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How rise in prices of key food articles is impacting your daily budget

The first of a two-part series on 'Kitchen woes' shows how prices of milk, sugar and wheat have moved lately

If unemployment rises, youth may explode in anger, says Chidambaram

The sliding economy is an even greater threat to the country, the former finance minister said in a series of tweets

Relaxing norms for private coal mining unlikely to attract investment

The government would do better to create a market for natural gas

Uddhav Thackeray orders safety audit of Maharashtra industrial units

Thackeray ordered the safety audit of all plants across the state that are categorised as danger and which generally deal with highly inflammable materials

Changes in BOT road contracts may not jumpstart private investment

As for smaller players, they are occupied with hybrid annuity projects

CCI to probe Amazon, Flipkart for deep discounts, preferred sellers model

The commission would also attempt to understand the business model of the ecommerce companies through its first ever investigation into the segment

Budget 2020: FY21 fiscal deficit likely to be around 3.5% of GDP

In the pre-Budget meetings, economists and experts have been advising Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to leave aside fiscal concerns

Insurers to pay penal interest for delay in settling health claims

The regulator on Monday issued an exposure draft on guidelines on standardisation of general clauses in health insurance policies contracts

Budget 2020: India Inc pitches for job creation, higher infra spending

"One of the most important issues is job creation...the most fundamental drive has to be growth with jobs," Srinivasan said

Retail inflation surges to over 5-year high of 7.35% in December

Food inflation shot up to 14.12 per cent in December from 10.01 per cent in November on account of rising prices of vegetables and pulses

Retail inflation hits 5-year high: Two rare imports for the economy

Though this is temporary, a sustained situation like this would mean weakened ability to handle the slowdown, especially for the poorest

Market sees RBI pausing rates for long as retail inflation hits 7.35%

Experts rule out rate cut till April, saying it'll take time for vegetable prices to fall

Recovery in economic growth may be marred by drastic expenditure cuts

The economy is required to grow by 5.2 per cent in the second half compared to 4.8 per cent in the first half to enable it to clock five per cent in the entire FY20

Analysts say inflation to complicate growth issues, warns of stagflation

A 'stagflation' is an undesirable phenomenon which has persistently high inflation with high unemployment and a stagnancy in demand

FY20 to see 1.6 mn fewer jobs being created as economy slows: SBI report

According to the SBI research report- Ecowrap, there is a decline in remittances in a few states like Assam and Rajasthan, reflecting downsizing of contractual labourers

India's textile and apparel exports to reach $300 bn by FY25: Invest India

The textiles and apparel industry contributes 2.3 per cent to India's GDP and accounts for 13 per cent of industrial production, and 12 per cent of the country's export earnings

Retail inflation rises sharply to 7.35% in Dec 2019 from 5.54% in Nov

In Nov, retail inflation had jumped to a more than three-year high of 5.54 per cent on costlier food products

Trai refuses to budge, says will implement new tariff order by March 1

On Monday, companies such as Sony Pictures Networks India and Disney India moved Bombay High Court challenging amendments to the new tariff order

Revenue dept detects 931 fraudulent GST claim cases through data analytics

Refunds of over Rs 28,000 crore are said to have been filed by over 27,000 taxpayers so far on account of inverted duty structure in the current financial year

Kharif production may take a knock due to late monsoon, erratic weather

Widespread floods were seen in 13 states between late July and early August 2019 due to incessant rains