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Dip in food, fuel prices eases January's WPI inflation
15 Feb 2018 1:15 PM ISTNew Delhi: A dip in food and fuel prices decelerated the rise in India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices to 2.84 per cent in...
Higher food prices accelerate July's retail inflation
14 Aug 2017 7:05 PM ISTAn increase in food and fuel prices resulted in the rise of 2.36 per cent in India's retail or Consumer Price Index (CPI) based-inflation in July.
India's wholesale price inflation in March falls to 5.70% month-on-month
17 April 2017 12:47 PM ISTIndia's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices softened in March at 5.70 per cent after having risen to over a three-year high of 6.55 per cent in February, official data showed on Monday.
GST rates will have no inflationary impact: Jaitley
29 March 2017 2:10 PM ISTIntroducing four bills to give effect to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Jaitley said the legislations will have to be passed by Parliament and one by each of the state assemblies to turn India into one market with a single tax rate.
Inflation declines to 7.25% in June
17 July 2012 5:44 AM ISTInflation declined to 7.25 per cent in June as prices of manufactured items eased a little, although vegetables, wheat and pulses became...
Vegetable price blues
13 July 2012 4:45 PM ISTIt is regrettable that there has been a huge jump in the prices of essential vegetables, such as potatoes and tomatoes, in the last fortnight, across...
Chidambaram taunts middle class
11 July 2012 7:21 AM ISTBJP on Tuesday lashed out at home minister P Chidambaram for his remarks that the middle class is ready to pay for mineral water and ice cream but...
Mamata cracks whip on spiralling food inflation
4 July 2012 7:36 AM ISTOn the heels of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee forming a 11-member committee to monitor food price inflation in the state, members of the...
Rupee slides 13 paise to close at 57.15
28 Jun 2012 7:21 PM ISTThe rupee depreciated by another 13 paise to settle at 57.15, registering same as its last Friday's all-time closing low, against the Greenback on...
Retail inflation inches up to 10.36% in May
20 Jun 2012 5:18 AM ISTRetail inflation moved up marginally to 10.36 per cent in May on account of increase in prices of vegetables, edible oils and milk.Based on the...
Inflation up again at 7.55%
15 Jun 2012 8:14 AM ISTLed by rising prices of vegetables and petrol, inflation moved up to 7.55 per cent in May, making it tougher for the Reserve Bank of India to cut...
Bargaining like merchants
9 Jun 2012 1:21 PM ISTDoesn’t the government of the day remind you of those shrewd sellers who hike the price of their wares and, after much bargaining, lessen by a rupee...