Rise in airfares likely after jet fuel prices go up by 2 pc
New Delhi: After a two per cent hike in jet fuel prices, airline officials today indicated a rise in airfares with Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel saying the Ministry intervenes in such matters
Cooking oil prices surge 62pc as common man faces fresh crisis
Adding to the woes of the common man who is reeling under high prices of veggies like Onion, cooking oil prices have surged by upto 62 per cent in last one year, hurting the household budget of con
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.
Food inflation falls to 16.91% ; veg prices still high
Snapping the five week rising trend, food inflation softened to 16.91 per cent for the week ended in January 1, 2011, although vegetables, onions and protein-based items continued to remained costly.
Onions at Rs.5 per kg soon: Traders
Onions may sell for as low as Rs.5 per kg fom next week with the market set to be flooded with a new harvest, the Azadpur wholesale vegetable traders association here said on Thursday.
Govt may announce measures to dip prices
New Delhi: The government may announce some measures that could bring down food inflation further, official sources indicated on Thursday, a day after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met Agriculture
Stop panicking about inflation, will announce steps: PM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said there was no need to panic about food inflation, adding that the government would announce steps to curb rising prices.
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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