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100			_aGulati, Ashok et al _949892
245			_aTackling food inflation: Is restricting exports and imposing stocking limits the optimal policy?
260			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
300			_a58(44). Nov 4, 2023: p.37-42
520			_aRetail inflation, measured by the year-on-year consumer price index, reached 6.83% in August 2023, higher than the Reserve Bank of India’s upper tolerance limit of 6%. This surge was driven by soaring food prices. The government has implemented a series of measures, including an export ban on non-basmati white rice, export ban and stocking limits on wheat, a 20% export duty on parboiled rice, a minimum export price of $1,200 per tonne on basmati rice, etc, to contain food inflation. However, these abrupt and stringent market-depressing measures are impacting farmers’ income adversely. A more rational and dependable trade policy that balances the interests of producers and consumers while containing food inflation is advocated.- Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/44/perspectives/tackling-food-inflation.html
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
906			_aFOOD SECURITY
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