Tag: food prices
India’s retail inflation quickens to 4.8% in August from 4.45% in July as food prices exert pressure
India’s retail inflation has accelerated to 4.82% in August 2026 from 4.45% in July, as food prices and other key components of the consumer basket…
Broad-base rise in food prices despite monsoon recovery, RBI’s state of economy report shows
Kolkata: India has witnessed a broad-based sequential increase in food prices, according to the high-frequency data till August 21, 2026, even as the recovery of…
Rice use for ethanol may rise as maize, sugarcane acreage falls this Kharif season
New Delhi: India may have to rely more heavily on rice for ethanol production this year as lower kharif acreage under maize and sugarcane raises…
WPI inflation quickens to 9.87% in June from 9.68% in May
India’s wholesale inflation quickened to 9.87% in June from 9.68% in May, exceeding economists’ expectations of a 9.15% year-on-year rise, according to official data released…
Weak start to monsoon seen clouding Kharif season outlook: Report
New Delhi: A comparatively weak start of monsoon in the southwest of India has signalled a negative impact on the agricultural activity with a significant…
Ind-Ra says West Asia tensions, El Nino to drag FY27 growth to 6.7%
New Delhi: Higher crude oil and food prices amid uncertainty arising from the West Asia conflict, along with the likely impact of an evolving El…
India books phosphate fertilizer at 40% above pre-war prices
India, the world’s top buyer of diammonium phosphate, has contracted the crop nutrient at prices almost 40% higher than pre-war levels as the Middle East…
Wholesale inflation at 11-month high of 2.13%
India’s wholesale inflation rose to an 11-month high of 2.13% year-on-year in February, from 1.8% in January, driven by higher prices of food and non-food…
Wholesale inflation hits 8-month high of 0.8% in December
New Delhi: Wholesale prices moved out of deflation after two straight months, recording an eight-month-high inflation of 0.83% in December, official data released Wednesday showed,…
Consumer inflation in country to stay low at 0.4% in Oct-Dec quarter, lower than RBI’s projection: BoB
New Delhi: Consumer inflation is expected to stay very low in the October to December period of the current financial year, FY26, according to a…