Food Prices, Fuel Risks Drive India’s April Inflation Higher
India’s April retail inflation rose to 3.48 per cent amid higher food prices and growing risks from crude oil, geopolitical tensions and uncertain monsoon conditions.
India’s April retail inflation rose to 3.48 per cent amid higher food prices and growing risks from crude oil, geopolitical tensions and uncertain monsoon conditions.
GJC proposes a digital, jeweller-integrated overhaul of India’s Gold Monetisation Scheme to bring idle gold into the formal system, enhance transparency, and reduce import dependence.
Crisil projects India’s CPI inflation at 4.3 per cent in FY27, up from 2.5 per cent in FY26, driven by base effects and food prices.
The Monetary Policy Committee says that headline inflation for 2025-26 is now projected at 2.1 per cent with Q4 at 3.2 per cent
Centre will also cut the weight of food and beverages to 36.75 per cent in the new consumer price index (CPI) series from 45.86 per cent currently
Data shows that food inflation again remained negative in the seventh consecutive month at -2.71 per cent in December 2025
The rise in headline inflation and food inflation during November 2025 is mainly attributed to an increase in inflation of vegetables, egg, meat and fish, spices and fuel and light
The survey reveals that households have reported easing of price and inflationary pressures in most of the product groups, including food products, non-food products
The RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) states that food supply prospects have improved on the back of higher kharif production, healthy rabi sowing, adequate reservoir levels
Poonam Gupta says that the central bank uses a varied set of approaches to generate its growth projections