Retail inflation rises to 7% in August on costlier food items

Retail inflation inched up to 7 per cent in August from 6.71 per cent in July, mainly due to higher food prices, government data showed on Monday. The consumer price index-based inflation is above the Reserve Bank’s comfort level of 6 per cent for the eighth month in a row. According to the data, inflation in the…

Food prices to remain high? How climate change, war are biting us badly

Food prices around the world, including in India, skyrocketed this year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has a detrimental impact on key exports of wheat and fertiliser from those countries. At the same time, droughts, floods and heat fuelled by climate change have affected…