The cost of home-cooked vegetarian (veg) and non-vegetarian (nonveg) thalis declined 1 per cent and 7 per cent year-on-year, respectively, amid benign commodity prices in January, according to 'Roti Rice Rate' report of Crisil Intelligence.
The central bank said there were upward pressures from an early onset of summer, heat waves and unseasonal rains on food prices in the first half of the year