Capital markets regulator Sebi has slapped penalties totalling Rs 15 lakh on three entities and also barred them from the securities markets for one year for flouting insider trading rules with respect to the shares of Veeram Securities Ltd (VSL). The regulator has imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh each on entities -- Rakshit [...]
The government's proposed policy to re-power old windmills can attract investments worth over Rs 40,000 crore, including the cost of acquiring and dismantling old plants, over the next three to five years, says a report. The wind power capacity has been stalling since 2018 when solar power took off at a faster pace and between [...]
India's imports of vegetable oils, comprising edible and non-edible oils, rose 28 per cent to 15.66 lakh tonnes in December, driven by higher shipments of refined palmolein and crude palm oil. In a statement, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) said the import of vegetable oils during December 2022 stood at 15,66,129 tonnes compared [...]
Capital markets regulator Sebi on Thursday allowed stock exchanges to launch multiple contracts in the same commodity in a bid to encourage broader participation of investors in commodity derivatives market. This would come into force with immediate effect, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular. The move came after the [...]
India can become the number one automotive manufacturing hub in the world within five years, but auto companies need to enhance safety features to reduce deaths due to road accidents, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. In his inaugural address at the Auto Expo 2023 here, the minister for road transport and highways asserted [...]
Gujarat's Bharatiya Janata Party government on Thursday announced a new policy which seeks to regularise unauthorised constructions inside industrial estates controlled by the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC). This new policy will cover nearly 70,000 industrial units currently functioning in 220 GIDC estates. Any unauthorised construction done by the owners of Micro, Small and Medium [...]
Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty declined for a third straight day on Thursday as investors turned cautious ahead of release of key inflation and industrial production data. In a choppy trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined by 147.47 points or 0.25 per cent to settle at 59,958.03 as 15 of its constituents ended with [...]
The country's wheat production is likely to set a new record of more than 112 million tonnes in the 2022-23 crop year (July-June), according to official sources. Wheat production had declined to 106.84 million tonnes due to heat wave in key growing states in 2021-22 crop year, as per the agriculture ministry data. In 2020-21, [...]
The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has severely reprimanded two power distribution companies, Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (PVVNL) and Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (MVVNL) for poor progress of power meter conversion. The Commission feels that it is due to some 'nefarious interest or goblin mode' that the two discoms are not putting [...]
India will take up developmental issues of the Global South at the meetings of the G-20 countries emphasising that there should not be any first world or third world, but only one world having a common future. Addressing the ministerial session at the Global South Summit, she said India will use the G-20 Presidency to [...]