Tag: Food Inflation

High food inflation could exacerbate inequality: Kaushik Basu
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High food inflation could exacerbate inequality: Kaushik Basu

New Delhi: Former World Bank chief economist Kaushik Basu on Saturday said India needs to tame inflation that disproportionately affects people who spend a large…

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Fruits being sold at a wholesale market in Guwahati.
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India’s July wholesale prices rise 2.04% on year

Aug 14, 2024 11:38 AM IST The wholesale price index rose 2.04% in July from a year earlier, compared with a 3.36% rise in June….

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inflation: India’s wholesale inflation eases to 2.04% in July
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inflation: India’s wholesale inflation eases to 2.04% in July

India’s wholesale inflation, measured using the Wholesale Price Index, eased by 2.04 per cent on an annual basis in July as against a 16-month high…

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Food inflation to stay sticky, rate cuts may get pushed to FY26: Economists
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Food inflation to stay sticky, rate cuts may get pushed to FY26: Economists

The central bank is unlikely to consider softening rates this fiscal year even after the consumer inflation gauge declined below the mandated 4% target for…

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ET Analysis: Leave the food inflation target index well alone
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ET Analysis: Leave the food inflation target index well alone

When there are whispers and murmurs in some corridors about the need for re-evaluating the inflation targeting framework component, or tinkering with the yardstick of…

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Inflation in India: There's too much food on table to make Indians and RBI worry
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Inflation in India: There’s too much food on table to make Indians and RBI worry

Food Inflation: In a country that still prioritises roti, kapda, aur makaan (food, clothes, and home) over chic iPhones, having too much of the former…

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A look at the thali on RBI's table before the rate decision
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A look at the thali on RBI’s table before the rate decision

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which will announce policy rates on Thursday, has a challenge: the thali on its table. Thali, or the food…

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food inflation: Uneven rainfall may flare up food inflation: Experts
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food inflation: Uneven rainfall may flare up food inflation: Experts

New Delhi: After a deficient June, monsoons have picked up pace in India, recording above-normal cumulative rainfall for July, with this unevenness is expected to…

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Govt to keep a watch on prices of 16 more food items
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Govt to keep a watch on prices of 16 more food items

The Indian government will begin monitoring daily wholesale and retail prices of 16 additional essential food commodities from August 1 to help stabilise rates through…

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Atmanirbhar thali: Govt is bringing self-sufficiency to dining table
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Atmanirbhar thali: Govt is bringing self-sufficiency to dining table

Thali, or the food platter, has become a symbol of food inflation in India as analysts track food inflation with thali prices. Persistent food inflation…

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