Food Bill

The jump in prices means the average annual shop is set to rise by £682 ($782) even as consumers contend with rising energy bills as the weather gets colder

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the recent guidelines prohibiting hotels and restaurants from levying service charge automatically on food bills

Higher shipping rates and prices of foodstuffs from grains to vegetables are likely to drive the cost of importing food

The food subsidy bill has increased from Rs 1,13,171.2 crore in 2014-15 to Rs 1,71,127.5 crore in 2018-19, it said adding that the reasons for widening of the food subsidy have been many

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi's political masterstroke has the potential to turn the tide and equip the party with a powerful weapon as it battles a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who is focusing on the charge of policy paralysis at the Centre. The Congress considers it as a game-changer and it may significantly swing the rural and economically weaker voters for whom food inflation and price rise is the biggest issue. Last month on micro blogging site Twitter, Modi said: "For the last 10 years in Gujarat, the poor are getting wheat at Rs 2 per kg and rice at Rs 3 per kg through the public distribution system. Is this not food security?"

FHRAI also said it will approach the Consumer Affairs Ministry over the matter