world bank: India Economic Update - March 2012. food prices hurting: jai ho aam aadmi

mar 9th, 2012 CE

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From: World Bank India <pdcruz@worldbank.org>
Date: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Subject: India Economic Update - March 2012
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The March 2012 edition of the India Economic  Update, apart from analyzing the macroeconomic situation in the country today, also takes a closer look at agriculture. Food inflation may have relented, but food prices continue to be much higher. Production of high-protein foods, fruits and vegetables has not kept pace with demand. At the same time,  lack of infrastructure -- including roads and cold storage -- is hampering production and marketing of perishable agricultural goods. Rules and regulations often deter private investment in the supply chain and sometimes they are arguably a bigger deterrent to private investment than even the rules on FDI in multi-brand retail, which have received a lot of attention in recent times. 

Read the India Economic Update - March 2012 (1.34 mb)

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