From being 1-2% below general rate between Nov 2017 and Feb 2020, inflation in milk & milk products has gone up to at least 2% more than general inflation in past 3 months.
Case was filed by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury against TMC govt's stake sale in Metro Dairy to Keventer Agro Ltd. Chidambaram appeared as counsel for Keventer.
Most major ice cream brands have seen a double digit growth against the pre-Covid levels of 2019. Starting from February, sales figures have touched as high as 20-30%.
While lockdown restrictions hit business to an extent, sales also affected by 'misconception' that ice cream makes one susceptible to Covid because one can catch cold, say stakeholders.
India's adoration of the armed forces has a curious strain of moral puritanism that elevates military personnel into national icons and then resents them for behaving like ordinary people.
Carriers joining the fuel stabilisation scheme will buy ATF at predetermined rates backed by a Rs 10,000-crore fund approved by Union Cabinet, says civil aviation ministry.
An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.
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