The Wholesale Price Index (WPI), which measures inflation, dropped to a nine-month low in April (0.85%) from 2.05% in March due to a decrease in energy prices and a moderate increase in food product prices. The costs of gasoline and power (-2.18), as well as primary articles (-1.44), decreased among the index’s three primary components….
The consumer price index (CPI), which measures retail inflation in India, decreased from 3.61% in February to 3.34% in March, a five-year-seven-month low, as food costs significantly decreased. Analysts believe that this will allow the RBI to stimulate growth by reducing interest rates by at least 50 basis points in FY26. In the face of…
According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday, in February 2025, India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation increased to 2.38% (provisional), mostly as a result of rising prices for food products, food article, other manufacturing, non-food item, and textile manufacturing. The WPI rate in January was 2.31 percent, which is…
As food prices cooled off, India’s retail inflation rate dropped to 5.5 percent in November from a 14-month high of 6.2 percent the month before. Compared to 10.9 percent in October, food inflation decreased to 9 percent for the month.For the third consecutive month, consumer prices have stayed over 5%. At its December meeting, the…
As food prices decreased in July, India’s retail inflation rate fell to 3.54%, nearly five years below its previous peak, according to government statistics released on Monday. This reduction comes after an inflation rate of 5.08% in June, which was the lowest since August 2019. The Reserve Bank of India’s 4% goal inflation rate was…
The government may reduce import duty on wheat after six years to boost domestic supplies so that it would not have to dip into the stocks much for carrying out market intervention programme. Wheat prices in Russia are currently ruling $ 284/tonne (around Rs 2357/tonne) against the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 2275/quintal for…
The Ministry of Commerce & Industry announced provisional data indicating that the annual rate of India’s wholesale pricing index (WPI)-based inflation increased to 1.26 percent in April from 0.53 percent in March. A 13-month high was reached by the WPI in April, surpassing the Reuters forecast of 1% WPI inflation as predicted. According to the…
At Unjha (Gujarat), the center of the trade, the average mandi prices of cumin seeds (jeera) have dropped by 50%, from Rs 600/kg in October to Rs 300/kg. According to traders, the dip was caused by expectations of a record crop. much though jeera is starting to arrive in the mandis, the peak of arrivals…
An all-time high of 13.14 million tonne (MT) of mustard seed is expected to be produced in the 2023–24 season thanks to record sowing this season, which will increase domestic edible oil supply. A reassessment of the import tariff relief for food oils such as palm, soybean, and sunflower may be required by this. The…
Retail inflation in India, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), likely reached a three-month high of 5.7% in November from 4.87% in October due to a spike in vegetable costs. Retail inflation stood at 5.88% in November 2022. On the other hand, the poll’s projections varied greatly, ranging from 5.30 to 6.92 percent. On…
