Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday there is no need for unnecessary panic on inflation.
Food inflation in the year to Jan. 1 stood at 16.91 percent,data on Thursday showed,easing marginally from 18.3 percent recorded in late December,which was the highest in more than a year.
High food inflation is a major headache for a government already battling multi-billion dollar corruption cases that have emboldened the opposition.






