The government has swung into action to curb onion exports and check the rise in prices in the domestic market by effecting an 8 per cent hike in its minimum export price.
In 2006, FCI's procurement fell sharply to 9.2 million tonnes from 14.8 million tonnes in the previous year, forcing the government to import 5.5 million tonnes.
The government plans to increase the 2 per cent education cess in the coming Budget, but it is not going to mean more money for education.
Kirana shops and greengrocers have found a new challenge to grapple with.
Kirana shops and greengrocers have found a new challenge to grapple with.
Milk powder Exports of 65,000 tonnes threatened, milk prices fall Re 1 a litre.
A year after the launch of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme, two sets of figures that it throws up are arresting.
A passenger travelling in a cycle rickshaw can now have the luxury of sipping a Coke or Pepsi apart from listening to music via a headphone while he travels.
With more than 60 per cent of the country's 109 crore population concentrated in rural areas, companies do not want to miss the growing business opportunity.
A day after the finance ministry cut import duties on a variety of product categories, top manufacturers of zinc -- Hindustan Zinc and Binani Zinc -- slashed prices.
The sugar industry is now awaiting a subsidy from the government to make exports viable, as prices have fallen in the international market.
The recent tie-up between ITC and Japanese trading company Marubeni would focus on China, Vietnam and the Philippines apart from Japanese and the domestic market.
Seven Indian companies join a global initiative to report on their environmental and social performance. Their aim: Gaining wider legitimacy.
Discounted schemes withdrawn on days when load is heavy; Trai not happy.
While 44 per cent of Pakistan had access to sanitation by 2004, Bangladesh made the leap from 23 per cent access in 1990 to 48 per cent in 2002. India, in contrast, has moved from a shameful 12 per cent to a mere 30 per cent in 2002.
Oil marketing companies together would have to make investments of a few hundred crores of rupees to create the facilities that would enable them to blend ethanol in petrol.
There is discontent among non-governmental organisations over the Foreign Currency Regulation Act Amendment Bill to regulate the flow of foreign funds. The Bill is to be tabled in this session.
While the 5 per cent ethanol blended petrol programme has missed three deadlines
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