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Cookme Launches Smart Packs, Bringing Transparency to India's Spice Racks
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10: India's spice racks are undergoing a quiet but powerful disruption. Long driven by brand familiarity, colour, and aroma, the spice market is now facing uncomfortable questions around accountability. From evolving conversations around everyday food choices to v
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RBI survey shows urban and rural consumer confidence edges up in September
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Consumer confidence among both urban and rural households showed a slight improvement in September 2025, according to the Reserve Bank of India's latest report. The findings are based on two separate surveys: one covering 19 major cities and another covering rural and semi-urban areas nation
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Bad Smell in Water: The Silent Threat of Rapid Urban Development
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26: While cities grow at a never-before-seen rate, one of the less-talked-about effects of quick urbanization is the foul odor in water. While humans connect urbanization with new infrastructure, high-rises, and improved connectivity, the effect on water quality
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Lower GST rates will ease tax burdens and empower MSMEs: FICCI CASCADE
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
GST 2.0 is set to almost triple the share of items taxed at 5 per cent, rising from 54 consumption categories under GST 1.0 to 149 categories under GST 2.0, as per a recent study by FICCI CASCADE. For rural households, the share of exempt and merit goods in their consumption basket will rise
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RBI launches Consumer Confidence Surveys for Rural and Urban households
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has begun the September 2025 round of its Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS) and Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS), inviting households across the country to share their views on the economy, jobs, income, prices, and spending. These surveys provide
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RBI survey shows uptick in urban consumer confidence in July 2025
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday released the results of its July 2025 round of the Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS), which showed a marginal improvement in the sentiment of urban households.
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Telangana CM Revanth Reddy requests Rs 1,779 crore interest-free loan for
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, met with Union Minister for Telecom and Communications, Jyotiraditya Scindia, in New Delhi on Friday and discussed the ambitious T-Fiber project, which aims to provide fibre connectivity to 6
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Real estate stocks rise after announcement of 3 crore homes under PM Aawas
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
After the Union government's announcement of 3 crore additional rural and urban households for the construction of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), the share market witnessed the real estate stocks trading in green on National Stock Exchange (NSE).
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PM Modi chairs Union Cabinet meeting; clears 30 million more houses for po
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired his first Union Cabinet meeting after taking the oath as PM of his third term and decided to provide assistance to 3 crore additional rural and urban households for the construction of houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY).
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70 pc urban households have access to safe drinking water, 42 pc have sewe
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Around 70 per cent of urban households have access to piped water supply and around 42 per cent have access to sewerage facilities as of today, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs informed Parliament on Monday.
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Flipkart expands furniture portfolio targeting metro and young buyers
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Flipkart, India's homegrown e-commerce marketplace, on Wednesday announced ramping up its private brand furniture selection for the young urban population in metros and tier-one cities in the age group of 25 to 45 years.
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Only around 50 pc of rural, 75 pc of urban households have exclusive acces
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Only about 50.3 per cent of the households in the rural and about 75.0 per cent in the urban areas had exclusive access to the bathroom, during July-December 2018, according to the findings of National Sample Survey (NSS).
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