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Pranab: Inflation expected to ease due to dipping food prices

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said if food prices continue to come down, some relief on inflation is expected. Reacting to the food inflation figures released today he said the decrease of one percentage point in inflation is a welcome sign. The Finance Minister noted that the prices of fo...

Pranab gives nod to revised draft Food Bill

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who is the head of the Empowered Group of Ministers, EGoM on Food has given his final clearance to the revised draft of the National Food Security Bill. The draft Bill will be put before the cabinet soon.This was stated by the Food and Consumer Affairs Minister K V ...

Gold falls <img src="rs.png" border="0" height="9" /> 85 to 29,355 per ten grams

Gold slipped 85 rupees, to 29,355 rupees per ten grams at Delhi&apos;s bullion market on Thursday, on reduced offtake by stockists and retailers at existing high levels, and a weak global trend. Silver fell 400 rupees, to 57,500 rupees per kilo, on lack of buying by industrial units.In London, g...

Gold falls Rs 85 to <img src="rs.png" border="0" height="9" /> 29,355 per ten grams

Gold slipped 85 rupees, to 29,355 rupees per ten grams at Delhi&apos;s bullion market on Thursday, on reduced offtake by stockists and retailers at existing high levels, and a weak global trend. Silver fell 400 rupees, to 57,500 rupees per kilo, on lack of buying by industrial units.In London, g...

Sensex falls for 6th straight session

Falling for the sixth straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange plunged 314 points, or 1.9 percent, to close at a 6-week low of 16,462, on across-the-board-selling by investors, amid weak European markets, today. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange fell 96 points, or 1.9 percent...

Sensex falls for 6th straight session

Falling for the sixth straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange dropped 314 points, or 1.9 percent, to 16,462 on Thursday. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange fell 96 points, or 1.9 percent, to 4,935.

Food inflation eases to 10.63%

Food inflation eased to 10.63 per cent for the week ended November 5, from 11.81 per cent in the previous week, even as prices of agricultural items, barring onions and wheat, continued to rise on an annual basis. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index, had stood at 11.41 per cent ...

Food inflation eases to 10.63% for week ended November

Food inflation eased to 10.63 per cent for the week ended November 5, from 11.81 per cent in the previous week, even as prices of agricultural items, barring onions and wheat, continued to rise on an annual basis. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index, had stood at 11.41 per cent ...

Sensex tumbles by 52 pts in afternoon trade

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange lost 47 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 16,729 in opening trade, today, as investors continued to off-load stocks, amid disappointing second quarter corporate earnings, subdued global markets, and persisting concerns about the Euro-zone debt crisis.After recoverin...