El Niño-related food inflation worries in India premature

India's high dependence on rainfall for crop production makes it particularly vulnerable to the dry El Niño weather conditions that many weather forecasters expect this year. Concerns over the possibility of higher food inflation have risen as a result. However, there are a few reasons to think that such fears are premature.

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