Economy – Herald Post https://heraldpost.in Latest Breaking News Wed, 01 Jan 2025 07:12:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://heraldpost.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/images-150x150.png Economy – Herald Post https://heraldpost.in 32 32 No Change in Domestic LPG Cylinder Prices for Households https://heraldpost.in/no-change-in-domestic-lpg-cylinder-prices-for-households/ https://heraldpost.in/no-change-in-domestic-lpg-cylinder-prices-for-households/#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2025 07:12:17 +0000 https://heraldpost.in/?p=4701

In a New Year surprise, government oil companies have reduced the price of 19 kg commercial LPG cylinders. According to the official website of Indian Oil, the price cut is effective from January 1, 2025, with a reduction of ₹14.50 per cylinder. However, this price drop applies only to commercial LPG cylinders, while the prices of domestic cylinders used in households remain unchanged.

Updated Price of Commercial LPG Cylinders

The 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder, commonly used in hotels, restaurants, and sweet shops, will now cost ₹1814 in Delhi. Here’s the updated pricing for other major cities:

  • Kolkata: ₹1911.00
  • Mumbai: ₹1756.00
  • Chennai: ₹1966.00

This reduction comes as a relief after consistent price hikes in recent months. In December 2024, the price of the commercial LPG cylinder increased by ₹16.50, and in November, it rose by ₹62.

Price Trends of Commercial LPG Cylinders

Government oil companies review LPG prices monthly. In the last five months, there had been successive price hikes:

  • December 1, 2024: Increased by ₹16.50
  • November 1, 2024: Increased by ₹62.00
  • October 1, 2024: Increased by ₹48.50
  • September 1, 2024: Increased by ₹39.00
  • August 1, 2024: Increased by ₹6.50

The last major reduction was on October 1, 2024, when the commercial cylinder was priced at ₹1740.

Domestic LPG Cylinder Prices

The prices of 14.2 kg domestic LPG cylinders used in households have remained stable for months. The current non-subsidized rates are:

  • Delhi: ₹803.00
  • Kolkata: ₹829.00
  • Mumbai: ₹802.50
  • Chennai: ₹818.50

Beneficiaries of the Ujjwala Yojana continue to receive a subsidy of ₹300 per domestic cylinder, limited to 12 cylinders annually. Beyond this limit, no subsidy is provided.

This price cut on commercial LPG cylinders is expected to provide significant relief to businesses at the start of the New Year, ensuring reduced operational costs across various sectors.

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Strengthening Rural Economy: RBI Increases Unsecured Loan Limit for Farmers https://heraldpost.in/strengthening-rural-economy-rbi-increases-unsecured-loan-limit-for-farmers/ https://heraldpost.in/strengthening-rural-economy-rbi-increases-unsecured-loan-limit-for-farmers/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:32:59 +0000 https://heraldpost.in/?p=4473 In view of the rising inflation and agricultural costs, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to increase the limit of loans given to small farmers without collateral. On Friday, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said that now small farmers will be able to take loans up to Rs 2 lakh without any collateral. Currently this limit is Rs 1.6 lakh. From the new year, all banks will have to follow this instruction of RBI.

Loans Will Be Easily Available In Villages Also

Now Small Finance Banks (SFBs) will be able to give loans through UPI. The advantage of this will be that even in villages, villagers will be able to get loans easily through UPI. SFB has more reach in villages. SFB did not have this facility yet. According to RBI, the limit of loan without collateral for farmers from the year 2019 was Rs 1.6 lakh. Before that this limit was Rs one lakh.

Plan To Improve The Performance Of The Agriculture Sector

This decision of RBI related to the benefit of crores of farmers is also important because the performance of agriculture should be better in any case to strengthen the GDP growth rate in the current financial year. In the second quarter of the current financial year, the agriculture sector grew by 3.5 percent while the growth rate of manufacturing was two percent. Rural demand depends on a good crop and GDP can be expected to strengthen in the third and fourth quarters only with the increase in rural demand.

AI Based Solution To Prevent Digital Fraud

The RBI governor said that the Reserve Bank is continuously making efforts in collaboration with other banks to prevent digital and cyber fraud. In this direction, the use of AI has been started to detect mule accounts. Das said that mule accounts are used for cyber fraud. The amount of fraud comes in the mule account only. Cyber ​​​​fraud can be reduced significantly if it is identified in banks.

Work On Mule Account Started In Two Big Banks

Competitions are being organised continuously for MuleHunter Solution to detect mule accounts. Reserve Bank Innovation Hub and banks are working together in this direction. Work to identify mule accounts with the help of AI has started in two big banks.

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