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Manipur Highway Blockade Triggers Price Hike, Shortages
Prolonged highway blockades and disrupted transport routes have led to spiralling prices and critical shortages in Manipur, particularly in Churachandpur and the capital Imphal as residents continue to struggle with the aftermath of ethnic clashes.
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Retail Inflation Rises To 6.21% In October, Compared To 5.49% In September
Retail inflation rose to 6.21 per cent in October from 5.49 per cent in the preceding month mainly due to higher food prices, breaching the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) upper tolerance level, according to government data released today.
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Sugar Content In Baby Foods Among Issues Under Parliamentary Panel Scanner
Sugar content in packaged baby foods, safeguarding consumer rights in the banking sector and rising prices of medicines are some of the issues that have come under the scanner of the parliamentary panels.
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High Food Inflation And Empty Lunch Boxes: Mid-day Meal Scheme Fails To Provide Nutrition To Children
Nearly two years of elevated food inflation in India is leaving less in the lunch boxes of impoverished children, as the mid-day meal scheme suffer cutbacks because of rising prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses.
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India's Heat Is Now A Better Predictor Of Food Prices Than Rain: Report
Tracking rising temperatures is becoming a better way of forecasting food inflation in India than the rain patterns economists have typically relied on, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.
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Why Are Food Prices Rising? Centre Answers In Key Document Before Budget
The central government's timely interventions and stability measures by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) helped maintain retail inflation at 5.4% despite the pandemic and geopolitical tensions, according to the Economic Survey 2024.
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Inflation Likely Eased To 4.91% In March, A 5-Month Low: Survey
India's consumer price inflation likely eased to a five-month low of 4.91% in March but was still above the Reserve Bank of India's 4% medium-term target as food price rises persist, according to economists polled by Reuters.
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At 5.10%, January Retail Inflation Eases To 3-Month Low
India's annual retail inflation eased to a three-month low of 5.10% in January from 5.69% in the previous month, helped by a slower rise in prices of some food items, government data showed on Monday.
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Opinion: Tomahto, Tomayto - Soaring Prices, Government In Denial
Surging food prices have had a domino effect, materially changing India's inflation outlook.
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"Sudama Meeting Krishna": Man Who Broke Down On Camera Meets Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi served lunch with his own hands as he hosted a vegetable vendor who had become the face of hardships due to rising food prices.
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Veg Thali Cost Up 28% In A Month Due To High Tomato Price: Report
Crisil's 'Roti Rice report' said that non-vegetarian thali was relatively less impacted by rising tomato prices and the cost of preparing one went up by only 13%.
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Congress Calls PM 'Mehengaai Man', Demands Steps To Control Rising Prices
The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre over rising prices of vegetables and other essential food items, calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'Mehengaai Man' and demanding immediate steps from his government to address the issue.
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"Those Chanting Modi, Modi, Will Soon Shout...": Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar
Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar today claimed that the day was not far when those shouting 'Modi, Modi' will raise slogans of 'mehangai, mehangai' (price rise) as the real issues of employment, food and water are being put on the back-burner.
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Domestic Rice Prices "May Continue To Rise": Food Ministry
Domestic rice prices are showing an upward trend and it "may continue to increase" due to low kharif production forecast and 11 per cent jump in export of non-basmati rice, the food ministry said today.
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Govt has prohibited exports of wheat flour, rice; impact will be felt in coming weeks: FM Sitharaman on inflation
Nirmala Sitharaman's comments came after India's retail inflation rose to 7 per cent in August from 6.71 per cent in the previous month due to a rise in food prices, as per the government data released on Monday.
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Manipur Highway Blockade Triggers Price Hike, Shortages
Prolonged highway blockades and disrupted transport routes have led to spiralling prices and critical shortages in Manipur, particularly in Churachandpur and the capital Imphal as residents continue to struggle with the aftermath of ethnic clashes.
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Retail Inflation Rises To 6.21% In October, Compared To 5.49% In September
Retail inflation rose to 6.21 per cent in October from 5.49 per cent in the preceding month mainly due to higher food prices, breaching the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) upper tolerance level, according to government data released today.
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Sugar Content In Baby Foods Among Issues Under Parliamentary Panel Scanner
Sugar content in packaged baby foods, safeguarding consumer rights in the banking sector and rising prices of medicines are some of the issues that have come under the scanner of the parliamentary panels.
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High Food Inflation And Empty Lunch Boxes: Mid-day Meal Scheme Fails To Provide Nutrition To Children
Nearly two years of elevated food inflation in India is leaving less in the lunch boxes of impoverished children, as the mid-day meal scheme suffer cutbacks because of rising prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses.
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India's Heat Is Now A Better Predictor Of Food Prices Than Rain: Report
Tracking rising temperatures is becoming a better way of forecasting food inflation in India than the rain patterns economists have typically relied on, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.
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Why Are Food Prices Rising? Centre Answers In Key Document Before Budget
The central government's timely interventions and stability measures by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) helped maintain retail inflation at 5.4% despite the pandemic and geopolitical tensions, according to the Economic Survey 2024.
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Inflation Likely Eased To 4.91% In March, A 5-Month Low: Survey
India's consumer price inflation likely eased to a five-month low of 4.91% in March but was still above the Reserve Bank of India's 4% medium-term target as food price rises persist, according to economists polled by Reuters.
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At 5.10%, January Retail Inflation Eases To 3-Month Low
India's annual retail inflation eased to a three-month low of 5.10% in January from 5.69% in the previous month, helped by a slower rise in prices of some food items, government data showed on Monday.
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Opinion: Tomahto, Tomayto - Soaring Prices, Government In Denial
Surging food prices have had a domino effect, materially changing India's inflation outlook.
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"Sudama Meeting Krishna": Man Who Broke Down On Camera Meets Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi served lunch with his own hands as he hosted a vegetable vendor who had become the face of hardships due to rising food prices.
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Veg Thali Cost Up 28% In A Month Due To High Tomato Price: Report
Crisil's 'Roti Rice report' said that non-vegetarian thali was relatively less impacted by rising tomato prices and the cost of preparing one went up by only 13%.
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Congress Calls PM 'Mehengaai Man', Demands Steps To Control Rising Prices
The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Centre over rising prices of vegetables and other essential food items, calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'Mehengaai Man' and demanding immediate steps from his government to address the issue.
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"Those Chanting Modi, Modi, Will Soon Shout...": Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar
Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar today claimed that the day was not far when those shouting 'Modi, Modi' will raise slogans of 'mehangai, mehangai' (price rise) as the real issues of employment, food and water are being put on the back-burner.
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Domestic Rice Prices "May Continue To Rise": Food Ministry
Domestic rice prices are showing an upward trend and it "may continue to increase" due to low kharif production forecast and 11 per cent jump in export of non-basmati rice, the food ministry said today.
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Govt has prohibited exports of wheat flour, rice; impact will be felt in coming weeks: FM Sitharaman on inflation
Nirmala Sitharaman's comments came after India's retail inflation rose to 7 per cent in August from 6.71 per cent in the previous month due to a rise in food prices, as per the government data released on Monday.
