Retail inflation in India eased a tad in February to 5.09 per cent from 5.10 per cent the prior month, due to the deceleration of prices in all categories except food.
As the United States is deepening sanctions on tankers carrying petroleum above Western price caps, it is also trying to help India negotiate lower prices for Russian oil, Reuters reported citing the Biden administration's energy envoy on Tuesday.
According to officials, the angry farmers went on a rampage, burning vehicles, including police vans, and vandalizing shops in the area. At least three shops were gutted, and one person was injured in the incident.
According to the report, the country already records a two- to three-fold inflation in the prices of essential kitchen items, including vegetables, sugar, edible oil, ghee, meat, eggs, and pulses.
Talking to ANI, Treasurer of Rajasthan Petrol Dealers Association Sandeep Bageria said, "Rajasthan Petrol Dealers Association has announced a "No Purchase, No Sale" strike from 6 am for the next 48 hours. The aim is to draw the attention of the government to the high fuel prices in the state
India did not put the burden of rising energy prices on its citizens, when global prices of LPG skyrocketed, and instead followed a citizens first approach, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Puri, said on Saturday.
Stating that India's policy was 'Nation First' and the consumer was 'paramount', Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Centre was able to keep oil prices from shooting up despite global turbulence amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict and drone attacks on merchant ships in the Red Se
Professor Madhura Swaminathan inaugurated the Cotton and Soyabean Farmers' State Convention organised by the All India Kisan Sabha Maharashtra unit at Beed district.
Drugs Control Administration, Telangana conducted a raid in Mattampally Village of Suryapet District, on premises suspected of illegally stocking and selling habit-forming drugs to drug addicts at exorbitant prices, an official statement said.
Adding to the Opposition barbs over the Centre's decision to reduce the price of domestic LPG by Rs 100 on International Women's Day, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday called the move 'election-driven'.