Essential commodities

Even as the retail inflation in August stood at a five-year high of 7.41 per cent on high food inflation, the food ministry’s high-level panel will likely meet next week to determine further steps to ease prices of essential commodities. It…

Wheat jumped to the highest level in more than 13 years, extending a rally that’s adding to inflation concerns worldwide, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine put a vital source of global supplies at risk. Russia-Ukraine conflict:…

The West Bengal government said it will supply food and other essential commodities to the financially weaker sections of people in the state who have been affected by Covid-19 in the third wave of the pandemic. Chief secretary HK Dwivedi…

The story so far: Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Monday issued directions to stock exchanges in the commodity derivatives segment for immediately suspending trading in derivative contracts in key farm commodities,…

<!-- -->Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called for reduction of dependence on importsFinance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has emphasised on the need to become more self reliant and reduce dependency on imported goods,…