Household budgets hit with veggie price rise
New Delhi: When Kamala Devi moved to Delhi from Bihar 10 years back, hoping for a better life, she never thought that some day she would want to go back home. But burdened under the rising prices of v
Pressure cooking: Food inflation boils to 12.13 pc as prices soar
New Delhi: High prices of onions, fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat and poultry sharply raised India's annual food inflation based on wholesale prices to 12.13 per cent for the week ended Dec 11 fr
Inflation fears; Sensex loses 33 points
Mumbai: Falling for the second day in a row, the BSE benchmark Sensex today closed 33 points down in sluggish trade mainly due to worries over food inflation rising to double digits again.
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Onion crisis: Govt removes customs duty on imports
New Delhi: With onion prices skyrocketing to as much as Rs 85 per kg in some retail markets, the Indian government today said it has brought down customs duty on imports of the commodity to zero from
Onion free on purchase of tyre
Jamshedpur: A four-wheeler tyre seller has been offering onion free on purchase of tyre from his shop here today.
"We are offering five kg onion free on the purchase of a truck tyre and one kg on th
Govt trying everything to battle high onion prices
New Delhi: Government today unveiled multi-pronged measures to check high onion prices, including removal of import duties, an indefinite ban on exports and asking state agencies to import the commod
'Onion to be cheaper by March'
Rajkot: Skyrocketing onion prices are expected to come down by March in Gujarat and other parts of the country in view of bumper crop expected in the Saurashtra region, traders said today.
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Kitchens in India worried over Onion price
New Delhi: Sky-rocketting onion prices are literally bringing tears to the eyes. With rates shooting to Rs.70-80 per kg, the humble bulb has become really pricey, forcing people to drastically chop th
Delhi onion supply drops further, price high
New Delhi: Onion supplies further dropped by about 20 per cent in wholesale markets of the national Capital today, but a fall in demand kept the prices at Rs 60 per kg, little changed from previous da
Pakistani onions arriving to wipe off India's worries
Amritsar: Some relief in the sky-high prices of onions in India is expected with truckloads of the commodity arriving from neighbouring Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah land border check-post, trader