Rising food costs await villagers
By Reuters in Mumbai, India | China Daily | Updated: 2015-11-11 07:50
Drought's second year jeopardizes govt plan to reduce subsidies in rural regions
India's villages face a sharp increase in food prices next year. A second year of drought is driving up the cost of ingredients such as sugar and milk, and poor transportation infrastructure is preventing falling global prices from reaching rural areas.
India's first two-year drought in three decades also complicates government spending calculations.
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