Food prices


  • Jan
    05
    By PTI

    With food inflation turning negative in December, the Prime Minister's Economic advisory panel today made a case for reduction of interest rates by the Reserve Bank in its monetary policy

  • Oct
    21
    By PTI

    Worried over rising prices, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the government has to tackle the supply side constraints, a major reason for double digit food inflation.
    "I am worried

  • Sep
    08
    By PTI

    With food inflation falling to a single-digit for the week ended August 27, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today expressed hope that it would moderate further after the end of the

  • Aug
    18
    By PTI

    US President Barack Obama today highlighted the need to develop biofuels out of things that do not involve fuel chain, arguing that increase in demand from India and China would

  • Jul
    30
    By Reuters

    Consumers are likely to feel the pinch of rising food prices in the upcoming festive season, as erratic rainfall in growing areas and thin stocks coupled with high demand could

  • Jun
    10
    By PTI

    Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said he expects the monsoon rains and good macro management of the sector to bring down high food prices to "reasonable levels"

  • Jun
    08
    By AFP

    Rising food and fuel prices are taking the wind out of the global economy's recovery this year, the World Bank has said, cutting its forecast for global growth.

    The Bank

  • May
    16
    By Reuters

    India's headline inflation eased in April on lower manufacturing prices but the prospect of rising energy costs will keep pressure on the central bank to raise rates in June.

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