Upa Price Rise

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  "Window Dressing Won't Make Reality Disappear": Congress On White Paper

  The Congress alleged on Thursday that the government's white paper on the country's economy under the UPA rule is aimed at hiding "the dark truth" and said hunger, price rise, unemployment and abject poverty are a lived reality for a vast majority of

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  "Price Rise, Unemployment...": Congress' Black Paper Attack On Government

  A 'white' vs 'black' war dominated Indian politics Thursday with the government and the opposition releasing competing factsheets on the economy during the 10 years of the Congress-led UPA and the past decade, in which PM Modi's BJP was in power.

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  "4-5 Businessmen Benefitting From Fuel Price Rise": Rahul Gandhi In Goa

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the BJP on increasing fuel prices. He pointed out that crude oil prices were much higher when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was in power and yet, people are forced to pay more now.

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  Petroleum Minister Says UPA Era Outstanding Oil Bonds Hurting Economy

  Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said that Rs 1.5 lakh crore of oil bonds issued by the Congress-led UPA regime remain outstanding.

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  Mayawati Stumps Congress As Opposition Looks To Corner BJP On Fuel Prices

  BSP president Mayawati's remarks holding the previous UPA government and the BJP equally responsible for the steep hike in fuel prices has caught Congress completely by surprise. Congress leaders now feel Mayawati's comments will raise a question mark on attempts at striking an opposition unity ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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  Shiv Sena Slams Ally BJP for Failing to Control Inflation

  Rapping ally BJP, the Shiv Sena today said while former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was easily blamed for inflation during UPA rule, the present governments in the state and at the Centre have also failed to check the rising prices of essential commodities even after one year.

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  Price Rise Would Have Been Better Reason Than Nuclear Deal to Pull Out of UPA: CPI(M) Chief Sitaram Yechury to NDTV

  Sitaram Yechury, the new head of the CPI (M), has for the first time admitted that the party should have found a more people-friendly reason than the Indo-US nuclear deal to withdraw support to Dr Manmohan Singh's government in 2008.

• No Relief From Inflation as More Veggies Get Costlier

  The issue of price rise was on the menu both inside and outside Parliament on Wednesday.

• Congress Worsened Matters, Wants to Pass on Blame: Arun Jaitley in Rajya Sabha

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in a reply to a discussion in the Rajya Sabha, put the blame for rise in prices of essentials, squarely on the previous Congress-led UPA government.

• Protests Over Price Rise in Parliament and Outside

  There was no Question Hour in either House of Parliament on the first day of the Budget session today, with the Opposition closing ranks demanding immediate discussions on the issue of rise in prices of essentials.

• Rising Inflation Fallout of UPA Legacy: Rajnath Singh

  Union Home Minister and BJP President Rajnath Singh today said that rising inflation was a fallout of the policy paralysis that prevailed during the Congress-led UPA regime and added that the nascent Narendra Modi government will need time to rein in the price rise.

• Prime Minister attributes rising prices to global factors, higher minimum support price

  Attributing rising prices to global factors and a higher minimum support price (MSP), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said the government has tried to protect interests of poor people by maintaining supply through a public distribution system (PDS).

• Narendra Modi targets Congress over corruption, says A for Adarsh, B for Bofors

  BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today slammed the Congress-led UPA government over corruption and price rise by saying the "ABCD of corruption" had become the identity of the party.

• The worry about inflation is legitimate: Manmohan Singh

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his first press conference in over three years, is speaking on the accomplishments of the UPA government.

• UPA managed economy better than NDA, but government data silent on price rise

  The government has released a factsheet of key economic indicators ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's press conference on Friday. The data indicates that Dr Singh's government has overall done better than the previous BJP-led NDA government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The factsheet, however, has no mention of inflation, seen as a key factor in t...