Pricey food, crude oil may have caused inflation in past 2 yrs

Last Updated: Monday, June 25, 2012, 23:21

Rise in food and crude oil prices could have contributed to high in inflation in past two years despite tight monetary policy, says a RBI working paper.

Retail inflation rises to 8.65% in March

Last Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012, 22:55

The retail inflation for industrial workers stood at 8.65 percent in March, higher than 7.57 percent in February due to a spurt in food prices.

Retail inflation spurts to 9.47% in March

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 11:55

Retail inflation spurted to 9.47 percent in March because of higher prices of milk, vegetables, protein-based items and edible oil products.

Rising food inflation disturbing; Govt to take steps: Pranab

Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 15:55

Terming the trend of rising prices of food items as 'disturbing', Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said the government will take steps to clear the supply-side bottlenecks to ease the price situation.

Inflation declines marginally; essential items remain costly

Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 12:07

Overall inflation fell marginally to 6.89 percent in March but prices of essential items like pulses, potato and milk remained "disturbingly" high, prompting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to state that the government would have to address the problem.

Inflationary expectations to be 6-7%: Pranab

Last Updated: Saturday, March 31, 2012, 17:13

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said that inflationary expectations would be in the six to seven percent range.

Inflation likely to remain below 7% in March, says Montek

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 19:16

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia Wednesday projected the headline inflation to remain below 7 percent during March.

Pranab asks states to promote investment in farm supply chain

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 20:43

In order to effectively deal with food inflation, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday asked the states to encourage organised sector in supply management pending a decision on allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail.

Inflation still not at acceptable level, should fall more: FM

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 13:18

Even as inflation dipped to a 25-month low of 6.55 percent in January, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said the rate of price rise is "still not at acceptable level" and hoped for further moderation.

Not out of woods totally: Pranab on food inflation fall

Last Updated: Sunday, February 5, 2012, 21:14

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee says though food inflation has moderated the country is not out of the "woods totally", asserting inflationary pressures must be brought down to a tolerable and acceptable level before Indian economy can revert to high growth.

Food inflation remains in negative for fourth week at -1.03%

Last Updated: Friday, January 27, 2012, 12:03

Overall food prices fell for the fourth straight week year-on-year, led by a drop in the price of vegetables, especially onions and potatoes and wheat, official data showed Thursday.

Inflation still sticky in manufacturing sector: Pranab

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 21:13

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said that although food inflation has come down drastically, inflationary pressures were still visible in the manufacturing sector.