Womenfolk in T.N. can’t be deceived by reducing LPG price by ₹100 before polls: DMK MP Kanimozhi

Womenfolk in T.N. can’t be deceived by reducing LPG price by ₹100 before polls: DMK MP Kanimozhi

DMK MP Kanimozhi addressing at a public meeting held in view of International Women’s Day celebrations, organized by DMK held in Dindigul on March 9, 2024 | Photo Credit: G. Karthikeyan Reducing the price of LPG refill by ₹100 prior to the Lok Sabha election wouldn’t attract womenfolk in Tamil Nadu and the BJP should … Read more

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP promises sops for married women, landless farm labourers, LPG cylinder at ₹500

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP promises sops for married women, landless farm labourers, LPG cylinder at ₹500

Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the party’s poll manifesto for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls on November 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Yearly financial assistance to married women and landless agriculture labourers, paddy procurement at ₹3,100 per quintal and cooking gas cylinder at ₹500 to poor families are some of the key highlights of … Read more

Centre has slashed the price of LPG cylinder only with an eye on elections, says CPI(M)

Centre has slashed the price of LPG cylinder only with an eye on elections, says CPI(M)

The Communist Party of India (M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao | Photo Credit: KVS Giri Activists of the CPI(M) staged a protest against the spiralling prices of essential commodities, increase in power tariffs, and rise in unemployment, here on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering, CPI(M) State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao said that the Central government … Read more

Not paid for 3 months, guest lecturers in Karnataka seek rations, LPG cylinder

Not paid for 3 months, guest lecturers in Karnataka seek rations, LPG cylinder

Government First Grade College at Holehonnur in Bhadravati taluk of Karnataka. The delay in release of honorarium to guest lecturers in degree colleges in Karnataka has prompted them to seek rations and essentials, including rice, milk, an LPG cylinder, and tomatoes, among other items. Guest lecturers of the Government First Grade College at Holehonnur in … Read more

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Inflation: Pulses put on display for sale at wholesale grocery market Khari Baoli, Delhi | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The latest annual report released by the RBI highlights the factors and disruptors that heightened inflation levels worldwide. It also identifies the specific commodities that affected inflation across different components, like food, fuel and core … Read more

Multibagger in making: Nomura says this logistic stock may double in 12 months!

Multibagger in making: Nomura says this logistic stock may double in 12 months!

NEW DELHI: Nomura India says can double from here on. March quarter LPG volumes improved for this logistics firm materially, the foreign brokerage said in its latest note, adding that the commissioning of 4 million tonne per annum Kandla LPG terminal will drive volume growth in FY23. The brokerage has maintained a ‘Buy’ on the … Read more

Need air pollution subsidy for women to move from solid fuels to LPG: Sunita Narain

Need air pollution subsidy for women to move from solid fuels to LPG: Sunita Narain

Eminent environmentalist Sunita Narain has stressed the need for an “air pollution subsidy” programme to make households move from solid fuels to LPG and reduce the burden on the health of poor women. She also said air pollution is a political issue and people won’t get the air they deserve if “we don’t get the … Read more

India’s fuel sales rise above pre-COVID levels

India’s fuel sales rise above pre-COVID levels

India’s fuel sales surged past pre-pandemic levels in March on twin impact of the economy rebounding from the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions and anticipation of price increases leading to stocking. In the first two weeks of March, dealers, as well as the public, topped up their tanks in anticipation of an increase in prices that … Read more

50% chance of RBI erring on inflation; likely post-poll fuel price revision key CPI risk: Nomura

50% chance of RBI erring on inflation; likely post-poll fuel price revision key CPI risk: Nomura

NEW DELHI: At its monetary policy meeting earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of India made it clear that its priority lay in reviving economic growth sustainably, especially as the central bank expects elevated consumer prices to cool off in the second half of the next financial year. The RBI’s push to ensure the durability … Read more