Skyrocketing food inflation hits Parliament

Skyrocketing food inflation has finally reached Parliament with the Housekeeping Committee deciding recently to increase the prices of a meal for Parliamentarians by Rs 100.

Following the revised prices, meals for MPs were fixed at Rs 300 while for journalists covering proceedings, it would be Rs 150.

A Parliamentary official said even the number of items on the menu had been reduced from eight to five but they pointed out that most of the MPs bring their food from outside, or order from high-end hotels.

Meanwhile, the Central Bank on Friday said the country's food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 94.9 per cent last month from 93.7 per cent in August, while non-food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased to 57.6 per cent last month from 50.2 percent in August.