-The Hindu Business Line Experts attribute it to higher cost of providing goods and services and more money under schemes Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for rural areas is higher than urban areas for four successive months with West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Haryana recording double-digit rural retail inflation in April. These are among the 17 States that witnessed higher retail inflation in rural areas. However, in Karnataka, Kerala,...
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Revival Of Economy Should Be Topmost Priority Of World Trade Body: India
-PTI/ NDTV India told the World Trade Organization that the present situation has got a new important problem -- the increasing inflation in most of the domestic economies. New Delhi: India wants the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to play its role in containing global inflation, which is impacting most of the economies of the member countries. According to a statement by India, delivered by Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO, Brajendra Navnit,...
More »Why wheat prices are skyrocketing despite bumper stocks -Shwweta Punj
-IndiaToday.in Rising international prices of wheat and fuel are pushing wheat prices up at home. There is also a demand for India to export wheat India’s CPI (Consumer Price Index) inflation rose to a 17-month high of 6.95 per cent in March 2022, exceeding the Reserve Bank of India’s inflation target for three consecutive months. The prices of wheat and wheat products in the country have gone up by 15-20 per cent...
More »WPI inflation rises to 14.55% in March, completes one year in double-digit territory
-MoneyControl.com The rise in wholesale inflation in March to a four-month high comes after data released on April 12 showed the more closely-tracked headline retail inflation rate jumped to a 17-month high of 6.95 percent last month India's inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose to a four-month high of 14.55 percent in March from 13.11 percent in February, according to data released by the commerce ministry on April 18. The...
More »What’s fuelling higher inflation in rural India? -Vikas Dhoot
-The Hindu Why are food, clothing and fuel prices higher in the hinterland? Will a good monsoon help ease the crisis? The story so far: The retail inflation rate surged to 6.95% this March — its highest level in nearly one and a half years, capping off six successive months of accelerating prices for consumers. With incremental fuel price hikes only kicking in during the latter half of March, the full impact...
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