If the hike in fuel prices has weighed on your wallet, then you should brace for another bad news. Consumers in India will soon have to shell out more on daily use products.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a new agriculture export policy will be unveiled soon to boost farm income as the government is on track to achieve the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022.

The central bank had increased the benchmark short term lending rate(repo rate) by 0.25 per cent to 6.25 per cent in its last monetary policy review in June on inflationary concerns.

The NDA regime has announced a steep increase in minimum support price for 14 kharif crops. The question is, will this mitigate the mounting rural distress? Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh walks Business Today through his blueprint for increased procurement and distribution.

A draft 'Punjab State Farmers' Policy', put out for stakeholder consultations by PSFC identifies over a dozen key areas where government attention is necessary.

The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) had recommended Rs 20 per quintal hike in the FRP of sugarcane at Rs 275 per quintal for next season.

BNP Paribas today said the Reserve Bank of India will go for another 0.25 per cent hike in key policy rates at its August monetary policy review, a day after an official data showed retail inflation rising to a five-month high of 5 per cent in June.

With rupee hitting its lowest against dollar, prices of imported commodities, ranging from petroleum products to electronics went up, driving consumer inflation up. High crude oil prices also made an impact.

The GST Council had formed a GoM (Group of Ministers) in May to look into the into the food ministry's proposal for the creation of a corpus of Rs 6,700 crore through a levy of up to Rs 3 per kg on sugar over the existing GST of 5 per cent on the good.

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While the farmers were expecting the government to be more generous, the announced hike is just enough to meet an increase in input costs from last year.

\"We are pretty bearish (on the rupee) at this moment, given all the circumstances combined. Not only high oil prices but also the trade war that has been taking off,\" Hugo Erken, senior economist at Rabobank told Reuters.

Arun Jaitley calls for amendments in graft law, says it's anarchic and hurts decision makingUnion Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday called for amendments in the Prevention of Corruption Act -- a graft law that the Minister described as anarchic and one of the most badly drafted pieces of legislations. His statement came weeks after the Pune police on June 21 arrested the entire top management of the state-run Bank of Maharashtra for a loan of Rs 94.5 crore to the scam-tainted devel...

Sameet Chavan, Chief Analyst, Technicals and Derivatives, Angel Broking, takes viewers through all the market action today. The market closed higher today after the Modi government raised minimum support price (MSP) of kharif crops which boosted sentiment. While the Sensex rose 266 points to 24,327 level, the Nifty gained 70 points to 10,769.

The market closed higher today after the Modi government raised minimum support price (MSP) of kharif crops which boosted sentiment. While the Sensex rose 266 points to 24,327 level, the Nifty gained 70 points to 10,769. Auto stocks led the gains with BSE auto index rising 313 points or 1.31% to 24,327 level. The BSE bankex too rose 201 points to 29,326 level, a gain of 0.69%. Bajaj Auto, Maruti Suzuki, HDFC and HUL were the top Sensex gainers. Stocks of rural players such as Hero MotorCorp a...

Bajaj Auto (3.95%), Maruti Suzuki (2.69%), HDFC (2.09%) and HUL (2.03%) were the top Sensex gainers. Stocks of rural players such as Hero MotorCorp  (0.43%) and Mahindra and Mahindra (0.69%) too closed higher on the development.

Hike in paddy minimum support price will increase the food subsidy bill by over Rs 11,000 crore based on procurement figure of the 2016-17 marketing year (October-September).

Singh said greater emphasis is being given to agricultural education, research and extension activities and extension of the facilities for irrigation, low-cost organic farming, crop insurance, national agricultural market, horticulture development and agro forestry remain focus areas.