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US-Iran peace deal brings relief, but India turns to a risk at homeIndia just got a near-term macroeconomic breather from a US-Iran peace deal. However, early monsoon weakness and potential El Niño conditio...
Loading of commodities fall, Railway blames it on slowdownRailway Minister Suresh Prabhu had announced in the Budget that freight traffic would grow from 1,101 MT in 2014-15 to 1,186 MT in 2015-16,...
Baltic Dry Index: Relief in sight for shipping companiesA benchmark of dry bulk shipping freight rates, bodes well for shipping cos like Great Eastern Shipping and Shipping Corporation of India.
Railways to hike freight rate by 5.7 per cent from Apr 1The transportation of goods including foodgrains, edible oil, cement, coal and iron ore will be costlier from April 1 as the freight rate i...
- Freight rate of cement, iron ore to go up by 5.7 per cent
Freight rates on certain goods like cement, iron ore and coal are going to rise by more than 5 per cent with service tax and busy season ch...
Railway Budget 2012-13: Targeting freight carriage of Rs 89,339 cr, says Dinesh TrivediRailway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday said that the government was targeting freight carriage of 1,025 million tonnes to bring in Rs...
- Cement prices zoom on rail freight hike
With the railways hiking freight rates by 19% to 33% on the eve of the budget , companies are also not wasting time in passing on the burde...
- Railways to garner Rs 20,000 crore from freight hike
With the latest freight hike across the board, Railways aims to earn between Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore in the next fiscal.
- North East coal merchants oppose freight hike by Railways
The NE Coal Merchants Association said the new freight rates of the Railways will cause loss of up to Rs 10L to Rs 18L per rake of coal fro...
Rail Budget 2012: Railways hike fertiliser, foodgrains loading rateRailways withdrew 4% exemption on fertiliser and foodgrain loading rates besides making a 10-15 per cent upward revision of other commoditi...
- Mamata too helps check inflation!
PDS consumers may not benefit significantly but railway minister Mamata Banerjee’s appears to have done her tokenist wee bit towards the fa...
- Token freight rate cut to rein in food prices
PDS consumers may not benefit significantly, but railway minister Mamata Bannerjee appears to have done her tokenist wee bit towards the fa...
- Foodgrain freight rate will reduce transportation spends
The decision to cut foodgrain freight rate by Rs 100 per wagon and not hike freight charges for key farm-related commodities will reduce tr...
- Railways to unload sops for bulk cargo
Transporting key commodities such as iron ore, coal, foodgrain and containers by rail is set to become expensive with the Indian Railways d...
- Railways to link freight rates to commodity index
The Railways has decided to link freight rates for different commodities to their respective price index or other benchmarks including pric...
- Freight loading growth shows revival on track
If the railway freight loading growth is any indicator, the Indian economy is on the path of revival. After bouncing back in March this yea...
- Freight rate hike to hit govt's subsidy budget
At a time when the government is using all its resources to avert an economic slowdown, a decision by the Indian Railways may result in div...
- Railways hike freight rate for loading of foodgrains by nearly 8.33%
The railways have hiked freight rate for loading of foodgrains by nearly 8.33% with effect from February 1.
- Lalu seeks ban on iron ore export
Ruling out any reduction in the freight rate on steel, Railways Ministry on Monday suggested increasing the export duty on iron ore by 15 p...
- FCI to no more sponsor rly rakes for exporters
The government is likely to continue with the present policy of fixing prices for foodgrain export, based on the recommendations of the Foo...