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Maharashtra farmer protest over onion prices - Livemint

Maharashtra farmers had taken out a foot march from Nashik to Mumbai in protest over onion prices. On Saturday one 58 year old farmer who had attended the foot march died at Shahapur police station in Thane district, informed the All India Kisan Sabha state general secretary Ajit Nawale. The Maharashtra farmers announced on Saturday that they have called off the march following assurance from the state government and the centre....

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Wholesale inflation crashes to 21-month low of 5.85% in November

-Moneycontrol.com The drop in wholesale inflation comes two days after statistics ministry data showed the more Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation fell far more than expected to 5.88 percent in November India's wholesale inflation fell to a 21-month low of 5.85 percent in November, according to data released by the commerce ministry on December 14. At 5.85 percent, the latest Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation figure is a huge 470 basis points lower...

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What is in store for India’s imports?

There is some respite expected for India in terms of prices of imported commodities. This may ease the depletion of its foreign exchange reserves. The country has faced a widening of its merchandise trade deficit from US$ -17.91 billion to US$ -26.91 billion between October 2021 and October 2022. The commodity price data provided by the World Bank in December 2022 (termed as The Pink Sheet) shows that energy prices plummeted by...

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LPG price crosses Rs.1,050, cylinder refills decline among PMUY consumers -Vignesh Radhakrishnan & Jasmin Nihalani

-The Hindu The price surge in LPG cylinders has pushed consumers to lower the number of LPG refills with 5% of the PMUY beneficiaries refilling just once per year in FY22 The price of a 14.2 kg cylinder has skyrocketed to ₹1,053 in July 2022. Though a subsidy of ₹200 per cylinder was recently announced for the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries, the subsidised rate of ₹853 is still double the amount...

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Rising crude oil prices further burdens Indian consumers -Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Sumant Sen and Jasmin Nihalani

-The Hindu The Centre has raked in nearly Rs.16 lakh crore through excise duty on petroleum products between FY15 and FY21 In India, crude oil prices have risen to a near three-year high. Subsequently, the retail prices of petrol and diesel, which were already high due to heavy tax rates, became higher in India. Notably, in recent times, whenever crude prices have been on the rise, the burden has been passed on...

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