food prices

A good monsoon should bode well for farm output, lead to lower food prices

October 04, 2024 11:20 pm

A more benign outlook for food prices should also be the reason for RBI to consider a cut in its benchmark repo lending rate

Retail inflation inches up to 3.65% in August on account of rise in food prices

September 13, 2024 7:06 am

India’s factory output, as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), rose to 4.8 per cent from a five-month low of 4.7 per cent primarily led by growth in manufacturing output.

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.

Public investment remains an important driver for India’s growth, says IMF

May 01, 2024 1:22 am

The IMF had earlier this month raised India’s growth forecast for the financial year 2024-25 to 6.8 per cent from 6.5 per cent earlier and retained the growth forecast for 2025-26 at 6.5 per cent.

Above-normal monsoon rains to further ease food prices: Finance Ministry report

April 26, 2024 12:51 am

This comes even as high food inflation remains a challenge in several major economies across the world and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sees food price uncertainties weighing on the inflation outlook, it noted.

Express View on food prices: Dal, roti, cheeni

January 24, 2024 11:20 pm

Both producers and consumers would benefit from policy that is predictable and stable, not knee-jerk and reactive

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.

World food prices fall for 12th month running in March

April 07, 2023 2:00 pm

The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 126.9 points last month against 129.7 for February, the agency said.

Bumper harvest, cold wave: Prices of vegetables plunge in Gujarat

January 02, 2023 12:01 pm

At the old yard of Rajkot Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) — Saurashtra’s biggest vegetable market — cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, brinjals and field peas were selling at average Rs 3, Rs 5, Rs 6, Rs 13 and Rs16 per kilogram respectively on Thursday.

Curb inflation, lower prices but don’t hurt farmers: RSS leader

July 24, 2022 12:08 pm

Hosabale also said, “The farmer must benefit from doubling the farmer scheme. He does not always get a guaranteed income; we must think about the social respect he gets.”

We need to evolve a national market: Ram Vilas Paswan on the rising food prices

August 04, 2014 3:00 pm