Economy - general
Government decides to lift control on petrol prices
25 Jun 2010
The empowered group of ministers today decided to approve an increase of Rs3.50 per litre of petrol, Rs2 per litre of diesel and Rs35 per cylinder of LGP.
Food price inflation jumps to 16.90 per cent
24 Jun 2010
Wholesale price inflation rate in India climbed 0.78 percentage points during the week ended 12 June even as the price spike spread across more commodity groups.
Cabinet to decide on rupee symbol today
24 Jun 2010
The Union cabinet will decide on a unique identification symbol for the Indian rupee today, ensuring the currency joins a small club of major currencies which have such a symbol.