Passenger vehicle dispatches to dealers in India rose over two-fold last month on a low base of Covid-19-hit May last year. As per the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), passenger vehicle wholesales rose to 2,51,052 units last month as compared to 88,045 units in May 2021. The two-wheeler sales rose to 12,53,187 units in [...]
The basket of crude oil that India buys has hit a decade high of USD 121 per barrel, but retail selling prices of petrol and diesel continue to remain frozen. The Indian basket on June 9 touched USD 121.28, matching levels seen in February/March 2012, according to data available from the oil ministry's Petroleum Planning [...]
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Thursday slapped penalties of nearly Rs 30 lakh on seven entities, including individuals, for indulging in manipulation in the bidding process and cartelisation in the tenders floated by the Indian railways. The CCI found that seven entities have violated competition norms. Out of 7 entities, the fair trade [...]
Export of tea during the last fiscal FY22 declined marginally to 200.79 million kilograms as compared to 203.79 million kilograms in the previous financial year, according to Tea Board data. Offtake by the CIS countries, the largest importer of Indian tea, fell to 42.48 million kilograms in the last fiscal, as against 49.08 million kilograms [...]
A total of 25 people have been convicted by courts in the country for the offence of money laundering while more than 400 arrests have been made since the ED was empowered to investigate serious financial crimes about 17 years back. According to official data accessed by PTI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed as [...]
Home, auto and other loan EMIs will rise after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised the key interest rate by 50 basis points, the second increase in five weeks, to rein in a rise in prices that was seen continuing to hurt consumers in the near term. The increase in lending rate [...]
Housing demand is likely to be affected in short-term as home loans are set to become costlier following the RBI's decision to hike repo rate by 50 basis points, according to real estate developers. The cost of borrowing for developers could also increase, impacting their profit margins, they said, while hoping that the move would [...]
The government plans to monetise assets worth Rs 75,220 crore in the coal mining sector in the current financial year. The monetisation of coal blocks is likely to generate a revenue of Rs 52,200 crore, followed by Rs 20,320 crore from projects on Mine Developer and Operator (MDO) model, Rs 2,000 crore from discontinued mines [...]
Large coal-importing nations, including India, will look to ramp up the output of domestic coal to strengthen energy security and lessen dependence on the import of fossil fuels, Moody's Investors Service said on Tuesday. The government has recently mandated CIL to import coal as an emergency measure to avoid a shortage of coal for the [...]
In the previous week, the ministry of consumer affairs asked restaurants to stop the practice of collecting service charges from customers “by default” as it “does not have legal sanction.” The ministry held a meeting with the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) on June 2, following complaints from consumers regarding the service charge. Issues [...]
