Tag: Hike

UP power hike likely in June

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) is expected to announce the revised power tariff by the first week of June, official sources said.

May 1, 2023

UP transport corporation proposes hike in bus fare

If the proposal is approved by the State Government, for every 100 km, the fare will go up by Rs 25.

January 22, 2023

Power tariff hiked across J&K, Ladakh UTs

 The order adds that the average overall nominal increase over the previous tariff last revised in 2016-17 is 8%.

October 14, 2022

Bangladesh hikes fuel prices to highest in history

The Bangladeshi government on Friday night hiked the fuel prices by up to 51.7 per cent with effect from Saturday, reports Xinhua news agency.

August 6, 2022

Decision for 5% GST on essential taken by GoM: Govt

Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Choudhary said that the GoM included ministers from states like Karnataka, Bihar, Kerala, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal. This GoM takes decisions unanimously.

July 26, 2022

Prices of fruits, veggies surge following fuel price hike

The hike in the price of fruits and vegetables comes as the country is witnessing a surge in fuel prices, including Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). In Gujarat's Surat, the price of lemon has gone up to Rs 300 per kilogram due to increased demand and shortage in supply.

April 8, 2022

Fuel prices hiked for 13th time in 15 days

Consequently, in the past 15 days, petrol prices have increased by Rs 9.40 per litre in the national capital. These prices were revised for the very first time on March 22 after a gap of more than four months.

April 5, 2022

Mann bars fee hike by private schools in Punjab

In a video message, the CM also directed schools against making parents buy school textbooks and uniforms from particular shops and instead asked them to make available details of all such shops in the concerned area so that parents can choose a shop of their choice.

March 30, 2022

Social pension hiked by two and a half times, pensioners doubled since 2015 : Haryana govt

An official spokesperson said in 2015, a total of 15,55,440 beneficiaries were given Rs 1000 per month, whereas today the number of beneficiaries has increased to 28,57,529 and the pension has increased to Rs 2500 per month.

February 8, 2022

Fuel prices hike paused after a week

The price pause came after fuel prices rose consistently for the past seven days taking the rates to all-time high levels. The prices of petrol and diesel remained steady on 4 October, but saw a hike after that.

October 12, 2021

Petrol, diesel price hike continues unabated

The daily review and revision of prices is based on the average price of benchmark fuel in the international market in the preceding 15-days, and foreign exchange rates.

October 11, 2021

After oil, gas price may see surge upsetting CNG, PNG rates

We compute a steep increase in domestic gas price to US$6.6-7.6/mn BTU for 1HFY23E, driven by the recent steep increase in global gas prices and anticipated higher futures curve in the coming months,"

October 3, 2021

MSP of wheat hiked ’50 per quintal

Addressing their concern, the minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said that the legislation was not against any religion or NGO.

September 22, 2020

IMF welcomes RBI decision to hike interest rates

RBI had increased the lending rate by 25 basis points.

June 8, 2018

Airtel and Hike partner to launch ‘Total’ service for ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’ programme

Homegrown messaging app Hike Messenger on Wednesday partnered with telecom service provider Airtel to embed its “Total” service on mobile phones under the latter’s “Mera Pehla Smartphone” programme. “Users can access services such as messaging, news and recharge without an active data connection and get online with access to data packs for as low as...

February 7, 2018

Coal India hike prices for both power, non-power consumers

The Coal India board has approved a non-coking coal price hike for both power and non-power consumers. The price increase is expected to push the miner’s revenue up by Rs 1,956 crore for the remaining period of the current fiscal. Effective from Tuesday, the revision is projected to lead to an incremental annual revenue of...

January 10, 2018

Fare hike will kill Delhi Metro, says Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the hike in fares will “kill the Delhi Metro” operations and questioned its purpose of the transport facility. “This steep hike in metro fare will kill Delhi Metro. If people stop using it, then what purpose does it serve,” Kejriwal tweeted. This steep hike in metro fare...

November 25, 2017