date:Aug 29, 2012
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Incidentally, these figures are for north India only. The percentage of hikes in other parts of the country (namely the east, north-east, south and west) is higher. The reason for this is because the costs incurred in transporting raw material to these regions are added to the price of the raw material.
Not only that, a further increase is expected in the prices because of the low agricultural output, which in turn is a result of the drought-like situation across the country. The c