India's wholesale price index-based inflation accelerated to 0.53 per cent in March on an annual basis, its highest level in three months, as against 0.20 per cent in February, data from the Commerce Ministry on 15 April showed. Wholesale onion prices quickened by 56.99 per cent in March after rising 29.22 per cent in February. According to industry representatives, India is expected to face a major shortage in onion supply until it harvests the next kharif crop marking a reversal from the current scenario with the country facing a glut in supplies of the bulb vegetable and stable prices amid an export ban. (ICE NEW DELHI)

Fonte notizia: Economic Times