potato

Annual food inflation rose marginally to 10. 86 per cent for the week ended August 21 after the previous two-week decline despite a fall in vegetables prices

Union Minister of State for Minorities and Corporate Affairs Salman Khurshid has said here some big business houses have shown interest in buying the local potato and would be visiting

Food inflation inched up to 17.56 per cent for the week ended January 23 on account of rising prices of potato and pulses.

Describing the food inflation a "temporary phenomenon", the Planning Commission has said that the prices of various food items will
decline towards the month-end and that the economic growth during the

Costlier essential items like potatoes and pulses pushed up food inflation to 19. 83 per cent in the third week of December after easing a bit in the previous week

The potato is first said to have been cultivated by the pre-Inca Indians.