Governor Shaktikanta Das & his colleagues in the…
Indian economy’s road to recovery? Private consumption driving domestic demand again, says RBI
In India, the “slack in speed” observed in the second quarter of 2024-25 is behind us as private consumption is back to being the driver…