Voice of America: Rising Food Prices Harm India’s Poor, Middle Class

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Rising Food Prices Harm India's Poor, Middle Class Feb 20th 2013, 16:17 Major trade unions in India have called a nationwide strike beginning Wednesday to protest increased fuel costs, inflation and what they say are the government's failed economic policies. Retail inflation, which hit nearly 11 percent in January, is affecting the country's poor and middle class.    It's 5 p.m. and customers are crowding this vegetable market in the northern Indian city of Lucknow.   Annamma Rajput listens closely to the vendors and then haggles to bring prices ... Media files: D90BED61-8B12-4783-A28E-B093EC4F662D_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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