Heena Gambhir

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  Won't Be Surprised If Retail Inflation Goes Back To 10%: Ashok Gulati

  The government needs to streamline its policies if it wants to avoid a situation with retail inflation hitting 10 per cent in the next 3-4 months, the noted agricultural economist said.

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  Monsoon To Be Above Normal, Reaching Kerala In 4-5 Days: Met Department

  There are 96 per cent chances that rainfall will be normal to excess this year, the Indian Meteorological Department said today, keeping its forecast for monsoon unchanged. There are also zero per cent chances of the monsoon being deficient this year.

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  April Wholesale Inflation At 0.34%, Turns Positive After 17 Months

  After remaining negative for 17 months in a row, the wholesale inflation in April turned positive at 0.34 per cent on some recovery in the global commodity prices.

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  Odd-Even Should Only Be Used As Emergency Measure: TERI

  Regularising the Odd-Even scheme for vehicles in Delhi will not help in reducing pollution level in the national capital, and should only be used as an emergency measure, The Energy and Resources Institute or TERI said today.

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  Coal Production Target At 598 Million Tonnes For FY17: Coal Secretary

  Government has set the 2016-17 coal production target for Coal India at 598 million tonnes, Coal secretary, Anil Swarup told NDTV Profit in an exclusive interview.

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  Why Fuel Prices May Not Be Cut In Near Future

  here is news for those who are paying more for petrol & diesel since 16th March. The oil producers are meeting in Doha in April and may take a step which may end the possibility of a downward revision in the prices of petrol & diesel in the near future.

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  Government Sops Fail To Revive 5,100 Km Highway Stuck in Limbo

  Over half the highways being developed in India under the build-operate-transfer or BOT model are stuck in limbo despite two attempts by the government since May to revive them, officials say.

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  Our Monsoon Forecast Correct, Says Met Department

  The monsoon may start to retreat from first week of September or may be early next week, Indian Meteorological Department's chief LS Rathore told NDTV, even as the countrywide rain deficit grew to 12 per cent for the season.

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  Monsoon Deficient, Pulse Producing Zones to be Hit Hard, Warns Met Department

  The price of pulses can only go north in the coming weeks. The top pulse producing regions have not received enough rain so far and will see the dry phase continuing for the next 10 days, the meteorological department has warned.

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  Government Plans to Reduce Stake in PSU Banks to 52%: Sources

  The government is also planning to seek an additional Rs 11,000 crore for public sector banks, apart from the budgeted Rs 11,200 crore, sources said.

• Fuel Subsidy to Reduce to Rs 75,000 Crore This Year: Oil Minister

  Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said in an interview to NDTV that the move to deregulate diesel prices is a "well thought decision" and the markets are appreciating it. He also said that as the world is seeing some stability in oil prices, it is the best time to make the most of this opportunity.

• Mukesh Ambani Not Going to Japan with PM Modi Due to Prior Commitments

  Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, who was named by the government as part of the business delegation accompanying Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Japan, is not going due to prior business commitments, said sources in Reliance.

• 'Creeping' Price Hike for Urea, Just Like Diesel: Sources

  According to a senior official in the department, the urea price hike may be a creeping hike just like diesel, to eventually reduce the subsidy burden.

• At 46 Degrees, Hottest Day in Delhi in 16 Years

  Delhi today recorded its hottest day in 16 years with temperature at the Palam airport touching 46 degree Celsius.

• Delhi experiences season's worst fog in four years, several flights and trains affected

  Delhi is experiencing the worst fog since 2010, severely disrupting air, road and rail traffic in the national capital.