depreciation companies are planning price increases of 46 per cent this month first to go up will be imported premium products followed by locally manufactured ones as most components are still sourced from overseas rice may however become cheaper as exports of basmati are down due to turmoil in west asian countries and a sharp decline in crude oil prices prices of pulses may hold steady since demand has dropped due to a recent price hike and imported stocks at ports mallick said by writankar mukherjee sutanuka ghosal et bureau published on feb 8 2016 at 1213 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app inflation food inflation processed food household budgets agricommodity homenewsrise in commodity prices to hurt household budgets