The data comes a day after the June Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation numbers which breached the RBI’s target level of 4% for the first time in several months. (AI image) The impact of the US-Iran war is feeding into prices, with India’s wholesale price inflation accelerating to 9.87% in June from 9.68% in May….
Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Kharif sowing trails by 16% due to weak monsoon. Rice, pulses, oilseeds, cotton acreage significantly decreased. Monsoon briefly improved early-July, but now weakened again. India’s kharif sowing season is running behind last year’s pace, with the total area planted under summer crops down 16…
Retail inflation crosses RBI target, at 4.38% India’s retail inflation rose to 4.38 per cent in June, up from 3.93 per cent in May, as higher food prices pushed up the overall Consumer Price Index (CPI), according to provisional data released by the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI) on Monday.Food inflation, measured by…
4 min readJun 23, 2026 06:20 AM IST First published on: Jun 23, 2026 at 06:20 AM IST The ripple effect of the war in west Asia has led to a discussion on the state of the economy. The diagnosis, however, is mostly wrong. Observers have claimed that the growth model pursued by the government…
Rising petrol and diesel prices could rekindle inflationary pressures in the economy by increasing transportation, logistics and manufacturing costs, with the impact likely to be felt across food and consumer goods categories in the coming months, according to a Crisil report released on Tuesday.Petrol and diesel prices have risen by around Rs 7.5 per litre…
Vegetable vendors at a Kolkata market Kolkata: The shockwaves of the ongoing crisis in West Asia have travelled thousands of miles into the kitchens of Bengal. Across the country, fuel prices have skyrocketed by over Rs 7 per litre, triggering an immediate spike in neighbourhood markets where the prices of daily essentials and perishables are…
Vadodara: From Thursday morning, the daily cup of tea, children’s breakfast, and households’ most essential kitchen staple will all become costlier as India’s two biggest dairy brands — Amul and Mother Dairy — roll out fresh milk price hikes across the country amid rising production and operational costs.The revisions are set to pinch consumers nationwide…
