India’s retail inflation eased to 5.02 per cent from 6.83 per cent in September which is a three-month low banking on sliding vegetable prices but remained above 4 per cent, a target aimed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). It is likely that RBI would like to get comfortable with inflation before easing rates. […]
The Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued instructions to senior officials in the Department of Food and Civil Supplies to address the issues of hoarding and price increases of pulses within the state. These instructions include conducting inspections and verifications of pulse traders to enforce the revised stock limit set […]
Deficient Rainfall in several parts of India may cause pulse prices to surge, adding to the burden on the masses after rising vegetable costs. With the sowing season about to end, pulses sowing have declined further and is expected to be largely lower, according to a recent report. The report Monsoon and Sowing: Update released […]
The per plate cost of veg and non-veg thali in India, which has been on a decline since October 2022, nosed up in May and June 2023, according to Crisil Market Intelligence and Analytics report. Crisil’s monthly indicator of food plate cost said that soaring tomato, pulses, and staple grain prices have added pressure on […]
The central government has decided to release pulses Tur from the national buffer stock in a “calibrated and targeted” manner till imported stocks arrive in the domestic market. The food ministry in a release Tuesday said it has directed National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) to dispose of tur […]
