RBI to publish report on food inflation

By IANS,

Kolkata : The Reserve bank of India (RBI) will come out with a report on food inflation in a few weeks time, deputy governor of the central bank Subir Gokarn said Monday.


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“The paper would study whether the food price rise is due to less monsoon last year or it is due to the impact of a structural change in the people’s food habits,” Gokarn told reporters here.

He said the rise in excessive demand for sugar, milk and pulses indicated a shift in the nutritional choices of the people.

According to government data, India’s annual food inflation hovered around 16.04 percent for the week ended April 24.

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