In a bid to check the rise in prices of pulses in the domestic market, the government has allowed the millers/refiners to import 4 lakh tonnes of urad (Black Matpe) in the financial year 2021-22.Retail prices of urad dal are ruling over Rs 100 .
Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (Photo/ ANI)
Piyush Goyal calls for working towards ensuring India s recognition on global stage as quality conscious country ANI | Updated: Mar 03, 2021 22:48 IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Wednesday called for for working towards ensuring India s recognition on global stage as quality conscious country.
Goyal, who was speaking at the concluding session of the Workshop on Easing Compliance of BIS Certifications, said, We should make the Indian standard a world-wide accepted standard. BIS should operate on QUICK model - quality, uniformity through one nation one standard, international mindset, conformity assessment and knowledge sharing.
The workshop, which is being held at BIS headquarters, will focus on various aspects of standards formulations, conformity assessment processes and requirements of testing.
Prices of food items soar again
March 02, 2021
Government data shows a 2.7-37 per cent increase within a month’s time
Cooking a daily meal has got expensive as prices of onion, tomato, pulses and mustard oil seeing a spike. Government data show prices of basic cooking items have registered a2.7-37 per cent rise in a month’s time.
A combination of factors such as surge in diesel prices and higher temperature affecting crops is likely to have pushed up inflation. The government will release retail inflation data for February on March 12. What is interesting is that the rate of retail inflation for January was 4.06 per cent while food inflation was at 1.89 per cent, mainly on account of lower vegetable prices.