Inflation is healthy for the economy – but too much can trigger a recession

An inflation watcher used the current US situation to break down inflation for the layperson

Test of localisation for first globalised generation

Arguably, the world’s young population has grown up in a free market world without even knowing the existence of something called ‘…

Bottomless pyramid: It takes only Rs 25,000 a month to be among India’s top 10% earners

What run-away food inflation is doing to inequality can be anybody’s guess 

Low inflation rates and dipping food prices: Where do they leave the farmer

Almost a fifth of India's consumer goods basket was in deflation zone in January. All were food items

Pulse puzzle 2021

The government takes the usual market-regulatory steps every time there is a surge in prices of pulses — the primary source of protein for …

India bans wheat export

The Centre has banned export of all types of wheat from the country with immediate effect 

Food first: After wheat, Modi government curbs sugar export

Only 10 millon tonnes can be exported in the remainder of current season ending September

I don’t feel hungry: How food inflation is gnawing at Madhya Pradesh’s Sahariya tribe  

The Sahariya were always bedevilled by malnutrition; soaring food prices have made them extremely vulnerable

French Revolution, Arab Springs and food price due to climate change

Loss in food production increases prices; that, in turn, influences people’s food intake and fuels conflicts  

Food price inflation rate in rural India has doubled in a year

Food price rise has been fuelling overall inflation in India in recent months  

COVID-19 hits farms: Lockdown dampens selling price but stokes inflation in MP

Farmers in villages cannot reach city markets to sell their produce; Vegetable prices are skyrocketing in cities due to short supply

Quarter-billion people face extreme poverty in 2022 as the rich get richer: Oxfam

Inflation driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine a major factors behind financial crisis

A farmer becomes a labourer

The challenge for doubling farmers’ income is this foundational change in the economy of an agricultural household  

Empty stomachs today, sick workshops tomorrow: The need for nutrition NOW

The world’s hunger clock has regressed back to 2015 when the global community had resolved to get good food to all plates by 2030

Budget 2023-24: Do you know what growth rate actually implies?

Before arriving at conclusions regarding growth, one has to be really aware of the factors and variables that determine it

Ground report from Delhi’s wholesale markets: Why vegetable sales have dropped in India this summer

Low supply, soaring prices of staple grains and cooking fuel, heat wave behind low uptake, say experts

Inflation is rising in Kenya: Here’s why, and how to fix it

Politicians eyeing Kenya’s 9 August polls have been offering solutions in exchange for votes  

Five points on food inflation and onions

Retail inflation hitting double digit being attributed to high food prices, but is it so?

Crackdown: Egg seizures at US-Mexico border go up 300%

Median cost of a dozen eggs in the US was $4.25 in January 2023 — over twice what it was a year ago

IPES report highlights global hunger crisis amid high debt

World’s poorest countries saw the costs of servicing their debt increase by 35 per cent in 2022

Rising tomato prices made ‘thali’ dearer in July; cost of platter surged by 34%

Prices of tomatoes rose by 233 per cent — to Rs 110 per kg in July from Rs 33 per kg in June

India to witness severe food inflation due to extreme weather

The record-breaking vegetable price rise indicates an era of high food inflation in coming years

Economic Survey 2018-19: Growth slowest in five years due to low food inflation

Agriculture sector contracted in fourth quarter; farmers produced less, spent less on consumption

Food security policy formulation: What can India learn from other countries?

Food shortage, inflation, irrational polices: What not to do to avoid economic disasters 

Venezuela: starved and stifled

As people hunt animals from zoos to feed themselves, the President, accused of extrajudicial executions, is busy blaming the US and the …