Mon, Apr 21, 2008 - Page 11 News List

ANALYSIS: Inflation in India is not over yet, analysts believe

AFP , NEW DELHI

The best hope for lower inflation lay not with the central bank or the government, but with the monsoon — the rains which drench India from June to September and are vital for crops, economists said.

“We should pray for a good monsoon,” said Dharma Kriti Joshi, economist at Indian credit rating agency Crisil.

“Otherwise the food supply situation will get worse” and stoke inflation, Kriti said.

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