New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- As mango lovers in India would have noted, there was a glut this year. While premium varieties like Happus and Imam Pasand maintained their prices from prior years, ordinary mangoes like Totapuri plunged to their minimum support price (MSP) of Rs.4 per kilogram.

The Indian mango price story of 2025 is emblematic of the price dynamics of different types of food items in India, spanning vegetables, edible oils, cereals, fish and chicken. Overall, food prices have declined this year from the previous year, but these declines mask wider price variation among varieties and regions than before.

In July 2025, food inflation registered a decline of 1.76% year-on-year. This decline was explained by a combination of the base...