Mumbai, Mar 29: Under pressure from all quarters, including ruling coalition partner Congress and even from within his own NCP, Maharashtra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar today announced a rollback by 2 per cent of the
New Delhi, Mar 16: Direct transfer of fertilizer subsidy from manufturer to retailer and farmers, and direct cash subsidy for LPG, Kerosene appear to be on the anvil, if the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's budget
Imphal, Oct 1 : Even as the Kukis and Nagas are carrying on with their respective economic blockades over creation of a district in Manipur, the prices of essential commodities have shot through the roof.
New Delhi, Sept 16: UPA's major constituents—Trinamool Congress and DMK—today forced the government to hold back any moves to cut back on supply of subsidised LPG even as they joined opposition parties in criticising the
New Delhi, Sept 16: The meeting of a panel of ministers headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on limiting the supply of subsidised LPG has been deferred after apparent objections from some UPA constituents. The
Chennai, Jun 28 : Days after the Centre hiked the prices of LPG by Rs 50 per cylinder,Tamil Nadu government today cancelled a four per cent Value Added Tax on LPG, bringing down the price
New Delhi, Jun 26: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has written to state governments to reduce sales tax or value added tax being levied on fuel to lessen the burden on the common man. In his
Mumbai, Jun 26: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Saturday night voiced his concern for the 'aam admi' saying the fuel price hike will badly pinch them."If you talk about the common people, the lower middle
New Delhi/Allahabad/Varanasi/Nagpur, Jun 25 : Spontaneous, and in some cases, oppostion-led protests by housewives and common men took place in various cities, metros and towns on Saturday over the Centre's decision to bring about a
Kolkata, June 24: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today opposed the fresh hike in fuel prices, saying it will put the common man in great difficulty.“We do not support the repeated rise in fuel
New Delhi, Jun 24: Biting the bullet, government today hiked the price of diesel by Rs 3 a litre, kerosene Rs 2 a litre and cooking gas by a steep Rs 50 a cylinder to
New Delhi, May 26: After petrol, price of diesel, LPG and kerosene are likely to be hiked next month when a ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee meets to decide on passing rise
New Delhi, May 14: Within hours of the Election Commission lifting the Model Code of Conduct enforced for the recently concluded state assembly elections, the Centre swung into action and hiked the price of petrol
New Delhi, May 10: The government may hike diesel and domestic LPG rates next week while an increase in petrol prices may happen later this week."The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister
New Delhi, Feb 14: The government today constituted an inter-ministerial task force under UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani for evolving mechanisms to provide direct subsidies on kerosene, cooking gas (LPG) and fertilisers to intended beneficiaries. "In
Delhiites will have to shell out more from their pockets for virtually everything from cooking gas to diesel with Delhi government on Monday withdrawing subsidy on LPG and increasing VAT on many items to "generate"
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