Feb. 16: Now it is the World Bank that is worried about the rising food prices. The development institution says that the rising food prices of the past year have pushed 44 million people around the w

New Delhi: With marginal decline in rate of price rise in January, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has expressed hope that the overall inflation will come down to seven per cent by March end.

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New Delhi: A proposal to hike salaries of MLAs and Ministers by more than double has been finalised by the Delhi government citing high inflation and increased cost of living.

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New Delhi: India's annual food inflation dropped by nearly four percentage points to 13.07 percent for the week ended January 29 - the lowest level in nearly one-and-a-half months - on decline in the

Feb. 3: Mr Hosni Mubarak and Mr Zine El Abidine Ben Ali are not the world’s foremost experts on food prices, but they are well versed with its effects. One of the strong men has already lost his presi

Jan. 27: If you are a borrower with outstanding loans — a home loan, car loan or even a personal loan, it’s probably a good time to practice some belt tightening. The persistently high food prices may

Jan. 27: Food inflation, which measures the pace of rise in agri-commodities accelerated marginally for the week ended on January 15 to 15.57 per cent due to high vegetable prices. The increase is du

New Delhi: Snapping the downward trend of two consecutive weeks, food inflation inched up marginally to 15.57 per cent for the period ended January 15, on account of escalating vegetable prices, pa

Jan. 25: The Reserve Bank of India has in unequivocal terms said that people should be prepared to live in a high inflation regime. The bank has itself revised upwards inflation rate for March 2011 fr

Jan. 25: The RBI’s concerns over inflation and current account deficit pulled down the Sensex on Tuesday by about 182 points to below the 19,000-mark, at at 18,969.45. The Nifty also dropped by 55.85