Price unchanged since 2002; 6.52 cr poor to be affected if price increased to . 17.5 a kg.

PUNE: Maharashtra teeters on the brink while Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, two key states contributing significantly to grain production, have already declared a drought, potentially exacerbating a

KOLKATA: A high kharif paddy production 2011-12 coupled with almost zero exports to Bangladesh has pushed down paddy prices in Bengal.

New Delhi: Food inflation turned negative for the first time in nearly six years in late December as prices of vegetables, potato, onion and some cereals fell sharply, prompting analysts to say the

Global food prices may drop slightly in the coming months but will remain volatile, the new head of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, Jose Graziano da Silva, said Tuesday.