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On balance, India’s economic momentum remains intact, the July Monthly Economic Review said.

More than 50% Indian households downing soft drinks; to increase with intensifying heat: Report

According to the latest Kantar FMCG pulse report, this trend is expected to rise further with intensifying summer.

Over 1 crore households registered under rooftop solar scheme for free electricity: PM Modi

"Registrations have been pouring in from all parts of the nation. Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh have seen over 5 lakh regulations," PM said in a post on 'X'.

MC Exclusive: Interim Budget likely to offer enhanced subsidies under PM Suryoday Yojna

The allocation in the Interim Budget for the rooftop solar scheme is likely to be at least Rs 20,000 crore.

Fin Min rejects concerns about falling household savings, says assets ‘still growing’

The response from the Finance Ministry comes after Reserve Bank of India data showed net financial savings of households, as a percentage of GDP, fell to a near-five-decade low in 2022-23

PowerWatch | India’s power demand may crawl back to 200+ GW in coming week

The coal stock situation is “manageable”, as of now, data accessed by Moneycontrol shows. Of the 165 domestic coal-based thermal power plants in the country, 32 had critical stocks. Last year at this time, the number of such plants was around 96.

PowerWatch | Renewables contribute 11% to meet India's current power demand; share of coal at 77%

As on April 26, the contribution of renewable energy sources (RES) such as solar, wind and biomass to meet the power demand was 11 percent, whereas, the share of coal-fired thermal power plants was 77 percent.

White House announces $13.5 billion funding to help households with energy bills

As part of the initiative, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is providing $4.5 billion in low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding, it said in a statement.

Budget 2022 | FM Sitharaman sets aside Rs 60,000 crore for Jal Jeevan Mission

The Jal Jeevan Mission was launched in launched in August 2019 to provide safe drinking water to all rural households by 2024. The scheme was extended to urban areas in the previous budget.

Jal Jeevan Mission: 43% households have tap connection till now, 100% coverage in 6 states/UTs

These states and UTs are Assam (22 percent), Rajasthan (20.89 percent), Ladakh (16.32 percent), Jharkhand (15.12 percent), West Bengal (13.48 percent), Chhattisgarh (13.17 percent) and Uttar Pradesh (12.72 percent).

MGNREGA: 60.80 lakh households completed 100 days of work, highest since 2011-12

The spike in employment under MGNREGA under the current year is widely attributed to the migration of the workers from the urban to the rural areas as a result of the COVID-19-induced lockdown that was announced in March 2020.

Gas pipeline network for West Bengal to be ready in another 3yrs

West Bengal government is hopeful that the gas pipeline network to households in the city would be ready in another three years' time.

IIP data false positive, sees cash ban effect in Dec: Crisil

India‘s factory output grew 5.7 percent in November compared to -1.9 percent in October despite expectation of households putting off purchases and companies deferring investment hit by an economy-wide cash-crunch.

November CPI at record low of 3.63% as demonetisation bites

The monthly data, the first to reflect the full impact of the government's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, showed consumer inflation sinking to a record low led by vegetable and food prices.

Micro solar device to light up households in slums, rural areas

Micro Solar Dome (MSD) has been developed by the Department of Science and Technology in collaboration with N B Institute for Rural Technology.

Monsoon ends this week, record food output likely

A “normal” monsoon and adequate water in major reservoirs nationwide, coupled with more money to agriculture, have set the stage for a record agricultural output of 270 million tonnes—2 percent in excess of the government‘s target—for the kharif (summer) and rabi (winter) crops of 2016.

Over 36% of rural STs don't have drinking water source at home

Over 36 percent of the total 2.01 crore Scheduled Tribes (ST) households in rural India do not have drinking water source in their house, the government told the Rajya Sabha.

1001 Startup Ideas - Provding Storage Facilities To Households

The startup idea is to provide the storage facilities to customers at their doorstep in India. The idea is to establish a company, which will provide the services of collecting goods from customers‘ home, and store it at its facilities for a fee. The customers can also get the goods delivered back to them by paying a small fees.

Risk of global recession rising: Citi

The risk of the global economy falling into a recession is rising as fundamentals remain poor, analysts at Citigroup said in a note Wednesday.

Households expect inflation to stay in double digits:Survey

The Inflation Expectations Survey of Households for September 2015 (41st round) captured inflation expectations of 4,903 urban households across 16 cities for the next three months and the next one year.

Non-subsidised LPG rate cut by Rs 5; ATF to cost more

The price of non-subsidised or market-priced domestic cooking gas (LPG) was cut by Rs 5 to Rs 616 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi, state-owned fuel retailers said.

Video: Powering the Earth 'powerlessly'

Companies, hotels, malls, globally will go powerless on March 28 between 8.30pm & 9.30pm as part of the "Earth Hour 2015" an initiative of the World Wide Fund for nature.

Households should be incentivised for higher savings: Rajan

Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram G Rajan said there was a need to focus on better infrastructure, more effective and streamlined regulation, vigorous competition and more appropriate skills and education in the work force

Oil min moves Cabinet note on raising diesel, LPG prices

The oil ministry has moved a Cabinet note seeking immediate hike in diesel, cooking gas and kerosene prices and limiting supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to 4-to-6 per household in a year.

Households prefer property, FDs over gold: Morgan Stanley

Brokerage-house Morgan Stanley estimates that households are responding to an environment of high inflation and sluggish growth by loading up on fixed deposits and real estate instead of gold