Atta, bakery items, bread, biscuits prices at all-time high | Here's why
India Today
A year on year price analysis shows that the all-India average retail price of wheat flour has grown 9.15 per cent in the last one year.
Wheat flour or Atta, the most commonly used food item in Indian kitchens, is seeing a massive surge in prices, so much so that rates have reached a decade high. The all India monthly average retail price of wheat flour stood at Rs 32.38 per kg in April, the highest since January 2010.
According to data by State Civil Supplies Departments to the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, the all-India average retail price of wheat flour was Rs 32.78 per kg on Saturday last.
A year on year price analysis shows that the all-India average retail price of wheat flour has grown 9.15 per cent in the last one year.
One kilogram of atta cost Rs 30.03 per kg a year ago. The price rose to Rs 32.78 per kg this year.
Among the 156 centres for which data are available, the price on Saturday was the highest in Port Blair (Rs 59 per kg) and the lowest (Rs 22 per kg) in West Bengal's Purulia.
Experts are attributing the price rise due to a fall in production as well as stocks of wheat in the country. While the production has fallen in the country, in tandem the demand has risen outside the country.
Among the metros, Mumbaikars are paying the highest average price for atta at (Rs 49 kg), followed by residents of Chennai - Rs 34 per kg. In what can be seen as a relief for Delhiites, they are paying the least for atta at Rs 27 per kg.
