by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 8:18 pm | Economy, News
Kolkata, Apr 4 (PTI) With fuel prices touching a new high every day, private bus and cab operators are contemplating taking their vehicles off the roads if the state and central governments did not provide some succour in the form of an allowance or make way for fare hikes to support the ailing transport sector.Petrol [...]
by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 8:17 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) Exporters' body FIEO on Monday said it is taking a delegation of various export promotion councils for business meetings in Australia as a sequel to the recently inked trade pact between Canberra and New Delhi. The delegation consists of councils from different sectors including apparel, gems and jewellery, cotton textiles, services, [...]
by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 8:05 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) The government is committed to supplying fertilisers at affordable prices to farmers with required subsidies despite rising international market rates due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, huge procurements by China and other global factors, which may push the annual fertiliser subsidy to up to Rs 2 lakh crore in the current [...]
by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 7:36 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) The government has notified income tax returns form to be filled by trusts, charitable organisations and political parties for 2021-22 fiscal, in which assessees will be required to specify additional details of registration under any law other than the I-T Act.A new field is added in the ITR-7 form, seeking [...]
by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 7:32 pm | Economy, News
Chandigarh, Apr 4 (PTI) Punjab cooperation minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday announced the setting up of a task force which will work out a comprehensive plan to raise the income of sugarcane farmers. Cheema who also holds the finance portfolio said that representatives from the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, [...]
by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 7:23 pm | Economy, News
Hyderabad, Apr 4 (PTI) With the WHO announcing the suspension of Covaxin supply through UN procurement agencies, Bharat Biotech sources on Monday said the pharma company has not supplied the COVID-19 vaccine to any UN agency and no impact of the suspension would be felt. So far, sources said, the firm has supplied vaccines to [...]
by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 6:33 pm | Economy, News
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) The government on Monday said it has initiated an inspection drive to curb hoarding and black marketing of edible oils and oilseeds to arrest rising retail prices and boost their availability. The country, which is dependent on the imports of edible oil to meet over 60 per cent of its [...]
by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 5:31 pm | Economy, News
Kolkata, Apr 4 (PTI) Mounting economic woes in Sri Lanka, a major player in the global tea market, may provide opportunities for Indian exporters of the commodity as the island country is set to witness a significant decline in its production and shipments this year, industry stakeholders and experts said on Monday.Sri Lanka produces around [...]
by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 5:28 pm | Economy, News
Mumbai, Apr 4 (PTI) Investors turned wealthier by more than Rs 4.5 lakh crore on Monday as the domestic equity market rallied over 2 per cent on the proposed merger of HDFC Ltd with HDFC Bank. Reflecting bullish investor sentiments, the 30-share key index Sensex surged 1,335.05 points or a whopping 2.25 per cent to [...]
by PTI News | Apr 4, 2022 | 5:16 pm | Economy, News
Mumbai, Apr 4 (PTI) The Sensex vaulted 1,335 points while the Nifty shot past the 18,000-mark on Monday, fuelled by index heavyweights HDFC twins which soared almost 10 per cent after announcing corporate India's biggest merger. India's largest housing finance company HDFC Ltd will merge with the country's top private lender HDFC Bank to create [...]
