The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Sujay Shetty Plastics, toys, clothes, utensils, food and other everyday essentials -- in every bill you will see the hike in petroleum prices FROM THE consumer perspective, the fuel price hike is a disaster. The hike in petrol prices will hurt the middle class which mainly comprises the salaried people …
Revati Kasture THE AGE DEBATE FUEL PRICE HIKE IS A GOOD MEASURE TO CHECK FISCAL DEFICIT Buoyant economy can handle hike In a healthy growth scenario, the economy can afford to take some burden of higher fuel prices that reduces the fiscal deficit THE CURRENT fiscal and economic situation fa- …
NEW DELHI: Opposition unity was once again displayed in Parliament on Wednesday as parties gracing the non-ruling benches got together to stall proceedings in the two Houses in protest against the government
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, who cautioned against instant populism, told his party MPs and leaders of allies on Wednesday that correcting the distortions in the pricing of petro goods was unavoidable. He also told his colleagues that the time to take bold decisions was
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Normal life was hit Tuesday in Kerala as the state woke up to a shutdown called by the workers of the Motor Vehicle Coordination Committee of the Left parties and the Bharatiya Janata Party to protest the hike in petrol and diesel prices. The shutdown was supported by the …
This is an analysis of the Union budget 2010-11 by CSE. Says that the budget holds promise on clean and renewable energy but it is woefully lacking in any initiative on public transport or pollution management. See Also Weblink: Union budget 2010-11 http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2010-11/ubmain.htm Report: Economic Survey 2009-10 (http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2009-10/esmain.htm) Report: Adaptation …
EVEN as the budget appears to have some benefits for the Punjab farmers, especially in terms of direct delivery of subsidies on fertilisers, easy mobility of grain from one state to another and conservation of natural resources especially groundwater resources, the increase in excise duty on petrol and diesel will …
A GOVERNMENT plan to buy ethanol for blending with petrol at a price of Rs 27 per litre may be limited to six months, although agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has asked the price to be frozen for the next three years in line with the demand by sugar mills. Mr …
In October 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh forwarded a note prepared by the Planning Commission to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on the problems being faced by the Indian Railways and the ways these needed to be addressed.
Ajay Modi / New Delhi February 20, 2010, 0:47 IST If the government finally decides to accept the recommendations of the Kirit Parikh report on keeping petrol and diesel prices at market rates and limiting the subsidies on other products, the profits of the upstream oil companies
Cabinet Split On Fertilizer Price Fears In a first step towards reining in a spiralling fertilizer subsidy bill that crossed Rs 100,000 crore in 2008-09, the cabinet bit the bullet on Thursday and decided to de-control prices of all fertilizers other than urea while fixing subsidy on these based on …
The impact of the recommendations of the expert group on pricing of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG on the poor and on the price level should be no more than that of present policy and most likely smaller over time. The group has recommended freeing petrol and diesel prices and …
The finance ministry has advocated an increase in auto and cooking fuel prices only after the Budget is tabled in Parliament on February 26 in an effort to avert possible united protests from the United Progressive Alliance
Electric and hybrid vehicles are gaining a foothold because they are cheap and clean. But batteries are either expensive or short-lived. Their future rests with industry
Facing opposition from key allies in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Petroleum Minister Murli Deora today discussed an
New Delhi: Chances of an immediate increase in fuel prices receded with oil minister Murli Deora and FM Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday failing to work out a way to skirt opposition from within the UPA and agree on a solution to prevent state-run oilmarketing companies from going bankrupt if pump …
