Besides the spike in prices of manufactured products, crude petroleum, and mineral oil, a low base effect of May last year also contributed to the spike in inflation in May 2021

Point-to-point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL (Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers) and CPI-RL (Consumer Price Index for Rural Labourers) decreased to 2.66 per cent and 2.94 per cent in April 2021

The mobile app for price monitoring for 22 essential commodities has started providing effective real time information about retail and wholesale prices from 127 locations across the country

The mobile app for price monitoring for 22 essential commodities has started providing effective real time information about retail and wholesale prices from 127 locations across the country

Point to point rate of inflation based on the CPI-AL and CPI-RL decreased to 3.25 per cent and 3.34 per cent in December 2020, a labour ministry statement said

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Evidence shows Punjab farmers have brought food security and grown richer in the process while Bihar farmers have grown poorer and Madhya Pradesh farmers are striving to move ahead using MSP

Earlier this month, the Indian government had also extended the relaxed norms for onion imports until January 31 in an attempt to boost domestic supply of onions while also ensuring the stability of its price

Experts believe retail inflation is likely to average around 6.3 per cent this fiscal and mostly will remain sticky going forward owing to pick-up in demand across sectors

The CPI inflation continues to remain above 6 per cent throughout this year -- except in March -- higher than the Reserve Bank of India's comfort zone of 4-6 per cent

India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

Similarly, it stated that food inflation stood at 8.21 per cent in October against 7.51 per cent of the previous month (September 2020) and 8.60 per cent during the corresponding month (October 2019) a year ago

Consumer price inflation continued to rise in Ocotober as prices in food basket remained high during the month; vegetables, pulses and protein products remained costlier, driving inflation higher

The previous high in the CPI was witnessed at 7.59 per cent in January 2020

After the third stimulus package last month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that the option for another stimulus package has not been closed

The cooperative has asked bidders to supply 40 to 60 mm size of red onions from any country of origin at Rs 50 per kg by November 20

Goyal said onion prices had fallen in recent days because of stock limits that were imposed and the ban on exports

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