India’s headline inflation may ease to 3.5% in FY26: Crisil

August 13, 2025 4:00 PM

India’s headline inflation may ease to 3.5% in FY26: Crisil

India’s headline inflation is expected to average 3.5 per cent in the current fiscal (FY26), down from 4.6 per cent last year, according to a report by Crisil released on Wednesday. The decline is attributed to healthy agricultural production, which is likely to keep food prices under control. Kharif sowing has risen 4 per cent year-on-year as of August 8, with adequate soil moisture expected to support the upcoming rabi crop as well. The report projects Brent crude oil prices to remain in t...

Kharif sowing exceeds last year’s figures

August 27, 2024 8:16 PM

Kharif sowing exceeds last year’s figures

Kharif crop sowing is at its advanced stage with farmers in India having sown crops across 1,065.08 lakh hectares so far this year as against 1,044.85 lakh hectares in the same period last year. On a yearly basis, the sowing is about 1.93 per cent higher, according to the latest data from Agriculture Ministry released on Tuesday. Commodity-wise, paddy, pulses, oilseeds, millets, and sugarcane sowing has been higher year-on-year. Sowing for cotton and jute/mesta has, on the other side, were on ...