Food Items, Products Of Daily Use By Common People To Attract 5% GST Rate Under New Reforms: Government Sources
Most of the "common man items" are proposed to be moved to the lower GST slab rate of 5 per cent under the GST rationalisation initiative, government sources said on Friday, noting that the Centre will closely engage with states to build a broad-based consensus in the coming weeks.The sources said that food items and daily use items will fall in the 5 per cent GST slab.
Aug 15, 2025, 21:00 PM IST
New Zealand Food Prices Surge 5%, Driven By Record Dairy Highs
Meat, poultry, and fish prices rose 7.9 per cent, led by beef steak up 24.6 per cent and mince 19.3 per cent, while fruit and vegetables climbed 7.3 per cent, non-alcoholic drinks 4.4 per cent, and restaurant meals 2.2 per cent.
Aug 15, 2025, 13:28 PM IST
Wholesale price inflation rises to 2.37% in December
As per the data, inflation in food items eased to 8.47 per cent in December 2024, as against 8.63 per cent in November. Inflation in vegetable stood at 28.65 per cent, as against 28.57 per cent in November.
Jan 14, 2025, 13:35 PM IST
Pakistan PM Imran Khan cuts down 'naan', 'roti' rates to control spiralling food prices
Khan took 'stern notice' of increasing prices of 'naan' and 'roti' and decided to bring down the prices to their previous rates throughout Pakistan.
Aug 01, 2019, 10:40 AM IST
WPI inflation rises to 14-month high of 4.43% in May on costlier fuel, veggies
The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation stood at 3.18 percent in April and 2.26 percent in May last year.
Jun 14, 2018, 13:25 PM IST
Reducing cost of food items may help reduce death risk
A 30 per cent price change almost tripled that approximation with an estimation of 63,000 deaths prevented per year, or 9.2 per cent of all cardiometabolic disease deaths.
Demonetisation pushes retail inflation to a 3-year low of 3.41% in December
Falling prices of vegetables and pulses in the wake of cash crunch following the demonetisation move pushed the retail inflation to a 3-year low of 3.41 percent in December.
Jan 12, 2017, 18:35 PM IST
CPI has fallen down to 5.05%
CPI has fallen down to 5.05%. Watch this special segment and get to know more here.
Sep 14, 2016, 15:45 PM IST
'Rise in food prices confined to tomato, potato, onion'
Rise in vegetable prices is mainly restricted to increase in tomato, potato and onion rates and this has been occurring with almost alarming regularity, according to a report by SBI Research.
Jul 20, 2016, 22:32 PM IST
Food prices pushes WPI Inflation to 0.79% in May; reduces hopes of rate cut
Wholesale inflation rose to 0.79 percent in May compared with 0.34 percent in April
Jun 14, 2016, 12:15 PM IST
WPI inflation to be in negative zone in March: D&B
The headline WPI inflation is expected to be in the range of (-) 0.2 percent to (-) 1.8 percent during March this year.
Mar 20, 2015, 15:23 PM IST
We have been able to bring food inflation under control: Arun Jaitley
With the wholesale price index inflation falling to a 5-year low in September, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government has been able to bring food inflation under control.
Oct 14, 2014, 19:30 PM IST
September retail inflation likely eased on lower food, fuel costs
The RBI has set a target of bringing inflation down to eight percent by January 2015 and six percent by January 2016.
Oct 13, 2014, 11:40 AM IST
Tackling food inflation top priority for the govt: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday said controlling food inflation, which has been consistently hovering around the double-digit mark, is a "top priority" for the government.
Aug 27, 2014, 23:56 PM IST
Poverty, food price and inflation a major concern: Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said poverty, food price and inflation were still a major concern in the economic development of India and that it was the decisive challenge of our time to end the curse of poverty.
Aug 14, 2014, 19:30 PM IST