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CPI inflation for January recorded at 2.75% under new base year
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Under the new arrangement, the base year has been revised from 2012 to 2024 using Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24. Further, now there are 12 Divisions in place of 6 Groups in accordance to Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) 2018. The year-
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RBI likely to stay on hold as inflation pressures build: Crisil
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Crisil expected CPI inflation (for the 2011-12 series) to rise to 5% in the next fiscal, driven by the normalisation of food inflation from deflationary levels in the current fiscal. However, non-food inflation is expected to remain benign, supported by lower crude oil prices and the continu
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"Historic budget, special attention given to North East region": Union Min
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday stated that the Union Budget 2026 focuses on the North Eastern states with the allocation of a budget of Rs. 8,500 crore to DoNER for growth and development works.
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President Murmu offers 'dahi-cheeni' to FM Nirmala Sitharaman before prese
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday offered 'dahi-cheeni' (curd and sugar) to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as it is considered auspicious ahead of the presentation of her ninth Union Budget.
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Nirmala Sitharaman meets President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of Un
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Sitharaman is set to present her ninth consecutive Union Budget, which will see her equal former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's record and surpass that of Pranab Mukherjee. Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai continues to hold the record for presenting the most Union Budgets in indepen
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Egypt's inflation rate drops to 11.8 per cent in December: Central Bank
Updated : 2 months ago IST
The Central Bank of Egypt announced today that Egypt's inflation rate decreased to 11.8 per cent year-on-year in December. The rate had recorded 12.5 per cent in November.
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Protest in Iran driven primarily by distressed economic situation, says Ex
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
"We are into the second week of the protests. They started around the end of December, and it's about 9-10 days since the protests started. Protests are not unusual in Iran. They keep happening regularly at small levels," he told ANI. "This is an economic protest driven primarily by the dist
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Strong fundamentals to keep India among fastest-growing major economies: R
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Structural drivers, such as digitisation, technological advancements and favourable demographics, may continue to position India among the fastest-growing major economies, according to the Economic Outlook 2026 released by the Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI).
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India eyes stronger business ties with Russia druing Putin's visit: FICCI
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Anant Goenka, Vice Chairman of RPG Group and President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), emphasized the enduring nature of Indo-Russian ties in an exclusive interview. He highlighted that the relationship extends beyond defense cooperation to encompass br
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Jairam Ramesh hits out at Centre after NSO predicts 8.2 % growth rate in 2
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Earlier today, as per the NSO data, India's real GDP was estimated to have grown by 8.2 per cent in the July-September quarter of the current financial year 2025-26, compared with 5.6 per cent in the same quarter of the previous fiscal.
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India's Wholesale Inflation stays negative for fourth month, WPI falls 1.2
Updated : 4 months ago IST
India's wholesale inflation remained in the negative zone for the fourth straight month, with the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) recording a decline of (-) 1.21 per cent in October 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
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Per plate food cost in India moderated in October as overall inflation coo
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Costs of home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis declined 17 per cent and 12 per cent year-on-year in October, respectively, primarily because of a steep decline in the prices of vegetables and pulses, according to Crisil Intelligence's latest Roti Rice Rate (RRR) report.
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