date:Jul 19, 2013
ut 175 kg/year.
Food inflation remains relatively high
According to the Bhutan National Statistics Bureau (NSB) the year-on-year inflation rate stood at 8.37 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period a year earlier.
During the same period, the food price inflation was estimated at 7.86 percent as opposed to the non-food price inflation of 8.66 percent. The increase is mainly attributed to high food prices as well as weakening of Ngultrum (which is pegged to the Indian R