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Nirmala Sitharaman: Retail inflation in India, though, is in the RBI's 2-6 per cent comfort level but is above the ideal 4 per cent scenario. In December, the retail inflation was 5.69 per cent. India does not grow enough pulses to meet its annual demand, and much of it is met through imports.

The price of non-basmati rice, which is consumed by more than 80% of the Indian population, has shot up by 10-15% since January, as Bangladesh has started buying large volumes of rice from India.