India should see an easing of food prices in the near term, with food inflation in a "much more comfortable position" by the end of the fiscal year in March, the deputy head of the Planning Commission said on Friday.

New Delhi: Snapping the downward trend of two consecutive weeks, food inflation inched up marginally to 15.57 per cent for the period ended January 15, on account of escalating vegetable prices, pa

New Delhi, Jan. 18: With food inflation still high at 16.91 per cent on account of the high prices of vegetables, milk and meat, the agriculture minister, Mr Sharad Pawar, said his ministry had no dir

Jan. 13: Battling criticism for its failure to check rising prices, the Congress-led UPA government on Thursday sought to reassure the common man by reiterating the steps it is taking to check the upw

Jan. 14: The pace of rise in prices accelerated in December 2010, with the wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation jumping to 8.43 per cent. The actual figure could be higher because the inflation

Jan. 13: With the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh chairing meetings to review price rise since Wednesday, the government also announced the formation of an inter-ministerial group headed by the chie

Snapping the five week rising trend, food inflation softened to 16.91 per cent for the week ended in January 1, 2011, although vegetables, onions and protein-based items continued to remained costly.

New Delhi: The government may announce some measures that could bring down food inflation further, official sources indicated on Thursday, a day after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met Agriculture

New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said there was no need to panic about food inflation, adding that the government would announce steps to curb rising prices.

India's annual fo

Jan. 12: The growth in India’s industrial production fell to an 18-month low of 2.7 per cent in November 2010 because of slower consumer spending. There is speculation that higher prices and increasin