Due to weather fluctuations, the prices of essential vegetables like onion, tomato and potato have also gone up. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Sudhakara Jain Grocery baskets of staples this festive month have become costlier by at least ₹150 to ₹200 per household in Bengaluru as the rates of many kitchen essentials, including pulses and … Read more
Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Bhagwant Khuba chairing a District Development Co-ordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting in Bidar on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: T. GOPICHAND A District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting, chaired by Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwant Khuba, has directed officials to expedite … Read more
AG&P Pratham Regional Head Gumalapalli A Venkatesh addressing a press conference in Hindupur on Friday. | Photo Credit: R.V.S. PRASAD The AG&P Pratham, the Compressed Natural Gas and Piped Natural Gas provider in Rayalaseema and Nellore, has proposed to invest ₹220 crore in Sri Sathya Sai district for laying a steel pipeline from Sira to … Read more
The Scottish government issues “strong guidance” asking people to limit gatherings to three households at a time. Source link
Even as RBI has chosen to focus on growth over inflations, Indian households continue to expect inflation to rise and remain in double digits even over a one year horizon, RBI’s own survey points. Households’ median inflation perceptions for the current period increased by 20 basis points, reaching 10.4 per cent in November 2021, while … Read more
Demand for work by households under the rural employment guarantee scheme increased by 89% to 2.54 crore households in April so far, against 1.34 crore a year earlier. The demand during the month has been the highest in any April since compilation of the data started in 2013, suggesting the pressure on hinterlands, after several … Read more
The aim is to reduce the risk of infection to those who may not respond well to a vaccine. Source link