Page 7 - Food Inflation

Why the temporal distribution of 2020 monsoon season is highly skewed

The phenomenon has caused a lot of problems, such as the spurt in food prices and disruption in supplies due to breakdown in the already Covid-19-battered transport in the hinterland

Explained: Why inflation is so high in India and where it is headed

It isn't just protein diet and cereals that are becoming expensive despite bumper output the past few years; even personal care products and recreation have surprisingly become very costly

CPI-based inflation above MPC comfort range for fourth straight month

Official data released on Thursday showed that CPI for July rose 6.93 per cent year on year, up from 6.23 per cent in June

Retail inflation for industrial workers marginally eases to 5.06% in June

Food inflation stood at 5.49 per cent in June 2020 as against 5.88 per cent in the previous month and 5.47 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago

CPI-based inflation rose to 6.1% in June; food inflation eased to 7.9%

The National Statistical Office (NSO) released the headline CPI numbers after a gap of two months.

The end of food inflation?

Improving efficiency in producing and converting edible calories when demand weakens could throw new social challenges

Economy in Modi 2.0: A year best forgotten as things turn bad to worse

Even before the lockdown, the economy was on the downhill despite the Centre announcing huge corporation tax cuts

Retail inflation for farm, rural workers eases marginally in May

Inflation based on food index of CPI-AL and CPI-RL is at 10.40 per cent and 10.21 per cent, respectively in May 2020

Widening gap between wholesale and retail food inflation? Blame lockdown

Since March 2020, WPI food inflation rate continued to fall but the CPI-food inflation rose, signaling a breakdown in supply chain from the mandis to the final household

Food inflation crosses 9% in May, data on snacks and sweets held back

Statistics office also does not release retail headline inflation number

Govt releases truncated CPI data; food inflation rises to 9.28% in May

The government for the second month in a row released the truncated data on retail inflation in the backdrop of the lockdown following Covid-19 pandemic

Covid-19 impact: Centre releases truncated WPI inflation data for April

Reports 10.12% deflation in fuel, power basket

CPI inflation slows to 5.91% on easing food prices, may increase in April

Prices are likely to rise again in April, according to analysts, with the actual impact of the Covid-19 and the resultant lockdown yet to be fully seen.

Retail inflation spikes to 7.59% in January; December IIP at -0.3%

Retail inflation rose sharply to 7.35 per cent in December 2019.

How rise in prices of key food articles is impacting your daily budget

The first of a two-part series on 'Kitchen woes' shows how prices of milk, sugar and wheat have moved lately

Retail inflation surges to over 5-year high of 7.35% in December

Food inflation shot up to 14.12 per cent in December from 10.01 per cent in November on account of rising prices of vegetables and pulses

Retail inflation hits 5-year high: Two rare imports for the economy

Though this is temporary, a sustained situation like this would mean weakened ability to handle the slowdown, especially for the poorest

Can rising food inflation help India's languishing rural economy

A study shows that a 10% increase in the price realised by farmers directly raise their incomes by 13 per cent and had a large favourable effect on production as well

11 states record retail price inflation rate of over 6% in November

The states that witnessed high CPI-based inflation rates were Lakshadweep, Tripura, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Manipur and Mizoram

Three dangerous myths

The errors and misapprehensions that led to constant optimism about Indian growth