India’s Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of May rose 9.28 per cent year-on-year, according to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Friday. The government did not reveal the inflation figures for the month of April in view of the Lockdown.
As per the data, the food inflation rose 0.13 per cent to 151.9 in May in comparison to April 2020.
This comes a few days after United Nations saying that we are heading for a worldwide food crisis. Read more about it here.
