Victor Dasgupta | Aug 5, 2026, 11:23 AM IST
The interest rate pause comes even as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) based headline retail inflation has crossed the RBI's medium-term target of 4 per cent at 4.38 per cent in June.
Victor Dasgupta | Jun 30, 2026, 10:39 AM IST
Onion and tomato prices typically witness seasonal fluctuations during the monsoon period. However, the extreme heat caused by El Ni o and delayed rainfall has hit the delicate tomato crop the hardest.
Victor Dasgupta | May 10, 2026, 10:21 AM IST
Major cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, and Noida have been placed in Category 'A'.
Abhijeet Sen | Mar 11, 2026, 7:37 PM IST
The government may take a decision in the last week of March or early April amid the transition from the 7th to the 8th Pay Commission.
Analiza Pathak | Oct 1, 2025, 9:57 AM IST
Central government employees and pensioners have been waiting for a Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) hike for quite some time. Reports suggest that the government may announce the increase just before Diwali, giving them a festive boost.
Analiza Pathak | Sep 25, 2025, 8:51 AM IST
Dearness Allowance is an important part of employees' salaries. The government calculates the hike based on the Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW), which is released every month by the Labour Bureau.
Abhijeet Sen | Sep 15, 2025, 8:54 PM IST
The RBI is expected to cut interest rates by 25 basis points which will result in reduction in loan interest rates and EMIs.
Analiza Pathak | Sep 12, 2025, 1:27 PM IST
The Centre hikes DA twice every year first revision before the Holi festival for the January-June cycle and the second around Diwali for the July-December period.
Victor Dasgupta | Mar 8, 2025, 3:09 AM IST
To recall, the last DA Hike was announced by the Modi government in October 2024. Union Cabinet approved a 3 percent Dearness Allowance (DA) increase for central government employees.
India.com News Desk | Aug 12, 2024, 6:16 PM IST
The is the first time in nearly five years that retail inflation has climbed down below the targeted 4 percent, the last time this happened was back in September 2019.
India.com Business Desk | Jul 12, 2024, 8:39 PM IST
The year-on-year inflation rate based on all India Consumer Price Index (CPI) number is 5.08 per cent (provisional) for the month of June, 2024.
Video Desk | Jan 16, 2024, 6:00 PM IST
CPI inflation, you must have heard about this term alot of times, today let's just unfold this term and understand ...
