The wholesale inflation declined in the month of November. The food inflation also eased this month mainly due to the reduction in the prices of the vegetables. However, potato prices continue to be high.
India’s retail inflation surged to 5.49% in September 2024, driven by food prices, casting doubt on the RBI’s December rate cut plans.
India's wheat production had fallen to 107.74 million tonnes in the 2021-22 crop year (July-June) from 109.59 million tonnes in the previous year.
The government has decided to offload 50 lakh tonnes of wheat and 25 lakh tonnes of rice under the Open Market Sale Scheme (OMSS).
The report said the normal expense of setting up a thali at home is determined in light of input costs prevailing in north, south, east, and west India.
Inflation: The retail inflation rose to a 3-month high of 6.52 per cent in January, the government data showed on Monday.
IMF staff and the Sri Lankan authorities have reached a staff-level agreement to support Sri Lanka’s economic policies with a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of about 2.9 billion US dollars.
Inflation update: The consumer price index (CPI) based inflation stood at 7.04 per cent in May and 6.26 per cent in June 2021.
The inflation in the food basket was 7.68 per cent in March, up from 5.85 per cent in the preceding month.
WPI inflation at 2.48 per cent in February is the lowest in seven months. The previous low level was recorded in July at 1.88 per cent.
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