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NEW DELHI: Retail inflation has come down to within the tolerance band due to steps taken by the government to check price rise in essential commodities, especially in perishable commodities, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Sitharaman said that steps are being taken now […]

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MUMBAI: Retail credit slowed down in the second quarter of FY24, data from TransUnion Cibil showed. There has also been a marked increase in defaults in personal loans and credit cards during the same time period.This deceleration in retail loan growth stems from a lack of growth in home loan disbursements during the period, due […]

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Korean mobile devices maker Samsung led the Indian smartphone market with an 18 per cent share in 2023, market research firm CyberMedia Research said in a report on Monday. In the December quarter, however, Chinese company Xiaomi had the highest market share, the report said. According to CyberMedia Research (CMR) estimates, the India smartphone market […]

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NEW DELHI: Leading FMCG companies are betting on a gradual recovery in rural demand this year on the back of improving macroeconomic conditions, continued government spending and price cuts. Many companies said the industry continued to witness sluggish rural demand in the December quarter with the urban consumption continuing to outpace rural demand. On the […]

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NEW DELHI: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in its latest interim economic outlook released on Monday, raised India’s growth outlook for 2024-25 (FY25) to 6.2 per cent from the 6.1 per cent estimated earlier in its November outlook. “The emerging-market (EM) economies have generally continued to grow at a solid pace, despite […]

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NEW DELHI: Services sector activity expanded at the fastest pace in six months in January, as buoyant international and domestic demand contributed to rising new business orders, according to results of a private sector survey released Monday. HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index rose to 61.8 in January as compared with 59 in the […]

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NEW DELHI: Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies have reported single-digit volume growth with improved margins in most segments during December quarter, helped by moderating commodity inflation, though operating environment remained challenging. “Some of the companies also reported a decline in their topline numbers, as they extended the benefits of softening commodity prices to the consumer […]

The post FMCG Firms Report Single Digit Growth With Better Margin In Q3 first appeared on Latest India news, analysis and reports on IPA Newspack.

NEW DELHI: ONGC, IOC and other oil PSUs will invest about Rs 1.2 lakh crore in the coming fiscal starting April 1 in oil and gas exploration, refineries, petrochemicals and laying pipelines to meet the needs of the world’s fastest-growing energy consuming nation. The investment proposed in 2024-25 is 5% higher than Rs 1.12 lakh […]

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MUMBAI: Coming close on the heels of the interim budget which maintained the status quo on policy front, the Reserve Bank is likely to continue with the pause on the short-term lending rate in its upcoming bi-monthly monetary policy this week as retail inflation is still near the higher end of its comfort zone, say […]

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MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) is likely to maintain status quo on repo rate at 6.5% in its forthcoming meeting scheduled between February 6 and 8, 12 economists polled by FE said. Around 40% of economists felt the MPC may pivot to rate cuts only from Q2FY25 onwards, […]

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By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: There is no change in the Budget script as far as Kerala is concerned. It has been an unredeeming tale of severe neglect from the Union Government, repeated ad nauseum over the years. For once, both the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government and the Congress-led opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) […]

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MUMBAI: Benchmark equity indices were on fire on Friday, with the Nifty hitting its all-time high level, tracking a rally in global markets along with buying in Reliance Industries, Infosys and ICICI Bank. A day after the presentation of interim budget, the Nifty jumped 429.35 points to reach its lifetime peak of 22,126.80. The 30-share […]

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NEW DELHI: When Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rose to present the Interim Budget on Thursday, it was an open question as to whether it would focus on consolidating the gains made in recent years on fiscal consolidation, or move towards full-throated populism in anticipation of general elections in the next few months. The answer […]

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Industry leaders and leading tax consultants have expressed surprise over non-extension of the sunset date of the concessional tax rate of 15% on new manufacturing units beyond March 31, 2024 in the interim Budget, as this may discourage fresh private investments, say experts. “Considering the continuing need to incentivise manufacturing in India and the support […]

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By Anjan Roy The interim budget presented on February 1 is a hopeful document, pinning its faith on the continued buoyancy of the Indian economy. At the outset, the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, should be complimented for presenting the shortest and a crisp budget speech, instead of a meandering one of at least one and […]

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MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday barred Paytm Payments Bank from accepting fresh deposits and carrying out transactions from February 29 this year, citing “persistent non-compliance” and “material supervisory concerns”. In March 2022, the regulator barred Paytm Payments Bank from taking in new customers. The company, with One97 Communications as its parent, […]

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NSE Nifty was up by 0.03 per cent or 5.95 points to 21,731.65 points, while the BSE Sensex was at 71,806.44 up by 0.04 per cent or six points. A total of 3,820 stocks were actively traded, 1,722 advanced, while 1,962 declined and 136 stocks remained unchanged where 397 stocks hit a 52 week high […]

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NEW DELHI: Proactive inflation management has helped keep the country’s inflation within the manageable range, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while presenting the interim Budget on Thursday. She also said that the inflation has moderated. The Reserve Bank of India has been mandated by the government to ensure retail inflation remains at 4 per cent […]

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NEW DELHI: Anil Kumar Lahoti, the new chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), is known for his focus on efficiency. It is a strength that may help sort a long list of issues pending before the regulator, ranging from satellite spectrum, direct to mobile technology (D2M), and a national broadcasting policy, sources […]

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NEW DELHI: Companies are bracing for further litigation, questioning the methodology used by the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA), while arguing that the agency did not look at the overall costs before seeking a price cut in cases where GST or the total indirect tax was lowered. On Monday, the Delhi High Court had upheld the […]

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NEW DELHI: India’s import of crude oil reached a multi-year high of 4.9 million barrels a day in January and increased 13% from December 2023, according to data from energy cargo tracker Vortexa. Indian refiners cumulatively had imported 4.3 million barrels a day in December. The country imported 1.20 million barrels a day of Russian […]

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