Stock picks of the week: 5 stocks with consistent score improvement and upside potential of up to 25%Is there some factor playing out in the market that is not immediately visible? And is that factor an indication that while things are curr...
27 Apr, 2026, 01.18 PM IST
8th Pay Commission salary hike: Why NC-JCM wants minimum basic pay to rise from Rs 18,000 to Rs 69,0008th Pay Commission pay hike: Employee unions calculate the minimum pay for an employee based on the rates of a food basket for a month. The...
17 Apr, 2026, 10.45 AM IST
Decontrol oil prices and replace cross-subsidies with targeted DBTs for needy householdsDuring recent global crude price volatility linked to West Asia tensions, retail fuel prices in India remained largely unchanged, unlike in...
16 Apr, 2026, 12.07 AM IST
Diesel export tax hike may align prices of state OMCs, private cosA significant increase in diesel export tax is set to align prices for state-run oil companies and private fuel sellers. This move could en...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.35 AM IST
View: Modi's farmer-saving plan could turn out to be sheer economic and political follyMany think this MSP move will relieve farm distress. In fact, it is big folly, a throwback to cost-plus approaches of earlier decades that ...
14 Feb, 2018, 03.32 PM IST
FM Arun Jaitley reveals formula for fixing MSP 50% over production costFM had announced in the Budget earlier this month that the government will fix the MSP of Kharif 2019 crops at least 1.5 times than the cos...
09 Feb, 2018, 09.41 PM IST
SC asks government to explain shift in drug pricing formulaUnder the new policy, instead of the earlier cost-plus policy, the govt would go by the average market price of best-selling brands to dete...
06 Oct, 2017, 11.25 AM IST
Government contemplates mechanism to make available NMDC's iron ore to domestic steel companiesThere has been a sudden spike in prices of iron, making the domestic steel industry uncompetitive in the global market. Also, there has bee...
26 Jan, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Government contemplates mechanism to make available NMDC's iron ore to domestic steel companiesThe steel ministry is toying with the idea of developing a cost plus formula for iron ore pricing, sources said, adding that there is no po...
26 Jan, 2017, 11.07 AM IST
Panel may submit report on gas prices next weekA government source said secretaries in the power and oil ministries were preoccupied with restoration of fuel and power infrastructure in ...
11 Sep, 2014, 06.17 AM IST
Govt mulls pricing gas in rupees instead of dollars, move likely to shut out exchange rate volatilityThe arguments for rupee pricing and moving to fixed return on investment — known as cost-plus formula — seek to guard against giving undue ...
27 Jun, 2014, 02.42 PM IST
Find a better way to pass imported fuel cost: PowerMin to CERCThe development comes on the heels of the government deciding to come out with a uniform fuel price for power generation in the country.
15 Mar, 2013, 04.03 PM IST
- GSPC takes cue from RIL, seeks LNG price of KG gas
Petronet pays RasGas of Qatar a price of 12.67 per cent of JCC, besides incurring a $0.26 per mmBtu cost on transporting the gas in ships.
25 Feb, 2013, 01.02 PM IST
- Fertiliser industry criticises Rangarajan Committee report on gas pricing
Criticising the formula suggested by Rangarajan Committee on pricing of domestic natural gas, fertiliser industry today said it would lead ...
12 Feb, 2013, 10.25 PM IST
- Oil Ministry seeks clarifications from RIL on CBM gas price
The ministry will have 60 days to decide on the CBM price from the date on which RIL submits the clarifications.
02 May, 2012, 04.46 PM IST
- OilMin to decide on Reliance Industries' CBM gas price formula
The Oil Ministry today said it will decide on Reliance Industries' February 21 proposal for pricing of CBM gas "in line with the provisions...
24 Apr, 2012, 06.13 PM IST
- Is TAMP’s cost-plus tariff playing spoilsport?
Are Indian ports and private terminals heading towards a major debt trap? Once touted as the best-performing sector in the liberalised econ...
11 Jan, 2007, 02.03 AM IST