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It’s time to insulate food from oil shocks
April 06, 2026 12:39 am
Proactive management of stocks and supplies, and keeping the import window open, is the only strategy to deal with such extreme uncertainty.
Why India’s agriculture trade surplus is shrinking
March 05, 2025 2:29 pm
Farm exports have posted above-average growth, with basmati rice, spices, coffee and tobacco shipments set to cross new highs in 2024-25. But imports, especially of pulses and edible oils, have surged too
Inflation eases to 4-mth low of 5.22%; RBI may remain cautious, say experts
January 14, 2025 8:45 pm
With this moderation in inflation, experts said the new RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra may maintain a pause in the upcoming February monetary policy meeting.
UPSC Issue at a Glance | Food Inflation: 4 Key Questions You Must Know for Prelims and Mains
November 21, 2024 2:22 pm
Food inflation has become the economy’s bugbear, eating household incomes and stifling spending on other essentials. Here's everything you need to know about food inflation.
Rising food prices are likely to push back beginning of rate cutting cycle
November 13, 2024 2:08 am
Some of this surge in prices was expected. In his comments on the October MPC meeting, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das had said that the ‘moderation in headline inflation is expected to reverse in September and likely to remain elevated in the near-term due to adverse base effects, among other factors’
World food prices hold firm in June, UN's FAO reports
July 05, 2024 6:12 pm
Vegetable oil, sugar, and dairy price gains offset cereal price drops, with FAO raising 2024 cereal production forecast to record high on improved prospects for coarse grains and maize harvests in Argentina and Brazil.
The wheat of the matter: Disruption of supply chains due to Ukraine war has implications for India’s food security
September 08, 2022 8:30 am
Christophe Jafferlot and Hemal Thakker write: There is a need to set restrictions on the reserves that the private sector can hold. This will help prevent the opaqueness of private sector reserves, which often fuels speculation by large international financial actors. Internationally, positional limits could be set on speculators
Inflation triggered by successive supply-side shocks within last two years or so is declining
August 11, 2022 9:10 am
Today’s situation is far less grim than in March, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and when the FAO’s food price index hit an all-time high. Back home, if the monsoon delivers reasonably, as it has, in the remaining part of this month and the next, the benefits would flow to the ensuing rabi crop as well.
Your food is not cheaper yet, but wait a while
November 13, 2014 8:40 am
Over the past week, The Indian Express has reported on a looming farm crisis as global agri product prices crash. So why aren’t you paying less for your food?
WPI inflation at 14-month high; rate hike on the cards
December 17, 2013 2:13 am
India Inc,while acknowledging the development,sought some relief on the interest rate front for propping up the economic growth.
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