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Friday, October 3, 2025
TopicFood inflation

Topic: Food inflation

Cheaper vegetables help ease food & retail inflation, but cereals & pulses continue to cause concern

India’s retail inflation for August came in at 6.83 percent as compared to the same month last year, lower than 7.44 percent in July....

Fashion retailers suffer loss as tomato, onion prices soar & supply chains gets disrupted

Popular Indian and foreign brands have been offering steep discounts and extending their sale periods, said several store managers.

Taming rising prices a priority for India, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The finance minister said that the 'obsession to use interest rates as the only tool to deal with inflation and not manage the supply-side factors will not give a complete solution'.

Vegetable price inflation to decline from September, says RBI governor

Although core inflation in India remains elevated, steady easing over the last few months indicates that monetary policy transmission is happening, Shaktikanta Das said.

The spiralling tomato prices and why relief from food inflation may be in the offing

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Modi govt imposes 40% duty on onion exports as surging prices spark fear of further inflation

While vegetable prices are surging across board, govt data shows rate of tomatoes, onions & potatoes have seen highest spike since May this year. Notification says duty to remain until 31 Dec.

India’s inflation data overlooks full impact of rising prices. ‘Average Indian’ is outdated

Food has an outsized weightage in Consumer Price Index, but education and health too little. This is because CPI is based on spending patterns of 'average Indian' from 12 years ago.

Govt to take medium-term view to combat inflation, reports Business Standard

India's retail inflation in July rose to 7.44%, its highest in 15 months, breaching the RBI's upper tolerance level of 6% for the first time since February 2023.

‘Even tomatoes need a vacation’ — Burger King ditches tomatoes as India battles food inflation

The burger chain joins many McDonald's and Subway stores that have removed tomatoes from menus as the country's food inflation this week hit its highest since January 2020.

Tomatoes are still driving food price inflation, but here’s why relief could be on the horizon

Tomatoes still cost about Rs 110 per kg on average, but government measures and the influx of the kharif crop this month could take prices out of the red.

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