A STUDY ON FOOD INFLATION IN INDIA CAUSES AND REASONS By: Introduction: India is the world ’s second largest producer of food next to China‚ and has the potential of being the biggest food and agricultural sector. The total food production in India is likely to double in the next ten years and there is an opportunity for large investments in food and food processing technologies. India is one of the world’s major food producers but accounts for less than 1.5 per cent of international
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Food Inflation In India In recent times‚ food inflation has been perhaps the most challenging problem faced by Indian leaders and policy makers. The trends of inflation of food prices computed on a year on year basis are as shown in fig. 1. Figure 1: Inflation figures for Food Articles‚ Foodgrains‚ Rice and Wheat (Base: 1993-94) Food inflation in India can be estimated by movement of composite food index in WPI. The food index consists of two sub components‚ namely primary food articles and
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AN INSIGHT INTO THE ROCKETING FOOD PRICES 3/12/2009 Dhruti Kande Page |2 A REPORT ON An insight into the rocketing Food prices BY Dhruti Kande 2007B3A8646G PREPARED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF STUDY ORIENTED PROJECT BITSC323 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE –PILANI GOA CAMPUS 3 RD DECEMBER 2009 Page |3 BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE –PILANI GOA CAMPUS ZUARINAGAR‚ GOA - 403726 CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Ms. Dhruti Kande bearing ID No
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FOOD PRICE INFLATION AND ITS IMPACT IN INDIA Submitted By : Sri Harshini Mudigonda MBA G SEM III Specialization: Finance – Marketing Under The Guidance Of : Dr.AZRA Ishrat ABS ‚LUCKNOW STUDENT’S CERTIFICATE Certified that this report is prepared based on the desertation thesis project undertaken by me for the topic FOOD PRICE INFLATION IN INDIA AND ITS IMPACT‚ under the able guidance of Dr . Azra Ishrat in partial fulfillment
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Tables of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 Inflation 2 1.1.1 What Inflation is? 2 1.2 two types of inflation: 2 1.2.1Creeping inflation 2 1.2.2.hyperinflation 2 1.3 Causes of inflation 2 1.4 Measure of inflation. 3 2.0 India ’s economy ‚ history of inflation and inflation rate. 3 2.1 Causes of inflation in India 4 2.1.1 Shortage of food 4 2.1.2 Population rise. 4 2.1.3Weak Indian rupee. 4 2.2 Impact of inflation in India 5 2.2.1 Low standard of living 5 2.2.2 high
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Macro-Economics – Case Study Inflation In India Is inflation in India structural or monetary? The recent inflation rise was largely cyclical and that the structural inflation trend should remain stable in the range of 5-5.5%. India ’s inflation has been lower compared with other emerging markets. Inflation WPI and CPI-Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) have averaged 5.3% and 6.8%‚ respectively‚ over the last 15 years compared with 11.2% average (CPI) for emerging markets. Double-digit inflation is not the norm
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Project on INFLATION -SUBMITTED BY CHIKKAM.SAI ALEKHYA DANNY VARGHESE DEEPAK SAKTHIVEL DEEPTHI MOHAN GIRISH GANGADHARAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Inflation Measures of inflation Measures of inflation in India CPI Types WPI Calculation of WPI New series of CPI CPI Urban/Rural How Inflation is related with GDP? Relationship between broad money supply and WPI/CPI Announcement of hike in DA for government employees cause inflation? Impact of elections on inflation Hypothesis
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Inflation in India and comparison with Other Countries‚ its calculation‚ reason for rise of inflation and effectiveness of measures taken 1. How inflation is measured in India‚ and compares this to the way in which inflation is measured in other countries‚ e.g. the United Kingdom. Answer: Inflation has been defined as a process of continuously rising prices‚ or equivalently‚ of a continuously falling value of money. In other words‚ inflation causes the buying power of a dollar to decrease
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TRENDS OF INFLATION IN INDIA IN RELATION TO WORLD ECONOMY INDIA INFLATION RATE The inflation rate in India was recorded at 4.70 percent in May of 2013. Inflation Rate in India is reported by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Historically‚ from 1969 until 2013‚ India Inflation Rate averaged 7.73 Percent reaching an all-time high of 34.68 Percent in September of 1974 and a record low of -11.31 Percent in May of 1976. In India‚ the wholesale price index (WPI) is the main measure of inflation. The
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Introduction: 1.1. Inflation – General Definition: Inflation indicates the rise in price of a basket of commodities on a point-to-point basis [1]. Inflation is caused by a persistent increase in the prices of goods and services. Inflation measures the increase in the cost of living over a period of one year. For example‚ if a set of commodities bought in January 2000 cost Rs 100‚ and the same set of commodities bought in January 2001 cost Rs 110‚ and then the inflation rate is 10%. The
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