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Industry bodies called for implementation of measures announced in the Budget to arrest inflation, saying these would pave the way for a stable inflation regime.
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Inflation print for food articles, as a basket, remained nearly flat at 7.47 per cent during the month.
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Inflation in food articles during June stood at 2.04 per cent, as against 1.13 per cent in May.
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Kiran Vissa, co-convenor of National Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, said that amendments to the EC Act have nothing to do with farmers' welfare but instead meant to please big players and agriculture companies. This is because small and marginal farmers don't have the storage capacity to attract provisions of the EC Act.
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Inflation in onion continued to rule high at 42.22 per cent and in potato at 43.25 per cent.
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'If these new farm laws are allowed to be implemented, there are very high chances of big increase in income of the farmers and in many states, it may even double'
Sitharaman also announced Rs 10,000 crore fund to support 2 lakh micro food enterprises for promoting health and wellness, herbal, organic and nutritional products.
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According to official data released on Thursday, onions grew cheaper by 59.04 per cent year-on-year during the week under review, while potato prices were down by 33.76 per cent.
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Potato, a daily consumable vegetable, witnessed maximum inflationary pressure at 60.58 per cent
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Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee termed the rise in food inflation as an area of 'grave concern'.
To curb rising food prices, the Union government is contemplating using large-scale nuclear irradiation technologyfor increasing the shelf life of fruit and vegetables, particularly that of onions and potatoes.
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The rise in May Wholesale Price Index based inflation has been mainly on account of 31.44 per cent increase in prices of potato, 19.40 per cent in fruits and 12.75 per cent in rice.
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