India wholesale market

India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry has reported a 0.8 per cent rise in the wholesale food price index to 193.3 in the week that ended 16 July.

Fruit and vegetable prices increased 2 per cent in the period.

Aditi Nayar, an economist at ratings agency ICRA, warned that vegetable prices could be volatile in the months ahead because of demand-supply mismatches.

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