Group 14
Harendra Singh      FT 12127
Revathi B           FT 12151
Rituparna Kashyap   FT 12152
Ronak Kumar Jain    FT 12153
Tushar Arora        FT 12168
Definition:
 Inflation is defined as a percentage change in
 price level for goods and services over a
 period of time.

 With the rise in inflation the purchasing
 power decreases.
   Demand Pull Inflation

   Cost- Push Inflation

   Structural Inflation

   Monetary Inflation
   Inflation in India is due to combination of the factors –
    structural and less monetary.

   Structural

    ◦ High commodity(Pulses, rice, milk, egg and fish etc)price, fuel
      price hike.

    ◦ Change in Economic Structure (change in structure of economies
      as happened in India from Agricultural Structure to
      Industrialization to Services

• Monetary
    ◦ Government regulation to maintain economic growth during slow
      down.
   Highest Inflation rate 34.68 % in September
    of 1974

   Lowest Inflation rate -11.31% in May 1976

   Current Inflation rate in India is 7.78%. In this
    food price index rose to7.78 and fuel price
    index climbed to 12.84% (as on 30th June
    2011)
   Rising per capita consumption of food

       In 2002-03 the Per Capita Income in India was Rs 19040.
       In2004-05 the Per Capita Income in India was Rs 23241.
       In2009-10 the Per Capita Income in India was Rs 46492.

   Food inflation rises due to poor agricultural output

   Spike in the crude oil prices
   Organized retail can charge lower food prices because:
    ◦ (1) Economies of scale in procurement (mass buying from suppliers)
    ◦ (2) Economies of scale in handling and logistics such as via modernized
      distribution centers.
    ◦ (3) Build regional and global food procurement networks to reduce
      costs, de-seasonalise offerings, and increase product diversity.

   The profit realization for farmers selling directly to
    organized retailers is about 60 per cent higher than that he
    would have received otherwise.

   The ill-practice of auctioning at the mandis will stop.
Macro economics Inflation