The Union government on Thursday announced a hike in minimum wage rates for workers up to Rs 1,035 a day by revising variable dearness allowance. Image used for representational purpose only.......
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam, who passed into the ages on Monday, had spoken to Rediff.com in 2008. We republish the feature. Former President A P J Abdul Kalam kindly......
Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao on Tuesday proposed a producers price index saying that the present structure of measuring inflation does not capture the price movement of services and is a hybrid......
The government said on Monday the new consumer price series for rural, urban and combined (rural + urban) for January, reflecting the impact of price rise on common man, will be released on......
Inflation based on prices of products consumed by rural labourers rose to 16.99 per cent in December as rice, wheat, sugar and other food articles turned dearer. Consumer price-based index of......
The government's biggest welfare programme could see an almost 60 per cent increase in funding. The forthcoming Budget is likely to make a provision of Rs 64,000 crore (Rs 640 billion) for the......
Inflation based on consumer price index for Rural Labourers rose to 9.73 per cent in October, from 9.25 per cent in September.The rate of price rise based on the Consumer Price Index for......