Essayer OR - Gratuit
Govt evaluating impact of PDS rations on inflation
Hindustan Times
|November 22, 2024
When Dubai got selected as the host for the World Expo 2020, Baskin Robbins declared it would serve everyone who walked into their outlets in the UAE a free scoop of ice-cream.
Hell broke loose. The American ice-cream chain couldn't handle a surge of crowds, which spilled from one street to another for a single scoop of its most basic ice-cream.
Consumers tend to feel irrationally drawn to free stuff, known as the zero-price effect. Some economists consider zero price to be a price point that can impact inflation.
India offers food grains to nearly 813 million needy people at zero price, or for free, under the National Food Security Act 2013. Through the public distribution system (PDS), each beneficiary gets five kilos of rice or wheat, which before the pandemic was anyway heavily subsidized at 3 and 2 per kilo respectively.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition November 22, 2024 de Hindustan Times.
Abonnez-vous à Magzter GOLD pour accéder à des milliers d'histoires premium sélectionnées et à plus de 9 000 magazines et journaux.
Déjà abonné ? Se connecter
PLUS D'HISTOIRES DE Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
ED ATTACHING ASSETS IN PROBE AGAINST ANIL AMBANI'S FIRM
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is in the process of attaching properties worth several crores belonging to the Reliance Group led by industrialist Anil Ambani in connection with its money laundering probe into alleged loan fraud against him and his group companies, people familiar with the development said on Sunday.
1 min
November 03, 2025
Hindustan Times
‘India’s heritage mix of ancient wisdom, science’
President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said that the integration of ancient Vedic knowledge with cutting-edge scientific research and the spirit of universal brotherhood is advancing India’s knowledge tradition in contemporary times.
1 min
November 03, 2025
Hindustan Times
SHAFALI: FROM NOT BEING PART OF ORIGINAL TEAM TO HERO IN FINAL
Shafali Verma would always remain in the scheme of things. Shafali Verma wasn't picked for the World Cup.
1 min
November 03, 2025
Hindustan Times
Infighting and discord plague Oppn, says PM
The Opposition was marred by infighting, with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) strong-arming the Congress into accepting their candidate as the INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial face, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he intensified his attack on the Grand Alliance ahead of the first phase of voting in Bihar.
3 mins
November 03, 2025
Hindustan Times
27-yr-old MCD gardener plants fake identity as CMO official, dupes patients with forged letters
POLICE SAID MAN USED TO TARGET PATIENTS UNDER EWS CATEGORY AND TOOK ₹5,000 FROM EACH OF THEM
1 min
November 03, 2025
Hindustan Times
15 killed as mini bus rams into parked trailer in Raj
At least 15 people were killed and two others were injured after a mini bus collided with a trailer parked on the Bharatmala highway (NH-15) in Rajasthan's Phalodi, nearly 40 kilometres away from Jodhpur on Sunday, police said.
1 mins
November 03, 2025
Hindustan Times
Delhi air nears 'severe' level; CAQM delays Stage 3 steps
For a second consecutive day on Sunday, Delhi's air quality index jumped sharply - it reached 366 at 4pm - as a thick, toxic haze blanketed the Capital through the day. Yet the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) failed to trigger stricter pollution controls under the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) mandated by the Supreme Court.
3 mins
November 03, 2025
Hindustan Times
60-yr-old convict found dead in Prayagraj jail
A 60-year-old convict serving life sentence was found dead inside Naini Central Jail in Prayagraj, jail officials said on Sunday, suspecting it to be a case of suicide.
1 min
November 03, 2025
Hindustan Times
Sub-panel of 12 members formed to resume works at Banke Bihari
The high-powered panel constituted by the Supreme Court to look after the management of the Banke Bihari Temple in Vrindavan has formed a 12-member sub-committee to resume the construction of the proposed corridor to the shrine.
1 min
November 03, 2025
Hindustan Times
The message in toxic air & monsoon deluge
India’s gains on the economic front face a challenge from the impact of the climate crisis
4 mins
November 03, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size