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Monday, September 29, 2025
TopicFood prices

Topic: Food prices

Indian budgets feel the pinch as world prices of edible oils, meat-fish touch record highs

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.

Global food prices have surged to their highest in nearly a decade, UN says

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.

Rice, the one grain that’s keeping the world’s food crisis from getting worse

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.

How surging food costs are affecting 5 hotspots including India, Russia & Brazil

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.

Retail inflation reaches 7.61% in October due to rise in food prices

As per the data, Consumer Food Price Index rose to 11.07% in October, up from 10.68% in the previous month.

Retail inflation price rises to 3.99% in September on high food prices

The price rise in the food basket was recorded at 5.11% in September, as against 2.99% in September.

Retail inflation rises 2.57% in February on higher food prices

The retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index stood at 1.97 per cent in January.

Focus shifts to April rate cut as inflation quickens

Retail inflation rose to a four-month high of 2.57% in February, but stayed benign leading to calls for the RBI for lower interest rates.

Inflation based on wholesale prices fell to 10-month low of 2.76% in January

The retail inflation, released earlier this week, too fell marginally on continued decline in food prices, including vegetables and eggs.

Why low food inflation is a new headache for Modi govt in poll year

Modi govt may have to shell out more to compensate farmers for low market prices of some crops under a plan announced this year.

On Camera

We can’t just blame Muslims and Englishmen for shattered Hindu unity: RSS chief Deoras

In May 1974, RSS chief Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras spoke at a lecture series in Pune about caste-based discrimination and social equality within the Hindu fold.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

With MiG-21’s exit, India’s squadron strength hits 6-decade low. What are IAF’s plans for the Tejas

While the IAF remains committed to the Tejas programme and has placed orders for 180 Tejas Mk1A, the force is eagerly waiting for the Tejas Mk 2 version.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.