The wholesale inflation of food articles declined to 7.79% in February compared to 11.51% in January, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

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Despite the downturn, this is the third month that consumer price inflation remained above the upper limit of 6 per cent set by Reserve Bank of India

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Within minutes of opening today, equity benchmarks plummeted over 3.5% each, led by major volatility in global markets

Share Market update: Sensex closes 1,941 points or 5.17% lower at 35,634, Nifty falls 5% to 10,451.

Ban was imposed after the prices of the commodity skyrocketed. Now, onion prices have stabilised and there is bumper crop also

While Indians are still biased towards cash, it has now become a way to store value rather than to make payments, the RBI pointed out

To keep inflation under specified level, the government in 2016 had decided to set up Monetary Policy Committee headed by RBI Governor entrusted with the task of fixing the benchmark policy rate

Wholesale Price Index: This is highest inflation figure in past eight months as last time wholesale inflation touched 3.1 per cent was in April 2019. Before that, it touched 3.46 per cent in December 2018

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Share Market Update: BSE 30-share S&P Sensex ended 106 points lower at 41,459 and NSE 50-share index Nifty50 ended 22 points lower at 12,178.

This is the second month that inflation remained above the upper limit of 6 per cent set by Reserve Bank of India. It has maintained an upward trend since Janaury 2019, when it was 1.97 per cent

The industry group 'manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products' reported the highest negative growth of  24.9 per cent followed by 20.3 per cent in 'manufacture of machinery and equipment

The rupee opened strong at 71.24 at the interbank forex market then gained further ground to touch 71.21 per dollar, displaying gains of 7 paise against the greenback

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