Cereals

Coronavirus outbreak: FMCG firms limit operations only to essential items; Amazon, Walmart to stop non-essential sales

As various state governments issue notifications, the FMCG firms are in discussions with them to ensure that manufacture and distribution of essential products are streamlined

MSP for Kharif crops: Why cure for farm distress lies beyond price supports; agriculture needs to be made demand driven

The long term solution to farmers' misery is to make agriculture demand driven, than supply, and do away with the MSP.

Reversing trend, retail inflation inches up to 4.58% in April on costlier cereals, meat, fish and fruits

The inflation based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key data factored in by the Reserve Bank while deciding interest rate, was 4.28 percent in March

GST: From eggs to milk; here's a list of exempted goods under new tax regime

A week after the roll-out of goods and services tax, confusion still rules

Retail inflation seen falling to a new record low of 2.6% in May: Reuters poll

Wholesale price inflation is expected to have slowed last month to 3.11 percent from 3.85 percent in April

GST rollout will make foodgrains, milk, veggies up to 5% cheaper, says finance ministry

The government has exempted cereals, pulses, atta, maida and besan from the GST, which will be implemented from 1 July.

Why did the government continue importing pulses when domestic production was growing?

If the government begins to procure more, it destabilises the wheat and rice procurement market, and risks a shift of rice and wheat fields to pulses

RBI keeps rate unchanged at 6.5%: Inflation remains Raghuram Rajan's major worry

In the big battle to tame inflation, the central bank has limited weapons in its arsenal. The government has a bigger role to play

Root of corruption at FCI is procurement, but revamp panel’s suggestion is no solution

The panel's suggestions are major reforms; it is unlikely that the report will get implemented in a jiffy

Kellogg recalls some Special K cereal; cites glass fragments

Kellogg said 36,000 packages of its Special K Red Berries cereal could contain dangerous glass fragments and have been pulled from the market, the latest in a series of recalls of its popular brands.