Retail prices

E-commerce sites to disclose food expiry date, MRP

E-commerce companies will now have to display the expiry dates and maximum retail prices of packaged food products under new rule designed to protect consumers from being sold old stuff.

Jul 26, 2017, 20:06 PM IST

Govt can now fix retail prices of essential commodities

In order to check inflation, the government has amended the metrology rules which would allow it to fix retail prices of essential commodities like pulses and sugar in extra-ordinary situations.

Oct 11, 2016, 11:52 AM IST

This time, RBI may cut rate to spur investment: Bankers

"We have surplus liquidity in the system as there has not been much credit offtake. So, repo window does not give banks any advantage as we don't borrow from banks at this point. So, the CRR window helps us bring down cost of funds. We expect and will request 0.5 percent cut in CRR, which would release about Rs 40,000 crore into the system," Bhasin added.

Jun 01, 2015, 14:47 PM IST

Vegetable prices rise by up to 67% over the last 5 days

Retail prices of leafy vegetables like spinach and other winter staples such as carrots, cauliflower and peas have shot up as much as 67 percent in the national capital over the last five days due to unseasonal rains.

Mar 05, 2015, 16:24 PM IST