Indian farmers still only get a fraction of what consumers pay for vegetables

Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Sep-24 Thu 08:15

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2020-Sep-24 Thu 08:15

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In the last two quarters (January-March FY20 and April-June FY21), the average consumer price index-based inflation breached 6 percent. For August, India's retail inflation, as measured by the consumer price index (CPI), stood at 6.69 percent. However, contrary to retail inflation, India's wholesale…

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