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EXORBITANT PRICES FOR SUPPLIES
Black market for fertilizers is booming in India as prices soarWith a key planting season underway for India’s millions households that depend on agriculture for a living, farmers say they don’t have mu...
Centre asks states to ensure availability of essential commoditiesKhare has asked states and union territories to set up a helpline for consumers to enable them to register for redressal for the public aut...
Bottled drinking water to cost Rs 13 a litre in KeralaThough the Kerala government had mulled cutting short its price to Rs 11-12 two years ago, it could not be implemented due to the protest f...
Consider capping air ticket prices: Parliament panel to govtAgainst this backdrop, the panel said the Civil Aviation Ministry should consider fixing an upper limit for every sector, especially in the...
Put price cap on medicines, hip & knee implants: Doctors to PMIn a letter to PM Modi, the Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) said these drugs and implants are also charged "exorbitantly"...
Non-power consumers of coal will have to take part in CIL's auctionsNon-power consumers of coal, which have been receiving supplies on an ad hoc basis from Coal India, will now have to participate in the min...
Cinema halls must provide free drinking water to all: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission"A movie watcher may include old and infirm persons as well as the children for whom it would be difficult to manage without water for thre...
CPI(M) oppose hike in LPG cylinder pricesCPI(M) termed the hike is in LPG cylinder prices as "totally unjustified".
13 traders detained for selling salt at exorbitant priceFood and Supplies department sources in Darjeeling said there was no shortage of salt in the district.
Ethanol may be procured locally; Moily rejects bids by global companiesMoily said, "We will float fresh tenders and encourage Indian sugar industry to supply ethanol at much cheaper rates."
- Of virtue and choice
The standard case for unfettered markets rests on two claims: one about welfare, the other about freedom.
Now, CBI to probe BEML’s ARV deal with ArmyAfter Tatra trucks, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is focusing on the procurement of armoured recovery vehicles (ARV) WZT-3 to t...
- Orissa govt to form expert committee for mineral pricing policy
Orissa govt will soon set up an expert committee to frame a 'pricing policy' on minerals to enable local steel makers compete with steel co...
- Fertiliser cos say no to Potash import for now
In a concerted bid to pressurise global potash supplying giants into tempering high import prices, the Indian fertiliser industry announced...
- Spot fares will level off in a week, says Patel
Airlines showed signs of relenting to public outrage and government pressure over exorbitant spot fares charged during crunch situations.
- High fares smack of a cartel: Praful Patel
The stage is set for the first ever showdown between “greedy” airlines and the government over the issue of fleecing passengers by charging...
- Give gas to power sector for $1.5-2.8 mbtu: ADAG
Anil Ambani group on Sunday demanded that the gas to power projects should be supplied in the price range of $1.5-2.8 per million British t...