Food Bill

Food bills zoom as UK grocery inflation soars to record 14.7%: Report

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

HC stays guidelines prohibiting levying of service charge on food bills

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

World's record food bill is hitting poorer countries hardest

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

Economic Survey 2020: Need to address rising food bill, revisit PDS rates

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

Food Bill | UPA's hand-to-mouth card is a political weapon

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?"

'Govt directive on service charge will lead to confusion'

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