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Price of essential medicines set to spike by 10%; officials blame WPI inflation
Sumi Sukanya • 3 years agoIt includes paracetamol and antibiotics such as azithromycin, used to treat bacterial infections, anti-anaemia prescriptions such as folic acid, vitamins and minerals
Russia-Ukraine crisis: Here's what will get more expensive in India if two countries go to war
Trendingdesk • 3 years agoThe negative impacts of an impending invasion are already visible through volatile equity markets and rising crude oil prices
India’s wholesale inflation drops to 11.16% in July from 12.07% in June as food prices soften
• 4 years agoInflation in food articles eased for the third straight month, and was at 'zero' percent in July, down from 3.09% in June, even as onion prices spiked. Inflation in onions was high at 72.01%
WPI inflation eases to 12.07% in June as food, crude prices soften
• 4 years agoInflation in fuel and power basket eased to 32.83 percent during June, against 37.61 percent in May
Wholesale inflation spikes to nine-month high of 3.1%; impact of rise in fuel cost, manufactured food products
Fp Staff • 5 years agoWholesale inflation has spiked to 3.1 percent in January from 2.59 percent in the previous month on higher fuel cost and price rise in manufactured products, as per government data released on Friday
WPI rises to 7-month high at 2.59% in December from 0.58% in November on hike in onion, potato prices
• 5 years agoAmong food articles, vegetable prices surged by 69.69 percent mainly on account of onion, which witnessed 455.83 percent jump in prices, followed by potato at 44.97 percent.
Falling GDP, collapsing wholesale prices: Is Indian economy heading to its worst show in September quarter since 2008 global financial crisis?
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 5 years agoIndian economy had a shocker when the GDP growth slowed to a 6-year low of 5% in the April-June quarter. Even after that, there is no recovery in sight.
New base year for GDP series to be decided in a few months, govt awaits industries, consumer expenditure surveys
• 5 years agoThe decision to change the base year (of GDP) would be taken in the next few months, said .
WPI inflation eases to 0.33% in September on fall in prices of non-food articles, fuel rates decline 7.05%
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), was at 5.22% in September 2018.
Wholesale inflation in July falls to multi-year low of 1.08% on cheaper fuel, food items
Fp Staff • 6 years agoInflation based on the Wholesale Price Index was at 2.02% in June this year and 5.27% in July 2018.