Companies across India are passing on price hikes to consumers as West Asia tensions disrupt supply chains and inflate input costs.

Companies across India are passing on price hikes to consumers as West Asia tensions disrupt supply chains and inflate input costs. From airfares to appliances, laundry services to home interiors, middle-class budgets face pressure. Godrej Appliances will raise prices five to ten percent on air conditioners, washing machines and refrigerators starting April. Television manufacturers cite polymer costs surging forty to fifty percent per kilogram and packaging expenses jumping eighty percent. Home interior firms are implementing ten to fifteen percent increases. Volatile commodity prices, gas supply crunches and raw material shortages are driving these hikes across white goods and durables sectors. Most increases take effect from April as companies absorb mounting expenses from geopolitical disruptions and energy cost pressures.