Inflation may come down to 7pc by this fiscal year
The government on Tuesday said the current fiscal may end with inflation of around 7 per cent, driven by moderation in demand side pressures and record foodgrain production this year.
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Montek Singh Ahluwalia under fire in LS on price issue
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday came under sharp attack in the Lok Sabha on the issue of price rise with questions being raised on the panel's affidavit in the S
UPA, Oppn gear up for price rise debate on Wednesday
The government appears to have foiled the Opposition’s plan to compel it to go in for a floor test in the Lok Sabha on the issue of price rise with the NDA and the ruling UPA agreeing to discuss this
BJP raps Centre, state government on price rise
Concerned with the spiralling prices affecting the common man, BJP on Monday lashed out at the Centre and the Uttar Pradesh government for its inability to check the price rise.
Inflation shoots to 8.43, RBI may hike rates
Inflation shot up to 8.43 per cent in December, from 7.48 per cent in the previous month, as prices of certain food and non-food items continued to show an upward trend.
Gov agonises ways to curb rising prices
New Delhi: Consultations among senior ministers of the government on how to curb rising food prices continue on Wednesday as a follow-up to the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the
IIP dips to 2.7 per cent
New Delhi: India's industrial growth plunged to 2.7 percent in November from 11.3 percent in October, worsening the economic woes for the government struggling to find ways to control the soaring pric
Money worth Rs7.25 cr seized from veg merchants
Amid protests from vegetable merchants over tax raids, the I-T department has unearthed unaccounted money worth over Rs 7 crore from Punjab-based wholesale vegetable merchants, an official said on We
PM-led meet on price rise ends inconclusively
A meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held with senior Cabinet ministers and officials Tuesday, to discuss measures to check rising food prices, ended inconclusively. According to a senior official, the high-level meeting will take place again Wednesday or Thursday.
Meet over inflation begins
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday met with senior cabinet colleagues and officials on steps taken to curb inflation and to discuss future measures to arrest the sudden spurt in the prices of es