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With inflation showing no signs of abatement, the Reserve Bank is likely to increase the benchmark lending rate in quick succession in its forthcoming monetary policy review on Wednesday, a hint for which has already been given by Governor Shaktikanta Das, opined experts.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) increasing to a 20-month high of 1.6 per cent in June from 0.8 per cent in May will augur well for the toll road projects revenues for financial year 2017-18, according to Icra Research.

Retail inflation is likely to cross the 6 per cent level over next two months but will ease thereafter as food prices abate and the base effect normalises, says a report.

The government has raised the minimum export price for onion by 67 percent to augment domestic supply and curb price rise, an official statement said on Wednesday.

After the Parliament's Winter Session opened and was promptly shut yesterday with an unfazed P Chidambaram tabling his reply in the face of a protesting Opposition, a discussion on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement on price rise will take place today. But, the Opposition, especially the Left, still says it should entail voting. A breakt...

In Bangalore, 600 tonnes of onions are consumed on an average. However, ever since the prices escalated almost a month ago, people have learnt to cope with limited consumption of the vegetable. Onions are currently priced at Rs 63 per kilo. Consequently, Sudha Bhatnagar, a homemaker, had to slash onions from her shopping list. "I have anyway told m...

BJP president Nitin Gadkari today provided some lighter moments at a rally when he shared with the audience SMS jokes on spiralling prices, an issue over which the main Opposition is going hammer and tongs against the government.Addressing the rally in Bhubaneswar, Gadkari said he received an SMS on a conversation between two college girls. One of ...

With inflation showing no signs of abatement, the Reserve Bank is likely to increase the benchmark lending rate in quick succession in its forthcoming monetary policy review on Wednesday, a hint for which has already been given by Governor Shaktikanta Das, opined experts.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) increasing to a 20-month high of 1.6 per cent in June from 0.8 per cent in May will augur well for the toll road projects revenues for financial year 2017-18, according to Icra Research.

Retail inflation is likely to cross the 6 per cent level over next two months but will ease thereafter as food prices abate and the base effect normalises, says a report.

The government has raised the minimum export price for onion by 67 percent to augment domestic supply and curb price rise, an official statement said on Wednesday.

After the Parliament's Winter Session opened and was promptly shut yesterday with an unfazed P Chidambaram tabling his reply in the face of a protesting Opposition, a discussion on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's statement on price rise will take place today. But, the Opposition, especially the Left, still says it should entail voting. A breakt...

In Bangalore, 600 tonnes of onions are consumed on an average. However, ever since the prices escalated almost a month ago, people have learnt to cope with limited consumption of the vegetable. Onions are currently priced at Rs 63 per kilo. Consequently, Sudha Bhatnagar, a homemaker, had to slash onions from her shopping list. "I have anyway told m...

BJP president Nitin Gadkari today provided some lighter moments at a rally when he shared with the audience SMS jokes on spiralling prices, an issue over which the main Opposition is going hammer and tongs against the government.Addressing the rally in Bhubaneswar, Gadkari said he received an SMS on a conversation between two college girls. One of ...