# Minister to monitor dreaded food inflation ahead of bumper harvest

> Food minister Ram Vilas Paswan pledged to keep food inflation under control in 2017 and said a Consumer Protection Bill would be featured in the Budget. Retail food inflation fell 2.1 percent in November. Demonetisation reduced banknote supply by 86 percent.

- Date: 2017-01-11 · published 2017-01-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72971-minister-to-monitor-dreaded-food-inflation-ahead-of-bumper-harvest
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Government focus on controlling food prices may lead to trade interventions such as duty changes, a modest factor for feed grain markets.

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| RICE | 2022-09-09 | [India's rice curbs to lift prices, stoke food inflation worries \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39561-india-s-rice-curbs-to-lift-prices-stoke-food-inflation-worries-reuters.md) | +5.0% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2025-05-21 | [Food inflation in mind, Centre holds off wheat export ban rollbac k ahead of polls, festivals \| Today News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24618-food-inflation-in-mind-centre-holds-off-wheat-export-ban-rollbac-k-ahead-of.md) | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| WHEAT | 2024-01-13 | [India has no plans to import wheat for now - trade minister](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32104-india-has-no-plans-to-import-wheat-for-now-trade-minister.md) | +0.9% | -1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-15 | [With inflation at record low of 0.3%, food ministry proposes lifting of export ban on wheat products \| India News - The Times of India](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21915-with-inflation-at-record-low-of-0-3-food-ministry-proposes-lifting-of-export.md) | +1.7% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- foodnavigator.com: https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2017/01/11/Minister-to-monitor-dreaded-food-inflation-ahead-of-bumper-harvest/

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