India’s food price inflation raises risks for Narendra Modi’s government

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Riyaz Ahmed’s mill on the outskirts of Mysuru, part of a fertile agricultural belt in southern India, is stacked with gunny bags full of an unexpectedly precious commodity: rice.

Prices for rice, tomatoes and other staples have surged in recent weeks as the erratic arrival of India’s annual monsoon has…