Analysts and the central bank remain concerned about widening oil subsidies.
The high-pitched election speeches skipped corporate issues, unlike during the assembly polls about four months ago.
With the price of gas from its fields in the Krishna-Godavari basin expected to be higher than rivals, Reliance Industries is targeting automobiles and domestic users because power and fertiliser plants may not be able to afford it.
She said that despite government scheme and initiatives ranging from roads to agriculture, housing, scholarships to electricity benefiting lives of people, a false narrative was being created by the opposition that the government was working for cronies.
Barring rice, spices, iron ore and pharmaceuticals, all the remaining 26 key sectors registered negative growth in May. Imports too plunged 51 per cent to $22.2 billion in May.
The PM alleged that a 'PC' (percentage commission) culture has become the state government's identity.
Softening inflation, Das said would make available more policy space to the central bank to address risks to the growth going forward.
Pune-based Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation said on Monday it would be investing Rs 400 crore (Rs 4 billion) to set up a greenfield ammonium nitrate plant in Paradip in Orissa.
India's total fertiliser subsidy burden in the current financial year is more than double the budgetry allocation of Rs 24,500 crore (Rs 245 billion) as announced in the Budget.
Protesting farmers owing allegiance to different farmers' bodies blocked state and national highways at several places on Saturday, causing inconvenience to commuters.
BSE Midcap and BSE Smallcap indices hit their fresh lifetime highs for the second day in a row
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Lawyers say open offer must for twin stake purchase to meet Sebi rules.
The GoM recommended that activities of all religious organisations should not be allowed till May 15 as a precautionary measure to check spread of coronavirus infection, the sources added.
These stocks have rallied up to 25% on the BSE in the past month, against the Sensex's 1% gain.
With monsoon rainfall 16% below the long-period average, total sowing area is down by 7% at 56.7 million hectares so far this season.
The Rs 3,200-crore (Rs 32 billion) Hazira LNG Pvt Ltd is expecting to land itself long term gas supply contracts to various domestic fertiliser and power producers, including the Dabhol project, by the end of this year.
'With the largest number of malnourished people on the planet, India is poised to be a nation that significantly under-performs as an economy.'
Addressing an election rally at Government Polytechnic Ground at Khurja town in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, he also raked up the demonetisation issue, saying all sections of people of the society suffered losses due to the Centre's move.
The greater land-use in organic farming leads indirectly to higher carbon dioxide emissions, thanks to deforestation.
He said that Stalin has come a long way from organising youth under the party in his younger days to moulding himself as a future leader of the DMK.
The GoM was told that six states -- Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal -- account for 86 per cent of the deaths caused by COVID-19 and 32 districts account for 80 per cent of such fatalities, the Union health ministry said.
After being forced to resign as chairman of MCF, Mallya is now keen on increasing his stake in the company
'Respect nature, working with (it) rather than against it.'
Bangladesh government has agreed in principle to construct a 30-km pipeline for supplying gas to the Tata Group's proposed fertiliser plant in Chittagong.
For the first time, consumers, including those at the so-called bottom of the pyramid, are monetising gold by taking loans from banks, offering the yellow metal as collateral, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
These items will remain under essential commodities segment till June-end, a move aimed at ensuring availability at reasonable prices and cracking down on hoarders/black marketeers.
The Sensex closed the day at 28,141, up 486 points, while Nifty50 settled at 8,716, up 155 points.
Reflecting subdued economic sentiments, the growth slipped to decade's low of 5 per cent in 2012-13, though improvement in fiscal deficit figures provided some relief to the government, which is battling slowdown.
If approved, gas price will rise to $6.775 per million British thermal unit from $4.2 currently.
