-The Hindu Why is the scenario of rising prices and falling growth a cause for worry? Can the government or the Reserve Bank of India do anything? The story so far: The rise in retail price inflation to a nearly six-year high of 7.35% in December has led to increasing worries that the Indian economy may be headed towards stagflation. The current rise in retail inflation has been attributed mainly to the...
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When farmers turn to play the market -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express Between September and December, when retail Onion prices soared from around Rs 30 to Rs 100-plus per kg (they have since fallen to Rs 50 or so), Paswan has similarly urged state governments through Twitter to “act” against alleged hoarders of the bulb. On January 7, Union Consumer Affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan took to Twitter, to issue a stern warning to “hoarders”, whom he blamed for “creating artificial...
More »Wholesale inflation rises to 2.59 pc in December on costlier veggies
-PTI Wholesale prices based inflation surged to an eight-month high of 2.59 per cent in December, as against 0.58 per cent in November due to sharp rise in prices of food articles like Onion and potato. Wholesale prices based inflation surged to an eight-month high of 2.59 per cent in December, as against 0.58 per cent in November due to sharp rise in prices of food articles like Onion and potato. The annual...
More »Price turnaround: These farmers aren't crying -Gopal B Kateshiya
-The Indian Express Food inflation isn’t a bad thing, at least for Onion growers. Rajkot/ Bhavagar (Gujarat): AS THE winter sun turns red on the western horizon, Kishor Ranpariya and Haresh Saipariya discuss the overall crop situation and wholesale price trends. The former has just returned after selling 63.51 quintals of Onion at the agricultural produce market committee (APMC) mandi in Rajkot, about 25 km from his home in Rataiya village in...
More »Vegetable prices push wholesale inflation to 7-month high in December
-The Indian Express Vegetable inflation jumping to an over six-year high and pulses inflation rising to a more than 3-year high were the key reasons driving retail inflation. Wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation surged to a seven-month high of 2.59 per cent in December 2019, as against 0.58 per cent in November, due to a sharp rise in prices of food articles like Onions and potatoes, according to the data released by...
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