-PTI/ NDTV India told the World Trade Organization that the present situation has got a new important problem -- the increasing inflation in most of the domestic economies. New Delhi: India wants the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to play its role in containing global inflation, which is impacting most of the economies of the member countries. According to a statement by India, delivered by Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO, Brajendra Navnit,...

-The Telegraph ‘Rough and tough’ alert to PRIvate hospitals Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said in no uncertain terms that her government would act tough against PRIvate healthcare establishments who refuse to accept Swasthya Sathi cards of the healthcare scheme she had launched ahead of the 2021 Assembly polls. “State government officials have been asked to act rough and tough if any hospital refuses Swasthya Sathi cards. If anyone refuses Swasthya Sathi cards, the...

-The Tribune Experts urge the government to be cautious on wheat export, suggest an upper cap, say traders dictating markets New Delhi: Wheat production in the country is down due to “early summers”, the government’s procurement has reduced and the PRIces of ‘atta’ and byproducts like bread, rusks and biscuits are rising by the day. While the government is calling increasing exports as “beneficial” for farmers, experts are advocating “caution”, including imposing...

-TheNewsMinute.com The Union government’s wheat procurement is set to decline by more than half to 19.5 million tonnes in the current rabi marketing year amid higher exports and likely fall in output. The average PRIce of wheat flour in retail markets stood at Rs 32.91 per kilogram on Monday, a nearly 13% increase compared to the year-ago period, according to official data. The all-India average retail PRIce of wheat flour or atta...

-Business Standard Goods producers have passed on more input cost increases than services producers Inflation is here to stay. It is currently affecting different groups of people in different ways. But as PRIce pressures spread, everyone will be similarly impacted, leaving weaker growth and sticky PRIces which will outlast the commodity PRIce shock. We answer some pressing questions. Have the global PRIce increases fed fully into domestic food inflation? Not all the PRIce...