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TopicFood prices

Topic: Food prices

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

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.