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Why gas cylinder still anchors India’s middle-class kitchenGas cylinders are a symbol of middle-class life in India. The author has moved to induction cooktops. Gas cylinders represent finite resour...
LPG Shortage: Delhi HC canteen halts main meals while cylinder crisis triggers long queues at several gas agenciesLPG Cylinder Price Delhi: The Lawyers' Canteen at the Delhi High Court has suspended main course meal preparation due to an LPG cylinder sh...
Tomato Price: Here’s how and where to get tomatoes at Rs 65/kg in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, FaridabadThe Indian government is selling tomatoes at Rs 65 per kg through mobile vans to control rising prices. Unseasonal rains in Maharashtra hav...
Average onion prices at Rs 58/kg in Delhi: Govt dataOnion prices in New Delhi remain high at Rs 58 per kg due to tight supply. The government has started retail sales of onions at a subsidize...
Bharat brand of products: Franchise route for govt retail stores on the cardsLast month the government opened its first two stores at Delhi's Rajiv Chowk metro station, to tap into the high footfall it receives. Thes...
This is govt's 'TOP' agenda in the run-up to the Lok Sabha pollsAfter victories in three states, a confident BJP is hopeful of winning the next Lok Sabha elections. Yet it does not want to leave anything...
Government to set up subsidised staple food stores at Delhi Metro StationsThe first store will be opened at Central Delhi's Rajiv Chowk metro station, to tap into the high footfall it receives. It will be owned an...
India's food price surge forces government measures to improve suppliesWhile annual retail inflation was at a 15-month high of 7.44% in July, food price inflation rose to 11.5%, its highest in more than 3 1/2 y...
Prices of tomatoes coming down with fresh arrival; retail prices in range of Rs 50-70 per kg now: GovtTomato prices have fallen to Rs50-70 per kg due to the arrival of new crops in retail markets. This follows a period in which prices soared...
Onion prices not 'extraordinarily high'; no case for banning exports: Food Secretary Sudhanshu PandeyThe Centre government is offering buffer onion at Rs 26/kg to Mother Dairy's Safal outlets in Delhi. So far the government has supplied 400...
Covid scarcity ground report: Death of an infant shows cruelty of starving in a country of food abundanceGovernments across the world have failed to prevent a hunger crisis that is reaching monumental proportions. Globally, as many as 132 milli...
How ban on discounts have changed behaviour of online buyersOrders on the portals Dhora sells, such as Amazon and Flipkart, have dried up. Not long ago, Dhora used to ship 60-70 packets a day.
Pilgrims to get subsidised LPG connections during Kumbh MelaThis policy essentially meant that kitchens and other establishments using LPG at Kumbh Mela get market priced cooking gas.
- LPG distributor to verify household at same address
The LPG distributor will have to physically verify premises if a customer or a new connection seeker claims that he is a different househol...
RTE: Five reasons to scrap this rightThe Right to Education Act may be a well-meaning step, but it suffers from a number of serious flaws that will poison the ecosystem by sabo...
- Nafed defers plan to import onion from Pak
Nafed said on Thursday that it had deferred a decision on whether to import onions from Pakistan because domestic prices of the vegetable h...
- Congress manifesto silent about economic reforms
Congress on Tue released a low on reform & high on populism manifesto.