Rise in maize and soybean prices internationally is making chicken, fish, and eggs expensive in India, which uses products derived from these grains as feed.
Countries from Kenya to Mexico are reporting higher food costs. The surge has stirred memories of 2008 and 2011, when price spikes led to food riots in more than 30 nations.
One reason for the diverging trend is that rice is grown mainly for human consumption, whereas the surge in crop prices has been driven by booming demand for livestock feed.
Global food prices are at the highest in more than 6 years, driven by a jump in the cost of everything because of demand from China, vulnerable supply chains and adverse weather.
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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