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A dozen ingredients show India’s mounting food inflation risk
For a snapshot of India’s rising food costs, look no further than the traditional thali, the ubiquitous set meal that puts many of the country’s…
Gaining ground: Household manufacturing grows 4x faster than corporates
New Delhi: Household manufacturing is gaining ground in India’s industrial economy, with its gross value added (GVA) rising nearly four times faster than that of…
Centre sees no cost pain for RBI on dollar deluge
New Delhi | Mumbai: The Centre does not expect the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to face material costs from the unprecedented $127-billion inflows through…
Ready-made food prices may stay high as input, packaging costs rise
New Delhi: Prices of ready-made food products such as savouries, sweets, and snacks are likely to remain elevated, as higher input and packaging expenses and…
US sanctions bill makes India-US trade deal more critical, may push up import bill: Economist
New Delhi: The proposed US sanctions legislation targeting buyers of Russian crude makes it more critical for India to negotiate a trade deal with the…
RBI special windows seen big enough to bring in $100B
Mumbai: India’s latest suite of dedicated forex-inflow programmes could net about $100 billion, nearly three times the proceeds from the last such exercise during the…
Unfazed by West Asia crisis, fiscal deficit within range at 18.2% in Q1
New Delhi: The Centre’s fiscal deficit in the first quarter of FY27 stood at 18.2% of the full-year target, marginally higher than 17.9% a year…
Pulses import bill shrinks as global prices fall, local production rises
New Delhi: Higher domestic production, lower global prices, and import curbs helped temper India’s import bill in FY26 for key varieties of pulses such as…
Protein inflation surges as costlier fodder pushes up milk, chicken prices
New Delhi: Inflation in protein-rich foods accelerated to 5.3% in June, more than doubling from January, as heatwaves and higher animal feed costs pushed up…
Iron ore, cement, power output propels June core growth to 5%
New Delhi: India’s core sector output growth hit a five-month high of 5% year-on-year in June, accelerating from 3.2% in May on the back of…