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According to PM’s Economy Advisory Council, Dr C. Rangarajan, food inflation is the key policy worry for the government. He expects the Wholesale Price Index to rise to 6 percent by March 2010. In the coming months, food inflation has the potential to reach double -digits for a combination of reasons including lower farm output and steadily firming world commodity prices. The Council’s recommendations to the government to protect the rabi crop right through the season and strengthen the pub ...