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Food inflation creeps up to 11.49%, PM readies plan

Food inflation moved up to 11.49 per cent for the week ended February 12 as compared with 11.05 per cent for the previous week even as prices of certain items fell marginally. Despite the increase, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said while inflation has been a concern for the last 18 months, it will come down to 7 per cent by the end of the current fiscal. According to the Wholesale...

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Food inflation rises to 16.35%

Food inflation rose marginally to 16.35% for the week ended March 20 mainly on account of high prices of pulses and milk. The inflation stood at four-month low of 16.22% for the week ended March 13. The rise in food prices is mainly driven by pulses, which became dearer by 31.55%. Milk prices rose by 18.74% on the yearly basis. On weekly basis, the index for food articles rose by...

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Food for thought at Copenhagen by Jay Naidoo

Good nutrition is the nexus point where food security, public health and environmental protection meet.  As world leaders in Copenhagen struggle for an ambitious deal, let us not forget that it is the future of our children that is at stake. Hurricanes, floods, heat-waves and droughts wreak havoc when they strike, but in the desolation they leave behind it’s relatively easy to reconstruct a road or a house. A human...

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