Diesel bomb may trigger hike in vegetable prices
With the government hiking diesel price, truckers who fetch vegetables and other food items are likely to raise the charges.
The Koyambedu wholesale vegetable market which supplies to over 90 retail
Price hike fuels outrage, fear
With diesel price going up by nearly Rs 6, it will have a cascading effect on the transport sector. Share autos and Tata Magic vans have already hiked fares across TN and prices of essential commoditi
Counterpoint: Cut down on cigarettes, liquor to beat hike
On the face of it, cutting back on the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders may seem a big blow to the family budget.
Home makers are, however, appealing to their men folk to cut down a bit on
Auto makers welcome diesel price hike
The automobile industry welcomed the diesel price hike, saying it is a much-awaited decision. Auto-makers, however, added that the hike has come at a wrong time for the overall economy.
"It is a goo
Diesel hike gives RBI room to cut rates: PMEAC
Welcoming the fuel price hike decision by the government, PMEAC and economists today said the decision provides room for Reserve Bank to ease monetary policy to give thrust on growth.
The hike in di
Allies, Opposition slam diesel price hike
Slamming the government over diesel price hike, UP allies Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party on Thursday demanded an immediate rollback while the opposition said the increase will further hit the
Diesel price hiked by Rs 5/litre; petrol, kerosene spared
The government on Thursday decided to hike diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre effective midnight tonight, but left petrol, kerosene and LPG rates untouched.
The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs,
CCPA meeting postponed; no new date fixed
A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), which could have decided on raising diesel and cooking fuel prices, was on Tuesday postponed even as Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said t
Govt has no immediate plan to raise fuel price: Reddy
The government has no immediate plan to raise domestic fuel prices, Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said on Friday, adding that it was now up to the cabinet to decide on the thorny issue of reducing heft
Govt may hike fuel prices next week
The government may hike petrol, diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices simultaneously as early as next week, with Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy on Friday saying 'difficult and painful' decisions need to be taken.