This dataset contains Food Prices data for India, sourced from the World Food Programme Price Database. The World Food Programme Price Database covers foods such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar for 98 countries and some 3000 markets. The data goes back as far as 1992 for a few countries, although many countries started reporting from 2003 or thereafter.

Cost of food in India decreased 5.02 percent in October of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - India Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The Wholesale Price Index of food products manufacturing across India during financial year 2024 was over ***. An overall increase in the price index was seen over the years from financial year 2013 in the country.

In January 2025, the Consumer Price Index for food and beverages across urban areas in the south Asian country of India was 205. This meant that the price had increased since March 2022. The CPI measures the change in consumer prices of goods and services purchased by households across India over time.

In 2023, exports of canned food from India expanded remarkably to 229K tons, growing by 12% on the year before.

India Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food and Beverages data was reported at 196.200 2012=100 in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 197.600 2012=100 for Feb 2025. India Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food and Beverages data is updated monthly, averaging 138.400 2012=100 from Jan 2011 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 171 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 209.400 2012=100 in Oct 2024 and a record low of 88.600 2012=100 in Mar 2011. India Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food and Beverages data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.HD002: Consumer Price Index. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Graph and download economic data for Wholesale Prices: Other Wholesale Prices: Food: Total for India (WPOTFD01INM661N) from Apr 1994 to Nov 2022 about wholesale, India, and food.

The average for 2021 based on 165 countries was 105.854 index points. The highest value was in South Korea: 208.84 index points and the lowest value was in India: 58.17 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The food inflation in India fell to ***** percent year-on-year in July 2025. In 2024, the food inflation peaked in October at about ** percent. Impact of inflation Inflation is a key economic indicator of an economy, influencing purchasing power, investments, and economic growth. The rise in food prices, which comprise about **** of the consumer price index (CPI) basket, affects large sections of the Indian population. Supply chain disruptions, increased cost of production, global market dependency, weather conditions, and government policies on minimum support prices are some reasons leading to food inflation. TOP drivers of food inflation Price-sensitive vegetables viz. tomato, onion, and potato (TOP) were the leading drivers of food inflation as per the Economic Survey for the financial year 2025. Experts argue that price pressures are not mainly due to a shortfall in production but post-harvest losses, seasonal production, and regional dispersion in production.  

India Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food and Beverages: Vegetables data was reported at 182.300 2012=100 in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 193.300 2012=100 for Feb 2025. India Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food and Beverages: Vegetables data is updated monthly, averaging 152.800 2012=100 from Jan 2011 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 171 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 292.000 2012=100 in Oct 2024 and a record low of 81.900 2012=100 in May 2011. India Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food and Beverages: Vegetables data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.IB001: Consumer Price Index: 2012=100.

Graph and download economic data for Wholesale Prices: Other Wholesale Prices: Food: Total for India (WPOTFD01INQ661N) from Q2 1994 to Q3 2022 about wholesale, India, and food.

India has pursued an active food security policy for many years by using a combination of trade policy interventions, public distribution of food staples, and assistance to farmers through minimum support prices defended by public stocks. This approach has been quite successful in stabilizing staple food prices, but comes at a high cost, and with potential risks of unmanageable stock accumulation. Based on a rational expectations storage model representing the Indian wheat market and its relation to the rest of the world, we analyse the cost and welfare implications of this policy, and unpack the contribution of its various elements. To analyse alternative policies, we assume that social welfare includes an objective of price stabilization and assess optimal policies corresponding to this objective. We consider fully optimal policies under commitment as well as optimal simple rules, and show that adopting simple rules can achieve most of the gains from fully optimal policies.

Food insecurity and hunger are significant components of standard poverty measures and continue to be pressing issues in emerging market economies. However, these issues have received less attention in examining the indirect effects of monetary policy. In this paper, we study the impact of monetary policy on food inequality in India. Specifically, we examine the impact of monetary policy shocks on relative food prices and the distribution of food consumption, focusing on subsistence food consumption of poor households. Using the most recent household survey data, we estimate the dynamic effects of monetary policy shocks on relative food prices and the distribution of food consumption in rural and urban India using a dynamic common factor model. Our results show that expansionary monetary policy shocks increase the relative price of food, reduce the food consumption of poor households, and raise food consumption inequality across households. Increase in the relative price of food following a monetary expansion disproportionately hurts the poor relative to the non-poor. This is the first study to provide evidence of a ‘food price channel’ in monetary policy transmission to understand food inequality. This study holds important policy implications for Indian central bankers and policymakers as well as for those in similar emerging market economies.

In September 2022, food inflation in India stood at about *** percent. It was highest for vegetables, amounting to more than an ** percent increase compared to September the previous year in India. Research showed this was the highest increase in nine years, causing concern for the economy, especially low-income earners.

175 Global export shipment records of Indian Food with prices, volume & current Buyer's suppliers relationships based on actual Global export trade database.

India Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food and Beverages: Weights: Other Packaged Processed Food data was reported at 0.078 % in Oct 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.078 % for Sep 2018. India Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food and Beverages: Weights: Other Packaged Processed Food data is updated monthly, averaging 0.078 % from Jan 2014 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.078 % in Oct 2018 and a record low of 0.078 % in Oct 2018. India Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food and Beverages: Weights: Other Packaged Processed Food data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Statistics Office. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Inflation – Table IN.IA008: Consumer Price Index: 2012=100: Food and Beverages: Weights.

The dataset contains All India Yearly Wholesale Price Index from Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy.

Note: Food Articles and Non-food Articles are part of Primary Articles.

Overview with Chart & Report: India's Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) m/m shows a change in retails prices for food products from the consumer perspective, in the given month compared to the previous month. Food and drinks

WPI Food Index YoY in India decreased to -5.04 percent in October from -1.99 percent in September of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for India WPI Food Index YoY.

Overview with Chart & Report: India's Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) y/y shows a change in retails prices for food products from the consumer perspective, in the given month compared to the same month a year ago. Food and