by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 10:09 pm | Economy, News
Mumbai, Apr 13 (PTI) Of the top 300 listed companies, only 78 disclosed their commitments towards achieving net-zero carbon emission status under their environmental, social, and governance provisions in the last three financial years, a report said on Wednesday. A study by Care Advisory Research and Training covered the corporate sustainability disclosures of these 300 [...]
by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 10:08 pm | Commodities, Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) The finance ministry on Wednesday waived customs duty on cotton imports till September 30, a move which will benefit the textile industry and lower prices for consumers. Currently, cotton imports attract 5 per cent Basic Customs Duty (BCD) and 5 per cent Agriculture Infrastructure Development Cess (AIDC). The industry has [...]
by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 9:49 pm | News, News Alert
Govt exempts customs duty on cotton import till Sept 30; to benefit textile industry, consumers: FinMin. PTI JD ABM ABM
by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 9:44 pm | News
New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) Government think-tank Niti Aayog on Wednesday said it organised a day-long national validation workshop on the upcoming India–UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023–27. The 2023–27 cooperation framework will be signed as India completes 75 years of independence, it added. The workshop was an opportunity to [...]
by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 9:16 pm | Corporate Action, News
New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) Two entities -- Linus and GW Crown -- on Wednesday offloaded shares of Mrs Bectors Food Specialities Ltd for an estimated Rs 284 crore through open market transactions. According to bulk deal data available with the National Stock Exchange, Linus sold 46.13 lakh shares of Mrs Bectors at an average [...]
by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 9:06 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) will restart negotiations for their long-pending free trade agreement from June, a top official said on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam said the EU team would visit India for talks immediately after the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which is [...]
by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 9:04 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) The Centre has released Rs 2,94,718 crore towards food subsidy during the last fiscal to Food Corporation of India (FCI) and states, which is slightly higher than the revised budget estimates. During the financial year 2021-22, the Department of Food & Public Distribution released Rs 2,94,718 crore towards food subsidy, [...]
by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 9:02 pm | News
New Delhi, Apr 13 (PTI) State-owned Union Bank of India on Wednesday said it has declared IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company as a fraud account for diversion of funds, involving Rs 1,315 crore. "We wish to inform you that the account of IL&FS Tamil Nadu Power Company Ltd with the bank has been classified as [...]
by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 8:57 pm | News
Chennai, Apr 13 (PTI) Air conditioning and commercial refrigeration major Blue Star Ltd has set up a new manufacturing facility at Wada in Maharashtra at a cost of Rs 130 crore doubling the production capacity of deep freezers, a top company official said on Wednesday. The facility to produce deep freezers and water coolers, was [...]
by PTI News | Apr 13, 2022 | 8:56 pm | News
London, Apr 13 (PTI) UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has offered an “unreserved apology” and paid the fine imposed on him by Scotland Yard for breaching COVID lockdown rules in June 2020, when he attended a birthday party at Downing Street for his boss – Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Indian-origin finance minister offered the apology [...]
