What killer vegflation means for India's economy -- and its politics

Eat your greens!" mothers used to sternly admonish reluctant children. "Don't ask for greens!" harried Indian mothers might well plead these days. The once-lowly vegetables have been mightily influencing inflation. As everyone knows now, their prices rose 46 per cent in October as compared to a year before, and a 35 per cent increase in September. That has made double-digit food inflation a standard feature of our economic history now for the sixth year. Consumer prices have now nudged past the 10 per cent mark as well.

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