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FOOD PRICE INFLATION NEWS

Import duty on yellow peas won’t address root of procurement problem

November 03, 2025 7:21 am

India’s MSP procurement policy is excessively skewed in favour of rice and wheat

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. 

Why heat, not rain, matters more for inflation and rural demand

October 05, 2024 9:21 am

There could be a few reasons for this: With better irrigation, low rains are less of problem; useful information contained in the reservoir variable already gets picked up by temperatures; and lastly, there is a non-linear relationship between temperatures and food inflation

Inflation will gradually glide towards 4% target, but this would take several quarters: MPC member Jayanth R Varma

August 24, 2024 7:38 am

Varma, Professor in the Finance and Accounting at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, said that growth in 2024-25 and 2025-26 would be in the ballpark range of around 7 per cent, which is below the potential growth rate of the economy.

Accumulation of food price pressures threatens inflation outlook: RBI Bulletin

July 19, 2024 2:30 am

The article said that the argument that food price shocks are transitory does not hold true as experienced over the past one year.

Wholesale inflation rises for fourth straight month in June to 3.36% on costlier veggies

July 15, 2024 5:09 pm

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mainly takes into account retail inflation while framing monetary policy.

Prices of essential food items to remain stable during festive season: Food Secretary

October 19, 2023 4:59 pm

The decision on allowing sugar exports during the current 2023-24 marketing year (October-September) will be taken after the agriculture ministry comes out with the production estimates of sugarcane, Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra said.

With food inflation limited to dal roti, why govt policy may need changes

October 10, 2023 10:34 am

With food inflation now largely limited to cereals and pulses, the government may need to start addressing concerns of producers as much as consumers.

Recurring food price shocks pose risk to inflation expectations: RBI Governor Das

September 06, 2023 12:39 am

“The frequent incidences of recurring food price shocks pose a risk to anchoring of inflation expectations, which has been underway since September 2022. We will remain watchful of this...,” Das said while delivering a lecture at Delhi School of Economics.

How shortfall in milk will impact the market

March 15, 2023 10:41 pm

Supply could dip further amid higher demand. It makes imports inevitable

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