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Britannia warns of further price hikes -Suneera Tandon

-Livemint.com The company estimates that it will have to increase prices by another 10% this year if spot prices of key commodities persist in the current fiscal NEW DELHI: Biscuit maker Britannia Industries Ltd, said it will have to take  “tough calls" and initiate price corrections as inflationary headwinds continue to persist. In the last fiscal, the maker of Good Day biscuits and packaged cheese hiked prices by 10%. Major factors for the inflation...

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Should India Stop Wheat Exports To Feed Its Poor? -Kamalika Ghosh

-Outlook India Better prices luring Indian farmers to sell their produce to private traders for sale in the global markets. Should India need to worry? One man’s loss is another man’s gain. And here, in a rare circumstance, the Indian farmers seem to be on the gaining side. First, the Centre had to bow in front of the community and revoke its three farm laws, and now, because of the Russia-Ukraine war,...

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Wheat procurement & lifting impacted in Punjab, 18 farmers have committed suicide so far -Harpreet Bajwa

-The New Indian Express Also this season till yesterday only 62.81 per cent of wheat has been lifted. Thus approximately eighteen farmers have committed suicide to date across the state this month alone due to low yield. CHANDIGARH: The procurement operation of wheat this season in Punjab has been impacted as till yesterday different central and state government agencies, including the Food Corporation of India have purchased only 85.98 Metric Tonnes (MT)...

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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...

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Why wheat prices have shot up despite India’s huge reserves -Vivek Kaul

-Livemint.com Central stocks haven’t been released while exports were upped to fill a Ukraine war-created vacuum One side effect of Russia attacking Ukraine has been a rise in global wheat prices. Wheat importers are struggling. I had written about this possibility in this space on 23 March (‘Like oil, soaring prices of wheat could have broad repercussions’). Towards the end, I had said that India was unlikely to be impacted primarily because...

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