The government on Monday asked online food business operators like Swiggy and Zomato to submit a proposal within 15 days on improving their consumer grievance redressal mechanism amid rising complaints from customers. "The Department of Consumer Affairs has directed major e-commerce Food Business Operators (FBOs) to furnish the current framework as well as a proposal [...]
Bharat FIH, a subsidiary of FIH Mobiles and a Foxconn Technology Group company, has received capital markets regulator Sebi's go ahead to raise Rs 5,000 crore through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The initial share-sale of Bharat FIH comprises fresh issue of shares worth Rs 2,502 crore and an offer for sale of up to [...]
Air-conditioner and commercial refrigeration company Blue Star Ltd on Monday announced the appointment of renowned HR expert Anita Ramachandran as an independent director for a term of five years with effect from June 13, 2022. She will also be a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, the company [...]
Retail inflation eased to 7.04 per cent in May, mainly on account of softening food prices, though it remained above the RBI's upper tolerance level for the fifth consecutive month, government data showed on Monday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation was 7.79 per cent in April. In May 2021, the retail inflation stood [...]
The government's spending on information and technology will grow 12.1 per cent to USD 9.5 billion in 2022, an analyst firm estimated on Monday. The growth estimate is less than a 15 per cent jump in the government's IT (Information and Technology) spending in 2021, and higher than the 5 per cent growth estimated at [...]
Foreign lender HSBC India on Monday announced that it will lend USD 250 million to startups in the country. The bank did not specify the timeframe for disbursal of the amount The lending will be done to high-growth, tech-led startups in the third largest startup ecosystem in the world, the lender said in a statement. [...]
Realty firm Trehan Group on Monday said it will invest Rs 125 crore to develop a housing project comprising only 641 residential plots at Neemrana in Rajasthan. The project 'Trehan Vilasa City' is spread over 40 acres. The plots are being sold in a price range of Rs 16 lakh to Rs 30 lakh, the [...]
Mutual funds focused on investing in fixed-income securities witnessed a net outflow of Rs 32,722 crore in May in the wake of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stance on monetary policy turning hawkish to tackle inflation driven by global factors. This comes following an inflow to the tune of Rs 54,656 crore in April, data [...]
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd on Monday said it plans to raise long-term funds up to Rs 925 crore through the issuance of non-convertible debentures on a private placement basis. The board of directors of the company at its meeting held on Monday also approved the buyback of rated, listed commercial paper aggregating to up [...]
Airports Authority of India (AAI) has requested the government to waive the compulsory dividend payment requirement for the financial year ended March 2022, in lieu of the waiver of Air India's dues done prior to the sale of the carrier. State-owned AAI, which is in the red mainly after the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, [...]
