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Thousands Protest High Food Prices in India | South Asia | English

2011 February 24
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Tens of thousands of people marched through India's capital, New Dehli, Wednesday to protest rising food costs.

India has been struggling with rising food inflation, which hit nearly 20 percent late last year. The country's poor have been especially affected.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said inflation poses a serious threat to the India's economic growth. He has called for an increase in food production.
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