Benchmark 10-year bond yields hit a 13-month peak as bond traders priced in more aggressive monetary easing next year.
The rate of price rise in vegetables stood at 15.15 per cent in August as against 16.88 per cent in the previous month.
CPI inflation could fall marginally but stay above RBI's comfort level.
The company has also advised power firms to use trucks to carry coal from remote mines, like the Amrapali open cast pit in eastern Jharkhand state.
Based on the evidence at hand, Modi's goal of scripting a broader, lasting upturn appears some way off, says Rajesh Kumar Singh.
There was a sharp fall in power output on Thursday from a plant in Gujarat that left India more than 9,000 megawatts short of peak demand, according to two officials at the state grid operator.
In the long run, the decision could bring clearer rules to a sector that has failed to provide India with enough power because it has been so hamstrung by confusion and scandals over concessions allegedly handed to government cronies.
State behemoth Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, has failed to raise its output fast enough to meet demand, and millions of Indians still go without power.
India on Tuesday set a minimum export price for onions of $300 per tonne to discourage overseas shipments amid an inflation scare that threatens to stoke public anger over rising prices at local food markets.
India could allow global online retailers such as Amazon.com Inc to sell their own products as early as next month, removing restrictions that could boost competition in one of the world's biggest, and most price-sensitive, retail markets.
The PM-elect wants to fix the coal sector; cut coal imports by boosting output.
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A Reuters poll had forecast retail inflation would edge up to 8.48 per cent from 8.31 per cent in March.
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a contraction of 1.5 per cent in output.
Jindal Steel and Power and JSW Steel, are in competing talks to buy parts of insolvent Italian steelmaker Lucchini.
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast an annual growth of 0.9 per cent in output.
The finance minister chided the central bank on Tuesday over its focus on fighting inflation, saying the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also needed to abide by the government policy to promote economic growth.
India said on Tuesday it was investigating US policies supporting solar panel makers, the latest move in an escalating row over renewable energy that has worsened already strained ties between the two countries.
At the bank's current market price, the stake on offer is worth about Rs 5,700 crore
In November, wholesale prices, India's main inflation measure, rose 7.52 percent, their fastest pace in 14 months.
Food prices for consumers last month rose 12.16 per cent from a year earlier, slower than November's 14.72 per cent rise.
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