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India's CPI inflation easing to 0.4-0.6% in Oct on softer commodity prices
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India's Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation is expected to ease further and remain in the range of 0.4 per cent to 0.6 per cent in October 2025, supported by sustained declines in essential commodity prices and softening global trends, according to a report by Bank of Baroda (BoB).
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Maharashtra: Curfew lifted in Nandanvan, Kapil Nagar; partial relaxation i
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Nagpur Police have lifted the curfew in Nandanvan and Kapil Nagar police limits. A partial relaxation for essential commodity purchases will be provided in several areas, while curfew remains enforced in other areas until further notice.
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Pakistan: Traders hold strike against heavy taxation, laments government's
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The trader community in Pakistan has been struggling to stay afloat as the administration has been imposing heavy taxes on every essential commodity because of an ongoing economic crisis.
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Pakistan: Flour crisis worsens due to government inaction
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid the worsening flour crisis in Pakistan, the essential commodity is being sold in the black market making it very difficult for the common people to arrange proper food, The News International reported on Friday.
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Pakistan: Chitral faces shortage of subsidised wheat as local mills stop r
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Chitral [Balochistan], October 11 (ANI): Amid rising inflation and food crisis in Pakistan, local flour mills in Balochistan's Chitral have stopped releasing the subsidised wheat flour, demanding a hike in the price of the essential commodity.
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Surprised why Centre is not taking steps to cap prices of COVID vaccines,
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal has lashed out at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government over the pricing of Covid-19 vaccines while leaving it to the states to vaccinate people on their own.
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Two held for black marketing of oxygen concentrator in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Two people were arrested by the Ashok Vihar police on Saturday for allegedly being involved in the black marketing of oxygen concentrator amid the massive surge in COVID-19 cases in the national capital.
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India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) welcomes the amendment to the E
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI/Hunk Golden and Media): India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India's pulses trade and industry welcomes the amendment to the Essential Commodity Act by the Government of India and President giving his assent for the three farm
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Agriculture reforms announced by FM will prove as gamechanger, says NITI A
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand on Friday termed three reforms in agriculture sector as a 'gamechanger' and asserted that amendments in the Essential Commodity Act (ECA) will remove the fear of investors from investing in agriculture.
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Hand sanitisers, masks declared essential commodities in Maharashtra
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notification declaring hand sanitisers, 2 ply and 3 ply surgical masks and N95 masks as essential commodities.
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Union cabinet approves import of 1.2 lakh tonnes onion
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): The union cabinet on Wednesday approved import of 1.2 lakh metric tonnes onion in view of high prices of the essential commodity in the market.
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Chief Ministers call for radical reforms to transform agriculture sector
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Several chief ministers on Thursday called for radical reforms to transform agricultural sector with massive thrust on private investments, technological interventions and robust marketing infrastructure across the country.
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