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Today5 stories · 6 articles26 stories since 23 Sept

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Market checkTATA Consumer Products −0.3%Companies most often in its stories · Fri, 25 Sept

Developing3 storylinesBiggest: India’s edible oil import duty cuts · 8 updates

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Agriculture14 Farm commodities13 FMCG and consumption7 Inflation7 Trade and tariffs7 Input costs6 CPI inflation5 Import duties5 Fuel prices3 Bengaluru2

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Market move▲ bullishPremium edible oils find buyers despite rising price gapHealth-conscious consumers are buying cold- and wood-pressed oils despite higher pricesMarico TATA Consumer Products FMCG and consumption1 source
4h

Policy● mixedEdible oil duty cut may boost snack makers’ marginsInput costs FMCG and consumption Farm commodities1 source
6h

Policy● mixedImport duty cut on sunflower oil has a significant Russian backdropSunflower oil import-duty cuts intersect with India’s growing edible-oil import dependenceImport duties Farm commodities Russia1 source
12h

Market move▼ bearishTriple shock rattles India’s FMCG basket as 68% of categories lose volume68% of FMCG categories lost volume amid higher costs and rural income pressuresConsumer demand FMCG and consumption1 source
15h

Data● mixedMacro headwinds, rising input costs impact FMCG volumes in June quarter: NIQInput costs FMCG and consumption Farm commodities1 source
19h

● mixedThe crop at the centre of India’s edible oil self-reliance pushPalm oil is central to India’s edible-oil self-reliance and food securityFarm commodities Agriculture1 source
1d

Expansion▼ bearishWhy your ₹100 meal costs ₹250 online and how Rapido wants to change thatRapido launched food delivery app Ownly in Hyderabad, following a zero-commission model used in BengaluruRapido Ownly Food delivery1 source
2d

Market move● mixedSwiss National Bank’s Schlegel watching hot weather impact on food price inflationInflation Input costs1 source
2d

Data● mixedWhat is driving Singapore inflation?Inflation Fuel prices1 source
2d

Policy▼ bearishIndia cuts edible-oil import duties ahead of festivalsEdible-oilseed farmers view the duty cut as an attack on their livelihoodsImport duties Farm commodities Agriculture2 sources
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Data● mixed4.5 lakh heat deaths projected: How 2026 Super El Nino will hit India, Nigeria, Global SouthMonsoon CPI inflation GDP1 source
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Deal● mixedCSIR-NIIST, Tata Consumer to set up food fortification centre in ThiruvananthapuramCSIR-NIIST and Tata Consumer Products are collaborating on a food fortification Centre of ExcellenceTATA Consumer Products Tata Group Bengaluru1 source
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Policy● mixedCentre expands subsidized onion sales to small towns as retail prices double from last yearGovernment is shipping buffer-stock onions to district markets and small townsFarm commodities Inflation Agriculture1 source
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Data● mixedFrom $6 eggs to $50,000 cars, these charts show how inflation has defined the past 5 yearsRising prices have weighed on US consumer confidence for more than five yearsUS inflation Inflation Cars and SUVs1 source
3d

● mixedChild malnutrition rises in Yemen as fighting intensifies, says UNICEFMiddle East Houthis United Nations1 source
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Policy● mixedIndia’s Palm Oil Tax Cut Could Boost Earnings For Local Planters, CIMBFarm commodities Agriculture Taxes1 source
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Policy● mixedEdible oil duty cut may put 8% retail price hikes on holdFarm commodities FMCG and consumption CPI inflation1 source
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Data● mixedIndian agriculture enters new phase as diets, incomes and climate reshape farming: ReportThe first phase of Indian agriculture, roughly 1967 to 1995, focused on achieving food securityAgriculture Economic growth CPI inflation1 source
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Market move▼ bearish‘Crude prices have risen 30% in a month’: CEA warns India exposed to multiple shocksCrude oil Fuel prices CPI inflation1 source
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▼ bearishIndia must remain prepared for higher energy prices: CEA NageswaranCEA Nageswaran said India must remain prepared for higher energy pricesFuel prices CPI inflation Trade and tariffs1 source
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