date:Aug 24, 2012
spent for food, commuting costs, utilities, doctorand education bills, according to the survey.
So, despite a record food production of 252 million tonne this year, prices stay high and food inflation is still around 10.5%, more or less where it was a year ago. It also mentioned that the food prices for rural population rose 9.87% and for urban population - 10.18%. For vegetables the price rise was 24.55%, weightage of 5.44% in CPI. In the case of milk where India is a net exporter, prices rose