food-prices and farm-economy angle
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Outlook India · India · India logs near-driest June on record as a stalled monsoon threatens the kharif crop
Centres the farm and inflation stakes, naming rice, pulses, soybean, cotton and sugarcane as most exposed and warning a shortened sowing window lifts food prices, the link from rainfall to the RBI's rate path.
“Rice, pulses, soybean, cotton and sugarcane are most vulnerable; a shortened sowing window threatens yields and food prices.”