Price-rise slows petroproduct consumption
Indians lost some of their appetite for petro-products at the end of a year of soaring prices. "A price rise," mused an economist, now with the Government, "always results in deferred consumption."

E-trade poised to turn textile industry around
E-commerce is poised to radically turnaround the present brick 'n mortar operations in the Indian textile supply chain by bringing about a seamless integration among the lowest in the rung. The lowest rung consists of spinners and topmost retailers.

New WPI fails to capture real inflation rate
Notwithstanding the spurt in annual rate of inflation following revision of the base year to a new series of 1993-94 and jugglery of weightage constituent groups, very little has been achieved in bringing the WPI-based annual inflation rate closer to the true price changes.


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