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and reducing the subsidy burden on the government, has wreaked havoc on the monthly budget of ordinary households. It means more pain for the common man as he grapples with price spike across the daily purchase vector. For a family using diesel cars and gas cylinders, the cost of living just went up drastically. If the family has two diesel cars, the hike means additional Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000 expenditure...
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Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP), a key ally in the ruling Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance government in Meghalaya, Friday demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Rs.5 hike in diesel price and the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders."As Meghalaya is a hill state without any recourse for any other mode of transportation except by road which inevitably involves diesel oil as fuel...
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Transport associations, chambers of commerce and industry and common people across Karnataka Friday protested against the sudden hike in diesel price."The steep hike in diesel price will have a cascading effect on essential commodities and fuel inflation. The hike will burden the people already reeling under high prices and severe drought in the state," former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular...
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Delhi unit of BJP will stage a demonstration at Jantar Mantar tomorrow demanding withdrawal of hike in price of diesel and cap on cooking gas cylinders.Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta alleged that the government had made life of people difficult due to price rise and the increase in price of diesel has broken common man's back.Reacting to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's comment that "We live in...
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on Friday alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government was profiting even from fuel price rise and demanded reduction in the Value Added Tax (VAT) levied on diesel."In the whole country, no state is having such a higher tax on diesel as in Gujarat. With 21 per cent VAT and 3 per cent cess, Gujarat has the highest rate of tax burden on diesel amongst 26 states," alleged state Congress president Arjun...
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Attacking the Congress-led UPA government for raising diesel prices and capping the number of subsidised gas cylinders at six per year, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said the move would result in price rise across the board."The rise in diesel prices would lead to escalation in prices of all commodities and severely hit farmers," the Chief Minister told reporters.He said...
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Opposition National People's Party (NPP) in Meghalaya today criticised the steep hike in diesel price and restriction of supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to six per household annually."We condemned the decision of the UPA government to steeply hike the prices of diesel which is a common man's fuel," Opposition Leader Conrad K Sangma told PTI.Land-locked state like Meghalaya will certainly be at the...
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dubbed as "virtual financial terror" the decision to hike diesel prices by Rs 5 a litre and ration LPG cylinders to six per family per year and demanded a rollback."By rationing LPG cylinders, the government has opened it up for blackmarketing. We would like to emphasise that this is the beginning of the end of subsidy on LPG or of providing them at a reasonable cost. At the same time, the government...
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a bid to pressure the West Bengal government to increase bus and taxi fares, the Joint Council of Bus Syndicate, one of the largest bus operators in the state, today decided to go on an indefinite strike from September 17."We have no other option other than an indefinite strike as we can't run buses after this sharp rise in diesel prices. Most of the buses have already stopped plying," said Sadhan...
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Gujarat Congress today alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government was profiting even from fuel price rise and demanded reduction in the Value Added Tax (VAT) levied on diesel."In the whole country, no state has such a high tax on diesel as in Gujarat. With 21% VAT and 3%cess, Gujarat has the highest rate of tax burden on diesel amongst 26 states," alleged state Congress president Arjun Modhvadia...
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Mother-of-six who coughed up an entire TUMOUR a year ago is declared cancer freeShe is now applying to Guinness World Records as she may be the only person to cough up an entire tumourA mother-of-six who coughed up a tumour a year ago has been told she is now free of cancer.Claire Osborn, 38, had the shock of her life when she started coughing and a 2cm lump flew out of her mouth.She took the lump...
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Overall inflation rose to 7.55% in August on account of rising prices of food items and manufactured goods and may further escalate next month as a result of the recent diesel price hike. The high inflationary expectations may prevent thefrom cutting interest rates in its mid-quarterly review of the monetary policy scheduled on Monday despiteBookmarksNewsvineLive BookmarksTechnoratiYahoo Bookmarks...
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Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP), a key ally in the ruling Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance government in Meghalaya, Friday demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Rs.5 hike in diesel price and the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders."As Meghalaya is a hill state without any recourse for any other mode of transportation except by road which inevitably involves diesel oil as fuel...
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Transport associations, chambers of commerce and industry and common people across Karnataka Friday protested against the sudden hike in diesel price."The steep hike in diesel price will have a cascading effect on essential commodities and fuel inflation. The hike will burden the people already reeling under high prices and severe drought in the state," former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular...
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Proposal of tax on diesel cars put down by manufacturers as prices of diesel fuel hiked by Rs 5 per litre in all major citiesThe first diesel price hike in more than a year clouds the only bright spot in the country's struggling car market, but carmakers will also be quietly relieved after lobbying hard against the gloomier alternative of a tax on diesel vehicles.Diesel, a heavily subsidised fuel used...
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many as 46 volunteers of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), including Pondy Unit Secretary V Perumal, former Secretary T Murugan and a woman were arrested when they put up a road blockade at the Kamaraj statue junction here today.The agitation was to protest the diesel price hike and demanding immediate rollback. They also demanded provision of 12 LPG cyclinders in a year to families at subsidised...
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Friday demanded rollback of the Rs.5 a litre hike in diesel prices and the cap of six cylinders on supply of subsidised cooking gas to a family a year, while asking allies of the Congress to actively fight the government decision and not shed mere "crocodile tears".In a statement, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu said the decisions should be rolled back in the interest of farmers...
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move to raise diesel prices by Rs.5 a litre has come under strong criticism from members of India Inc. who foresee a double whammy of slow economic growth and higher inflation.A day after the government hiked diesel prices and capped supply of subsidised cooking gas cylinders to six, corporate leaders here said Friday that the decision was taken at a "wrong time" when the economy is cooling down."This...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday termed the diesel price hike and limiting the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders as a cruel joke on the common people of the country and demanded a roll-back."It is nothing but a cruel joke with people because they have been fighting for survival in view of high inflation rate," he told media persons here."Hike in diesel price will badly affect crores...
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday demanded a rollback of the diesel price hike saying it will hit everyone.He also flayed the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders to just six cylinders in a year for each household."It is a breakdown and failure of the economic policy of the government of India. The steep rise of diesel price will affect everyone, especially the poor in particular," Patnaik...
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Friday following a worldwide rally after the US Federal Reserve announced a new stimulus plan to revive growth in the world's largest economy.The government's decision to hike the diesel price and limit the distribution of subsidised cooking gas also helped stocks move up. Realty, metal and banking were the best performers.The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which...
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Thursday afternoon following a worldwide rally after the US Federal Reserve announced a new stimulus plan to revive growth in the world's largest economy.The government's decision to hike diesel price and cut subsidies for cooking gas also helped stocks move up. Realty, metal and banking scrips were the best performers.The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which...
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late Thursday afternoon following a worldwide rally after the US Federal Reserve announced a new stimulus plan to revive growth in the world's largest economy.The government's decision to hike diesel price and cut subsidies for cooking gas also helped stocks move up. Realty, metal and banking scrips were the best performers.The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which...
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Left Front government in Tripura Friday demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Rs.5 hike in diesel prices and the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders.The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the dominant partner of the ruling Left Front, Friday organised demonstrations in the state capital to press for its demands."Protest rallies and demonstrations would continue Saturday and subsequent...
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lashed out at the Samajwadi government for opposing the centre's move to hike diesel prices when the state government has, itself, recommended more than a 40% hike in power tariff for industries. This move, the industry body has said, is not only contradictory in nature but will also put an extra burden on the pockets of the general public.Saying that the hike of Rs 5 per litre in diesel prices by...
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After petrol hike, now diesel prices have been also raised steeply. Citing the crude prices in international market and rising under-recoveries of oil marketing companies (OMCs), the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) after a meeting at 7 RCR, the Prime Minister's official residence, announced the hike of five rupees per liter in diesel cost.THOUGH THE government has said that the rising...
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About 100 BJP workers in Goa protested against the UPA government at the centre for the unexpected hike in diesel prices and restricted the supply of subsidised cooking gas to 6 cylinders per house in a year. The protest march, led by MLA Dr Pramod Sawant, demanded immedate rollback of the hike on diesel....
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today faced protests of the Opposition as well as its allies on the hike of Rs 5 a litre in diesel prices and the removal of subsidy on cooking gas beyond six cylinders. The allies said before taking the harsh decision, the alliance has neither taken on board any ally nor informed them. The All India Congress Committee said there are some unwelcome decisions taken by the government keeping...
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said the increase in prices of diesel and LPG "is nothing short of a lightning bolt" on the common man. "We stoutly oppose the hike and demand an immediate rollback. An increase in diesel price will enhance the cost of all articles. The decision that cooking gas will be supplied at concessional price only six times in a year is strange. The...
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India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Friday said that his party in coordination with other parties would organise a nation-wide protest to rollback the diesel price hike....
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Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi on Friday demanded an immediate rollback in the hike of diesel price, saying his party was not consulted before a decision in this regard was taken by the UPA Government at the Centre....
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LPG to six cylinders per year, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today said that if the price would not have been hiked, then fiscal deficit would have gone out of hand thereby crimping governments ability to spend more on plan expenditure. Addressing a news conference here, he also said that yesterdays hike would give enough leg-room to Reserve Bank of India to rationalise...
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Friday termed the diesel price hike and limiting the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders as a cruel joke on the common people of the country and demanded a roll-back....
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move to raise diesel prices by Rs.5 a litre has come under strong criticism from members of India Inc. who foresee a double whammy of slow economic growth and higher inflation....
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CPI(M) today condemned the hike in the prices of diesel and limiting of cooking gas cylinders to six per family in a year....
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Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Friday supported the recent diesel price hike even as the Congress-led UPA Government came under heavy fire from allies and opponents alike for raising the fuel prices....
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Friday demanded rollback of the Rs.5 a litre hike in diesel prices and the cap of six cylinders on supply of subsidised cooking gas to a family a year, while asking allies of the Congress to actively fight the government decision and not shed mere crocodile tears....
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Left Front government in Tripura Friday demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Rs.5 hike in diesel prices and the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders....
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Commonman as well as political parties and other organisations in Assam today vented their ire and concern over the latest hike in diesel prices and regulating number of subsidized LPGs per family....
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surged 439 points late Thursday afternoon following a worldwide rally after the US Federal Reserve announced a new stimulus plan to revive growth in the worlds largest...
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Nationalist Congress Partys (NCP) city unit today held demonstrations at Akashwani chowk on the Jalna road, against the steep hike in diesel prices. NCP city unit activists, led by Mustaq Ahmed, gathered at Akashwani chowk and burnt effigy of Petroleum minister Mr Jaipal Reddy. They demanded that the central government supply twelve subsided cooking gas cylinders to each family instead of...
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increase in the diesel price at Rs five per litre will put an additional burden on the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) by Rs 350 crore. In an informal chat with the media persons at Bus Bhavan here today, APSRTC Managing Director A K Khan said presently the Corporation was spending Rs 2,500 crore per annum on diesel. However, the present hike would increase the spending...
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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today urged Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Capt Amarinder Singh to stop tamashas being performed in the state in the name of the dharnas and rush to Delhi to protest against the unprecedented hike of Rs 5 per litre of diesel and limiting the number of LPG cylinders to six per year per household at Susidised price. In a statement here, party Secretary and Spokesman...
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Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) supremo and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has criticised the UPA government for increasing the prices of diesel and fixing quota of LPG cylinders. Demanding immediate rollback of the decision, Ms Mayawati in a statement here today said UPA is a pain giving government for the people of the country. Condemning the hike of Rs 5 in the prices of diesel,...
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many as 46 volunteers of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), including Pondy Unit Secretary V Perumal, former Secretary T Murugan and a woman were arrested when they put up a road blockade at the Kamaraj statue junction here today. The agitation was to protest the diesel price hike and demanding immediate rollback. They also demanded provision of 12 LPG cyclinders in a year to families...
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Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her displeasure over diesel price hike of Rs five per litre and limiting subsidised LPG cylinders to six a year and demanded immidiate rollback. The chief minister expressed astonishment over the fact that though there is a UPA coordination committee, no ally was taken on-board before initiating the move. We are unhappy. We can not accept it,...
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today strongly condemned the Central government for its decision to increase diesel prices and introducing quota system in LPG. Reacting over the centres decision, Mr Kumar said here by increasing the price of diesel and introducing quota system for the LPG, the Union government has compounded the problems of the common people--who were already reeling under the burden of inflation. The...
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demanded immediate withdrawal of hike in diesel price. The Union government has hiked the diesel price by Rs 5 per lit litre and imposed a cap on the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders at six a year last night. Mr Patnaik said the oil price was being increased frequently due to faulty economic policy of the union government. He apprehended that the hike in diesel price would...
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Diesel Price Hike, Cooking Gas Cylinders Cap, Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress, United Progressive AllianceThe BJP today demanded rollback of the Rs.5 a litre hike in diesel prices and the cap of six cylinders on supply of subsidised cooking gas to a family a year, while asking allies of the Congress to actively fight the government decision and not shed mere "crocodile tears".In a statement, Bharatiya...
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hike in diesel prices, economic growth, hiked diesel prices, Ramesh Chembath, Godrej Appliances, D.K. Vyas, Srei BNP Paribas, inflationThe government's move to raise diesel prices by Rs.5 a litre has come under strong criticism from members of India Inc. who foresee a double whammy of slow economic growth and higher inflation.A day after the government hiked diesel prices and capped supply of subsidised...
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today termed the diesel price hike and limiting the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders as a cruel joke on the common people of the country and demanded a roll-back."It is nothing but a cruel joke with people because they have been fighting for survival in view of high inflation rate," he told media persons here."Hike in diesel price will badly affect crores...
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ISTOverall inflation rose to 7.55% in August on account of rising prices of food items and manufactured goods and may further escalate next month as a result of the recent diesel price hike.The high inflationary expectations may prevent the Reserve Bank from cutting interest rates in its mid-quarterly review of the monetary policy scheduled on Monday despite India Inc's demand for rate cut to boost...
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Gas companies will be able to easily check the number of subsidised cylinders a household has availed due to ready data available to restrict use of such cylinders to six a year, as per the government decision."Since oil marketing companies have complete database of their customers, they will easily keep a check on the number of usage of the LPG cylinders in a year," an oil company official said here.With...
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Government's decision to hike diesel price will change the perception of the global rating agencies which had threatened to downgrade India's sovereign rating, said Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia."The perception of the rating agencies that India cannot raise diesel prices will change. Rating agencies should take a good look at it. The fiscal space which has been created...
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UPA's outside supporter Samajwadi Party today held demonstrations across Uttar Pradesh and burnt effigies of UPA leaders to protest hike in diesel price and cap on supply of subsidised LPG."SP workers expressed their anger through protests terming hike in diesel prices and cap on supply of subsidised LPG as an anti-people step. The protests were held in all districts on a directive from state unit...
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ISTLeft parties on Friday opposed the hike in diesel price with CPI (M) terming it a "gigantic fraud" and decided to hold protests across the country while targeting Trinamool Congress for its "double standard" on the issue.CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said in Kolkata that the Left will hold talks with other parties on organising a "common movement" against the decision that will hit common...
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diesel price hike has put an additional yearly burden of around Rs 1,200 crores on the cash-strapped Railways but there is no move yet to increase freight charges, a rail official said today. "There is no move as yet to increase freight charges even if it (diesel price hike) hits us hard," said a senior Railway Ministry official. The Railways portfolio is held by Mukul Roy of Trinamool Congress.Railways...
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(common people),' BJP on Friday accused UPA allies of adopting "double standards", saying they verbally protested against increase but supported the government whenever it was in deep trouble."It is now test of the (UPA) allies. They only make verbal protests, but they approve and support the government whenever it is in deep trouble. UPA allies must explain to the people (about their double standards)...
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ISTOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday termed the hike in diesel price and restriction on LPG cylinders as a "breakdown" of the Centre's economic policies and demanded immediate rollback of the decision."It is a breakdown and failure of the economic policy of the Government of India. Steep rise of diesel price will affect every person, particularly the poor," Patnaik said.Observing that...
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welcomed the diesel price hike and capping of the number of LPG cylinders, according to the industry chamber statement.The move was essential for controlling the fiscal deficit, which has been weighing on the economy, Godrej said.The main risk to the fiscal deficit arises from subsidies, which are threatening to far exceed the provision made for them in the Budget.Taking the case of oil subsidies,...
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inancial services majors Citi and HSBC said the long awaited government decision to hike fuel prices is a positive step, although it will fan the already high inflation and may not prevent fiscal slippage.On Thursday, the Government hiked diesel price by Rs 5.63 a litre and capped supply of subsidised LPG to 6 cylinders per household in a year."These measures, though overdue, are positive and if not...
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Left parties on Friday opposed the hike in diesel price with the Communist Party of India-Marxist terming it a "gigantic fraud" and decided to hold protests across the country while targeting thr Trinamool Congress [] that the Left will hold talks with other parties on organising a "common movement" against the decision that will hit common man "badly" while his party will hold protests in the states.A...
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ndia Inc has said the decision to hike in diesel price was "inevitable" and this would help in fiscal consolidation.Industry body Ficci said the fuel price increase was inevitable in the present situation given the huge under-recoveries being suffered by oil marketing companies on account of cross-subsidisation of diesel."The hike, obviously, stems from the realisation that it was essential for containing...
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OMCs are currently losing about Rs6/litre on petrol which would nearly be compensated by the excise duty cut.OMCs are currently losing about Rs6/litre on petrol which would nearly be compensated by the excise duty cut.The government of India implemented a host of steps to reduce the subsidy burden which includeDiesel prices hike of Rs5/litre which constitutes Rs3.5/litre hike in selling prices and...
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Government's decision to hike diesel price will change the perception of the global rating agencies which had threatened to downgrade India's sovereign rating, said Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia."The perception of the rating agencies that India cannot raise diesel prices will change. Rating agencies should take a good look at it. The fiscal space which has been created...
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Shrugging off worse-than-expected inflation numbers for August 2012, the markets cheered the government’s baby steps towards reforms after it announced a diesel price hike late last night.The BSE Sensex jumped 443 points or 2.5 per cent to close at 18,441 while the broader Nifty advanced 142 points to 5,578. This was the biggest one-day gain for the Sensex since December 21, 2012.The latest trigger...
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friends.Cement-makers today indicated that they will have to raise prices as it is not possible for them to absorb the increased freight charges on account of hike in diesel price."The increased freight is not going to impact only on the distribution of finished goods. Generally, it takes two tonnes of inputs to produce one tonne of cement. So, the impact will be on a total of three million tonnes...
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Joint Council of Bus Syndicate, which claims affiliation of 35,000 buses in West Bengal, on Friday called an indefinite statewide strike from September 17 following the steep hike in diesel prices."It's impossible for us to run buses any more following the steep increase in diesel price. We have no other option but to go for a strike, " General Secretary of the Syndicate Sadhan Das told a hurriedly...
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) a key ally of United Progressive Alliance (UPA), on Friday said it was not consulted by the Centre on the diesel price hike and insisted on its rollback."If they had consulted (us), there would have been no need for me to issue a statement on Thursday condemning the price hike," Mr Karunanidhi, DMK Chief, told reporters in Chennai while replying to a question.When asked...
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latest hike in diesel prices has left farmers in Punjab a worried lot. They now fear that the steep hike will increase their production costs, and will have its cascading effect on the markets.On Thursday, the government raised the price of diesel by Rs. 5 per litre, a move that has been opposed by both allies and opposition. It is the second such hike in the last two years.Over 70 per cent farmland...
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diesel price hike has put an additional yearly burden of around Rs 1,200 crores on the cash-strapped Railways but there is no move yet to increase freight charges, a rail official said on Friday."There is no move as yet to increase freight charges even if it (diesel price hike) hits us hard," said a senior Railway Ministry official. The Railways portfolio is held by Mukul Roy of Trinamool Congress...
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Delhi to Bangalore, Mysore and Kochi rates gained Rs 3,000 each to Rs 65,000, Rs 69,000 and Rs 75,000, respectively.Rates to Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai went up by Rs 2,000 each to Rs 30,000, Rs 65,000 and Rs 28,000, respectively.Gwalior, Jaipur and Chandigarh rates too rose by Rs 1,000 each at Rs 10,000, Rs 12,000 and Rs 14,000, respectively.The...
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beleaguered government appeared poised on Friday to push ahead with measures to revive the economy after months of dithering, even as it came under heavy fire from allies and opponents alike for raising heavily subsidized fuel prices. Awas due to consider a proposal to allow foreign airlines to buy shareholdings in local carriers and will also discussphoto: photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry...
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carriers.Kashmiri college girls walk under garlands made of currency notes on display at a market in Srinagar September 3, 2012.(Reuters) - Rupee posted on Friday its biggest daily gain in two-and-a-half months after the government's diesel price hike raised hopes for more fiscal reforms, while the Federal Reserve's stimulus action sparked a rally in global risk assets.However, the rupee's session...
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BJP Friday demanded rollback of the Rs.5 a litre hike in diesel prices and the cap of six cylinders on supply of subsidised cooking gas to a family a year, while asking allies of theIn a statement, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu said the decisions should be rolled back in the interest of farmers and lower and middle class citizens of the country."The steep price hike in diesel and...
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termed the diesel price hike and limiting the number of subsidised cooking gas cylinders as a cruel joke on the common people of the country and demanded a roll-back."It is nothing but a cruel joke with people because they have been fighting for survival in view of high inflation rate," he told media persons here."Hike in diesel price will badly affect crores of farmers farming will become more costly...
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parties Friday staged protests in various parts of Odisha against hike in the price of diesel and restrictions on supply of subsidised cooking gas cylinders.The government Thursday announced a hike in diesel price by Rs.5 a litre and capped supply of subsidised cooking gas cylinders to six per family per year. The decisions came into effect midnight Thursday.In the state capital Bhubaneswar, hundreds...
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rollback of the diesel price hike saying it will hit everyone.He also flayed the cap on subsidised cooking gas cylinders to just six cylinders in a year for each household."It is a breakdown and failure of the economic policy of the government of India. The steep rise of diesel price will affect everyone, especially the poor in particular," Patnaik said.The chief minister said transport cost of essential...
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Friday following a worldwide rally after theThe government's decision to hike the diesel price and limit the distribution of subsidised cooking gas also helped stocks move up. Realty, metal and banking were the best performers.The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,284.75 points, closed at 18,464.27 points, 443.11 points or 2.46 percent up from...
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Thursday afternoon following a worldwide rally after theThe government's decision to hike diesel price and cut subsidies for cooking gas also helped stocks move up. Realty, metal and banking scrips were the best performers.The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,284.75 points, was ruling at 18,427.93 points, 406.77 points or 2.26 percent up from...
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late Thursday afternoon following a worldwide rally after theThe government's decision to hike diesel price and cut subsidies for cooking gas also helped stocks move up. Realty, metal and banking scrips were the best performers.The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,284.75 points, was ruling at 18,459.94 points, 438.78 points or 2.43 percent up...
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Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Friday supported the recent diesel price hike even as the Congress-led UPA Government came under heavy fire from allies and opponents alike for raising the fuel prices.Montek Ahluwalia said that the Planning Commission has also been stressing on the need to de-regularize diesel and petrol and bring the latter at par with world prices."The...
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Kolkata/Kochi, Sep 14 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Friday said that his party in coordination with other parties would organise a nation-wide protest to rollback the diesel price hike."Both the diesel price hike and the LPG cylinder restriction is going to hit the people in a bad way. Our party has strongly protested. We are going to discuss with...
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As cost pressures rise, traders and executives at the industry’s annual gathering in Moscow ponder how long financing deals will last...
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Shares in Indian oil marketing companies and refiners erase earlier sharp gains and turn negative as the spike in crude prices post-QE3 is seen offsetting the positive impact of the government's diesel price hike....
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government on Thursday raised the prices of heavily subsidized diesel by as much as Rs 5 per liter. The per liter prices of diesel will now be at Rs 46.95 as compared to earlier rate of Rs 41.32.The diesel price hike decision is not only receiving backlash from the opposition parties but also from the government’s own allies. It has been more than a year since the proposal of diesel price hike was...
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Making a strong pitch for immediate rollback of hike in diesel price, UPA allies and opposition parties have threatened to take to the streets with Samajwadi Party saying it will 'not hesitate to take stern steps'.While the Congress party termed the government's decision as one 'forced' upon it due to rise in international crude oil prices, a Congress Chief Minister demanded a partial rollback.Terming...
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Angered over the hike in the price of diesel, fishermen of Rameswaram, one of the major marine food centres in South India, staged a slogan shouting demonstration, here today.About 500 fishermen, owing allegience to various fishermen associations stood on their mechanised fishing trawlers at Rameswaram Fishing Jetty and shouted slogans against the Centre for hiking diesel price. They demanded that...
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has announced a sharp rise in the price of diesel, the first increase in more than one year, in an attempt to cut the country's budget deficit.The increase will add to concerns about the rising cost of living ahead of the release of August inflation figures, as the BBC's Yogita Limaye reports.This...
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KOLKATA: Slamming the Centre for hiking the price of diesel and restricting supply of cooking gas,on Friday said his party will hold discussions with other parties on organising a stir to press for roll back."Both the decisions of hiking the diesel price and restricting the supply of subsidised cooking to six cylinders per household in a year are going to hit the common people badly," he told reporters...
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etc.NEW DELHI: The government's move to raise diesel prices sharply may push up prices in the short-term but will pave the way for a possible easing ofin the weeks ahead, economists said. The long- awaited move is likely to help RBI breathe easy for now as it has been urging the government to get its finances in order."The initial impact on inflation would be around 60 basis points (100 basis pointsone...
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etc.rose more than 2 percent to new seven-month highs on Friday after the government announced a hike in diesel prices and after theState-owned oil companies such as Bharat Petroleum Corp led the rally after India raised the price of heavily subsidised diesel on Thursday to rein in its fiscal deficit.Lenders such as State Bank of India also rose on expectations the government's fiscal consolidation...
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 (IANS) Non-Congress parties Friday staged protests in various parts of Odisha against hike in the price of diesel and restrictions on supply of subsidised cooking gas cylinders.The government Thursday announced a hike in diesel price by Rs.5 a litre and capped supply of subsidised cooking gas cylinders to six per family per year. The decisions came into effect midnight Thursday.In...
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politically-sensitive move, the government Thursday announced a hike in heavily-subsidised diesel price by Rs.5 a litre to check fiscal deficit and limited availability of cooking gas cylinders per family to six per year. The hikes come into effect midnight Thursday.The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, took the decision, which has been decried...
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Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday defended the government's decision to hike the price of diesel by Rupees five a litre, saying that this increase was essential for the economy."No government takes such decisions happily, we are increasing diesel price only because it is essential for the economy. A sensitive government when it takes tough decision doesn't take it with glee; this increase in...
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Shares in Indian oil marketing companies and refiners erase earlier sharp gains and turn negative as the spike in crude prices post-QE3 is seen offsetting the positive impact of the government's diesel price hike.Brent crude has risen more than $1 a barrel towards $117 after the Federal Reserve announced a new asset-purchase programme on Thursday.Goldman Sachs says the diesel hike in India would be...
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Strongly backing the decision to hike diesel price and cap on supply of subsidised LPG, Planning Commission on Friday said the country needs lot of tough decisions and diesel and petrol prices should be deregulated in phases to cut down deficit."Diesel price hike is a tough decision and we need lot of tough decisions to get to 8 per cent growth rate," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh...
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Condemning the abrupt hike in diesel price, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat said Friday his party in coordination with other parties would organise a nation-wide protest to force the government to rollback the diesel price hike."We condemn this decision of diesel price hike and restricted availability of cooking gas cylinders per family to six per year. We strongly...
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steep hike in the diesel price in India and the US Federal Reserve's third quantitative easing (QE3) boosted the stock market on Friday with the Sensex and the Nifty rising almost 2 percent each.The 30-share BSE Sensex rose by 330.56 points to 18,351.72 while the 50-share NSE Nifty rose over 100 points to touch the crucial 5,550 mark Friday.Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd surged 4.6 pc while HPCL and IOC...
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Communist Party of India-Marxist, Diesel price Hike, CPI-M General secretary, Government, Nationwide ProtestCondemning the abrupt hike in diesel price, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat said today his party in coordination with other parties would organise a nation-wide protest to force the government to rollback the diesel price hike."We condemn this decision...
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Angered over the hike in the price of diesel, fishermen of Rameswaram, one of the major marine food centres in South India, staged a slogan shouting demonstration, here today. About 500 fishermen, owing allegience to various fishermen associations stood on their mechanised fishing trawlers at Rameswaram Fishing Jetty and shouted slogans against the Centre for hiking diesel price....
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Condemning the abrupt hike in diesel price, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat said Friday his party in coordination with other parties would organise a nation-wide protest to force the government to rollback the diesel price hike....
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Non-Congress parties Friday staged protests in various parts of Odisha against hike in the price of diesel and restrictions on supply of subsidised cooking gas cylinders....
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Slamming the UPA government at the Centre for diesel price hike, the Communist Party of India (M) today demanded its immediate rollback. CPI(M) State Secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, in a statement here, said steep increase in prices of diesel entails cascading effect on all commodities that hit the interests of the poor and lower middle class....
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across the country have expressed outrage following the central governments decision to hike diesel price by five rupees per litre, and restricted sales of subsidised cooking fuel or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders to six per consumer annually....
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Congress leader Manish Tewari on Friday defended the governments decision to hike the price of diesel by Rupees five a litre, saying that this increase was essential for the economy....
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benchmark index of Indian equities markets surged 407 points Thursday afternoon following a worldwide rally after the US Federal Reserve announced a new stimulus plan to revive growth in the worlds largest...
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Congress-led UPA government at the centre is facing united opposition from all quarters.Opposition parties, its allies and aam aadmi have joined hands to strongly condemn the sharp increase in diesel price on Friday, Sept 14.The diesel price has been increased by Rs 5 a litre and each household will get only six domestic LPG (14.2 Kg) cylinders per annum at a subsidised rate. These decisions were taken...
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Criticising the diesel price hike, the Congress-led UDF Government as well as CPI(M)-led LDF opposition combine in Kerala today said it could lead to a further bout of price rise in the state which depends heavily on neighbours for its needs.The LDF and BJP gave separate calls for dawn-to-dusk hartal tomorrow to protest the decision and demanded roll-back of the hike.Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said...
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Slamming the Centre for hiking the price of diesel and restricting supply of cooking gas, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Friday said his party will hold discussions with other parties on organising a stir to press for roll back."Both the decisions of hiking the diesel price and restricting the supply of subsidised cooking to six cylinders per household in a year are going to hit the common...
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Strongly backing the decision to hike diesel price and cap on supply of subsidised LPG, Planning Commission today said the country needs lot of tough decisions and diesel and petrol prices should be deregulated in phases to cut down deficit."Diesel price hike is a tough decision and we need lot of tough decisions to get to 8 per cent growth rate," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh told...
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Here's how political leaders reacted to the government's decision to hike the price of diesel by Rs 5 and limit the number of subsidised gas cylinders to six per household per year."Both the decisions of hiking the diesel price and restricting the supply of subsidised cooking to six cylinders per household in a year are going to hit the common people badly.""CPI-M has already strongly criticised the...
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trongly backing the decision to hike diesel price and cap on supply of subsidised liquefied petroleum gas, Planning Commission said on Friday the country needs lot of tough decisions and diesel and petrol prices should be deregulated in phases to cut down deficit."Diesel price hike is a tough decision and we need lot of tough decisions to get to 8 per cent growth rate," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman...
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Slamming the Centre for hiking the price of diesel and restricting supply of cooking gas, CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat Friday said his party will hold discussions with other parties on organising a stir to press for roll back."Both the decisions of hiking the diesel price and restricting the supply of subsidised cooking to six cylinders per household in a year are going to hit the common people...
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Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs on Thursday approved a Rs. 5 hike in the price of diesel. It also decided to restrict the supply of subsidised cooking gas to six cylinders per household in a year. Here are some of the reactions on the price hike:As a member of the council of ministers I do realize the imperative of raising prices of commodities like diesel and LPG, but this tough measure is...
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Signs of the Congress' growing discomfort with the hike in diesel prices are becoming clearer. Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday demanded a partial reduction of prices, if not a full rollback.The price of diesel was increased by Rs 5 a litre on Thursday night, setting off a storm of protests by the Congress' allies as well as the Opposition. The party has defended the hike, saying it was...
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14 : Planning Commission deputy chairperson Montek Singh Ahluwalia today welcomed the diesel price hike, saying it was one of those tough decisions needed for growth, and more such decisions were necessary.Speaking to newspersons in New Delhi, Ahluwalia said, diesel was a general purpose fuel and we cannot afford to starve our oil marketing companies, which would have been a disaster."I understand...
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Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit today openly came out in support of diesel price hike and cut in LPG subsidy for households.The chief minister said, diesel price hike was a necessity, and the decision was taken after due consideration."As of today, diesel is the cheapest in Delhi, and if we can do something (to lower the hike), we will do",...
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13: The automobile industry welcomed the diesel price hike, saying it is a much-awaited decision. Auto-makers, however, added that the hike has come at a wrong time for the overall economy."It is a good decision but the Rs 5 per litre hike will hurt the consumer and market. We have been saying that diesel prices should be corrected in a staggered manner," Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers...
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Shares of oil marketing companies such as BPCL, HPCL and IOC, on Friday gained as much as 7 per cent after the governmentBPCL rallied 6.87 per cent to Rs 378.9, while HPCL gained 6.13 per cent to Rs 327Analysts said the move would reduce the subsidy burden of oil marketing companies."This move is likely to have a short-term positive movement in stock prices of oil marketing companies," Angel Broking...
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cylinders to six per annum and the hike in diesel prices will increase an average middleclass household budget by a few thousand rupees a year. As a family of four uses about nine cylinders a year, the rest of the three cylinders have to be bought at about 730 each,rose more than 2% to new seven-month highs after a hike in diesel prices and theannounced a new asset purchase programme MUMBAI: Sensex...
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worker fills a car with diesel at a fuel station in Ahmedabad September 13, 2012.(Reuters) - The beleaguered government appeared poised on Friday to push ahead with measures to revive the economy after months of dithering, even as it came under heavy fire from allies and opponents alike for raising heavily subsidized fuel prices.A cabinet committee was due to consider a proposal to allow foreign airlines...
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The Sensex and the Nifty rose around 2 pct each on Friday after the government announced a hike in diesel prices and after the Federal Reserve announced a new asset purchase programme.Investors fear a planned tie-up aimed at creating world's biggest defence & aerospace group could face obstacles.A...
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The Sensex and the Nifty rose around 2 pct each on Friday after the government announced a hike in diesel prices and after the Federal Reserve announced a new asset purchase programme.Investors fear a planned tie-up aimed at creating world's biggest defence & aerospace group could face obstacles.A worker fills a car with diesel at a fuel station in Ahmedabad September 13, 2012.(Reuters) - The beleaguered...
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pushes the frame of the cabin of a Mahindra Bolero vehicle at the company's manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Mumbai May 23, 2012.(Reuters) - India's first diesel price hike in more than a year clouds the only bright spot in the country's struggling car market, but carmakers will also be quietly relieved after lobbying hard against the gloomier alternative of a tax on diesel vehicles.Diesel,...
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The Sensex and the Nifty rose around 2 pct each on Friday after the government announced a hike in diesel prices and after the Federal Reserve announced a new asset purchase programme.Investors fear a planned tie-up aimed at creating world's biggest defence & aerospace group could face obstacles.An employee...
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The Sensex and the Nifty rose around 2 pct each on Friday after the government announced a hike in diesel prices and after the Federal Reserve announced a new asset purchase programme.Investors fear a planned tie-up aimed at creating world's biggest defence & aerospace group could face obstacles.An employee pushes the frame of the cabin of a Mahindra Bolero vehicle at the company's manufacturing plant...
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Friday his party in coordination with other parties would organise a nation-wide protest to force the government to rollback the diesel price hike."We condemn this decision of diesel price hike and restricted availability of cooking gas cylinders per family to six per year. We strongly oppose this decision," Karat told reporters here.The government Thursday announced a hike in diesel price by Rs.five...
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UPA government is under pressure to rollback the hike in diesel prices. The government decided to hike the price of diesel by Rs 5 per litre on Thursday and limited availability of cooking gas (LPG) cylinders per family to six per year. The hikes came into effect midnight yesterday. Furious allies and opposition have condemned the decision and calling it ‘anti-aam aadmi move’.It, however, left kerosene...
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first diesel price hike in more than a year clouds the only bright spot in the country's struggling car market, but carmakers will also be quietly relieved after lobbying hard against the gloomier alternative of a tax on diesel vehicles....
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latest hike in diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre will partially help Hindustan Petroleum, Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil Corporation partially recoup losses. These state-run oil retailers lose around Rs 13-15 on sale of per litre of diesel and are approximately losing Rs 200 crore each day due to government-dictated sale rates....
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employee pushes the frame of the cabin of a Mahindra Bolero vehicle at the company's manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Mumbai May 23, 2012. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashMUMBAI (Reuters) - India's first diesel price hike in more than a year clouds the only bright spot in the country's struggling car market, but carmakers will also be quietly relieved after lobbying hard against the gloomier alternative...
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India has announced a sharp rise in the price of diesel, the first increase in more than one year, in an attempt to cut the country's budget deficit.India subsidises the prices of diesel, cooking gas and kerosene oil to help the poor and keep inflation in check.However, this has resulted in a growing budget deficit and there have been concerns the policy may be hurting India's overall economic growth.The...
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a time when the cost of daily essentials is breaking the back of salaried employees and businessmen alike, every commodity sold nationwide will now become more expensive due to the Rs 5 hike in diesel rates. Households will have to double their annual budget forgas cylinders as each family is now slapped with a quota of six "subsidised" cylinders per year.A single domestic cylinder currently costs...
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per annum and the hike in diesel prices will increase an average middleclass household budget by a few thousand rupees a year.of the three cylinders have to be bought at about 730 each, which means an additional expenditure of about 1,000. Adding to that burden would be the expected increase in prices of vegetables and other commodities that come to the city by trucks. Chithranath Vadakkeppat, a resident...
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Condemning the Centre's decision to hike the price of diesel and restrict the sale of"If the UPA government is really concerned about the common people, it should immediately roll back the hike," she said in a statement. She said the hike will lead to a steep increase in the fares of autorickshaws and maintenance of private vehicles such as cars, vans and lorries.DMK chief M Karunanidhi expressed shock...
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Left Front chairman Biman Bose Thursday condemned the union government's decision to hike diesel prices, saying such "anti-people" decisions will have a "disastrous impact" on the daily life of the masses."The common people is currently reeling under the pressure of price rise of essentials. This decision of increasing the price rise of diesel by Rs.5 will have a disastrous impact on their daily life,"...
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government on Thursday hiked the price of diesel by Rs 5 per litre and restricted sales of subsidised LPG cylinders to six per consumer every year, in a bid to rein in the nation’s ballooning fiscal deficit but dealing a blow to innumerable households.Even though prices of kerosene or petrol were not hiked, the raise in the LPG prices was seen as a significant blow to the budgets families who rely...
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: Allies of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the opposition united to demand a rollback of the hike in diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre announced by the Centre on Thursday.In a bid to rein its ballooning fiscal deficit, India’s government on Thursday hiked the price of subsidised diesel by Rs 5 and restricted sales of subsidised LPG cylinders to six per consumer every...
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Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she would not immediately pull out of the government over the diesel price hike for the sake of stability but would unleash a big protest to force the centre to roll it back.The centre on Thursday hiked the price of subsidised diesel by Rs 5 and restricted sales of subsidised LPG cylinders to six per consumer every year, though...
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Allies of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and the opposition united to demand a rollback of the hike in diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre announced by the Centre on Thursday.In a bid to rein its ballooning fiscal deficit, India's government on Thursday hiked the price of subsidised diesel by Rs 5 and restricted sales of subsidised LPG cylinders to six per consumer every...
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Timeline.Kolkata, Sep 13: Key UPA ally and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee opposed diesel price hike and curb on purchase of subsidised cooking gas cylinders and she is set to lead a street rally here on Saturday demanding their rollback."We are unhappy and astonished that inspite of the formation of the UPA coordination committee after a long time, such a decision was taken without consulting...
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government on Thursday gave a double body blow to the budgets of middle-class households, by hiking the diesel prices by Rs5 per litre and limiting the number of subsidised cylinders to six per year per household.Housewives reacted strongly to the hike that is expected to further increase the price of essential commodities, as transporters saidthey would transfer the burden of the hike on the cons...
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political affairs today decided to raise diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre, excluding value-added tax. Petrol prices remain unchanged.The much-awaited move to bridge the price gap between the two fuels is unlikely to boost the sales of petrol models in the short term. Car sales have seen its sharpest drop of 19 per cent in 10 months in August.There could be a marginal rise in petrol car sales in the...
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Diesel price raised by Rs 5.85 a litre, LPG supply capped at 6 cylinders per family in a yearThe Centre tonight raised the price of diesel by Rs 5 a litre and restricted the annual supply of subsidised gas cylinders to six per family, signalling the launch of measures that carry the risk of a backlash but are intended at battling a perception of paralytic indecisiveness |When Pranab Mukherjee steps...
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a politically-sensitive move, the government Thursday announced a hike in heavily-subsidised diesel price by Rs.5 a litre to check fiscal deficit and limited availability of cooking gas cylinders per family to six per year. The hikes come into effect midnight Thursday.The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, took the decision, which has been decried...
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West Bengal Left Front chairman Biman Bose Thursday condemned the union governments decision to hike diesel prices, saying such anti-people decisions will have a disastrous impact on the daily life of the masses....
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a politically-sensitive move, the government Thursday announced a hike in heavily-subsidised diesel price by Rs.5 a litre to check fiscal deficit and limited availability of cooking gas cylinders per family to six per year. The hikes come into effect midnight...
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Uttar Pradesh BJP tonight announced to hold statewide agitation tomorrow to protest against the Rs 5 hike in the price of diesel and rationing of LPG cylinders. Criticising the UPA governemnt for burdening on poor people of the country by this hike, UP BJP president Laxmikant Bajpai also held the ruling Samajwadi Party and the main opposition Bahujan Samaj Party, supporting the UPA government...
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and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursdayopposed diesel price hike and curb on purchase of subsidised cooking gas cylinders and she is set to lead a street rally here on Saturday demanding their rollback."We are unhappy and astonished that inspite of the formation of the UPA coordination committee after a long time, such a decision was taken without consulting us," the West Bengal chief...
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set-up shows govt was planning to hike LPG prices for some time now....
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Terming hike in diesel price as an anti-people step by Congress-led UPA government, Samajwadi Party today announced that it would hold a sit-in against the move across the state."The move to hike diesel price is anti-people and will increase prices. Samajwadi Party opposes the move and will hold sit-in across the state to protest the hike," SP spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary told PTI.He said the party...
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Opposing the diesel price hike by the Centre, the NCP has demanded a rollback saying that the change will be a further burden on the common man."The Centre should consider rollback in the diesel price and should not put a cap on subsidised LPG especially given the high price ofessential goods thereby affecting the common man," NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said.5.62 per litre and restricted the supply...
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Describing the hike in diesel prices as a cruel joke and "mortal blow" on the common man and farmers, BJP on Thursday accused the government of conspiring with petrol 'mafia' and said it will not allow the hike and take to the streets instead."This is a cruel joke on the common man in the country. It has hit farmers hard during the peak paddy sowing season. We will not allow this hike. We will not...
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Allies and opposition parties on Thursday night attacked the Government over the hike in diesel prices saying it will further hit the common man and demanded an immediate rollback.The second-largest constituent of the UPA-- Trinamool Congress, strongly opposed the increase in diesel prices."We are unhappy. We will not accept it and demand its rollback," West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress...
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Thursday said it was not in favour of an increase to such an extent because it hurts the farmers and the common man.Party General Secretary Digvijay Singh said "we are not in favour of a hike in diesel prices to such an extent because it hurts the farmers and common man."The government has to take a conscious decision after taking all allies of UPA into confidence, he said adding this should be discussed...
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on Friday night said it was not in favour of an increase to such an extent because it hurts the farmers and the common man.Party General Secretary Digvijay Singh said "we are not in favour of a hike in diesel prices to such an extent because it hurts the farmers and common man."The government has to take a conscious decision after taking all allies of UPA into confidence, he said adding this should...
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Allies and opposition parties on Thursday attacked the government over the hike inThe second-largest constituent of the UPA-- Trinamool Congress, strongly opposed the increase in diesel prices."We are unhappy. We will not accept it and demand its rollback," West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress president"We were not consulted for this," Railway Minister Mukul Roy, another TMC leader, said...
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Auto-makers, however, added that the hike has come at a wrong time for the overall economy."It is a good decision but the Rs 5 per litre hike will hurt the consumer and market. We have been saying that diesel prices should be corrected in a staggered manner,"Mahindra & Mahindra Chief Executive (Automotive Division) Pravin Shah said: "This is a much-debated and much-awaited decision. For the auto industry,...
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The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has chosen to raise the price of diesel by Rs 5. The price of petrol, being unregulated, remains the same. The price of diesel is thus now hovering around the Rs 50/ litre mark.The price of LPG and kerosene have also been left untouched, but the number of LPG cylinders is now capped at six per family. The current losses of state-run oil companies is currently...
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Signalling the government’s readiness to take hard economic decisions, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs on Thursday hiked diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre (excluding local taxes), to take effect from midnight, and capped subsidised LPG cylinders to six per year for a household. The Trinamul Congress and Samajwadi Party voiced strong objections and demanded a total rollback.Any number of LPG...
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