Inflation may ease by December: C RangarajanRangarajan said he thinks this is the end of the season when prices rise as far as food articles are concerned. There will be a seasonal de...
16 Nov, 2017, 09.36 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi, Vaiko inquire about Karuna's healthRahul Gandhi and former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad inquired about the health of Karunanidhi with his daughter and Rajya Sabha MP, Kani...
05 Nov, 2016, 03.37 PM IST
Chennai floods: Centre, Tamil Nadu government attacked in Rajya SabhaCentre and Tamil Nadu government today came in for attack in Rajya Sabha over "lack of preparedness" to handle floods.
21 Dec, 2015, 09.49 PM IST
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 noonOn Tuesday, the upper house was adjourned for the day after opposition members raised slogans against the government and accused it of bein...
05 Aug, 2015, 12.59 PM IST
Rajya Sabha contest unlikely in Tamil NaduThe nomination papers of candidates of AIADMK, DMK and CPI-M for Rajya Sabha were accepted today, paving the way for all six of them to be ...
29 Jan, 2014, 02.31 PM IST
Centre asks states to start buying sugar from open mkt for PDSThe Centre has asked state governments to immediately start buying sugar from the open market to ensure supply to ration card holders.
09 May, 2013, 02.54 PM IST
- Government authorises state governments to fix prices for sugarcane
The government has authorised state governments to fix prices for the produce.
08 Dec, 2012, 09.24 PM IST
- Rangarajan report on sugar decontrol under consideration: Govt
Sugar is a regulated sector in the country. The sector is controlled by the government right from production through marketing of the commo...
26 Nov, 2012, 03.17 PM IST
Sugar decontrol: Centre seeks states' views on Rangarajan reportSpeeding up work to decide on decontrolling the sugar sector, the Centre has sought the views of the states on the Rangarajan report by the...
16 Nov, 2012, 02.17 PM IST
- Government to take call on sugar decontrol report by December
The government is considering the Rangarajan Committee report on sugar decontrol and will take a decision on removing some of the curbs on ...
06 Nov, 2012, 05.51 PM IST
- Rare use of CRR is ideal: C Rangarajan
"We need to move towards a situation in which the level of CRR comes down and it is used as an instrument of credit control only in extraor...
06 Sep, 2012, 10.46 PM IST
- C Rangarajan pitches for reducing CRR
"As OMO becomes increasingly a major instrument of credit control, the role of CRR as an instrument of credit control will come down," he s...
06 Sep, 2012, 08.45 PM IST
- Government favours suggestion to export 2 million ton wheat
At present, the govt godowns are overflowing with granaries with 62.8 mn tons of storage capacity unable to accommodate about 75 mn tons of...
21 May, 2012, 02.45 PM IST
- Govt may give both BPL & APL families legal right to food
The government is likely to give a legal right to food to both priority and general categories of the population under the proposed Nationa...
25 May, 2011, 04.39 PM IST
- Panel moots all-India quota for J&K students
A Centre-appointed panel constituted to formulate a package for jobs in Jammu & Kashmir has recommended reservation for the state's student...
04 Mar, 2011, 04.54 AM IST
- IIFT setting up online hub for SMEs
The Centre for SME Studies at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade will develop software with Microsoft India for its online information hub.
14 Jan, 2008, 12.56 AM IST
- Lower inflation not to pull rates down: Rangarajan
Prime Minister’s chief economic advisor C Rangarajan does not see lower rise in prices leading to softening of interest rates, even as he b...
15 Oct, 2007, 05.05 AM IST