Data released on Friday unveils a challenging economic scenario for India as the year concluded, with a simultaneous slowdown in industrial output and a notable spike in inflation. The statistics, revealed by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, indicate that industrial output growth plummeted to an eight-month low of 2.4 per cent in November. […]
The gross goods and services tax (GST) collection increased by 12 per cent year on year from April to December 2023, reaching Rs 14.97 lakh crore when compared to the previous year’s collection of Rs 13.40 lakh crore during the same period. The average monthly gross GST collection for the first nine months of this […]
The government is concerned about reduced rabi crop sowing potentially leading to heightened inflation prior to the 2024 general elections, especially with significant price hikes in cereals and pulses. As the rabi sowing nears completion, data from the agriculture ministry indicates a decrease in the area under wheat by 4 per cent, rice by 2 […]
In the wake of persistent inflation, the Indian government has announced an extension of the exemption for tur and urad dal imports until 31 March 2025. This decision, conveyed through an order from the Director General of Foreign Trade, mirrors the recent extension of the import duty exemption for masur dal until the same date, […]
As per a recent note on the Indian jewellery retail industry, Icra has revised upwards its forecast of the year-on-year (YoY) domestic jewellery consumption growth (in value terms) for FY2024 to ten to 12 per cent from eight to ten per cent estimated earlier, primarily driven by the rise in gold prices. Jewellery consumption is […]
India’s palm oil imports are set to jump 26 per cent to a record high in the 2022-23 year ending on 31 October, as a recovery in consumption and competitive prices prompt refiners to increase purchases, the country’s top palm oil buyer told Reuters on Wednesday. Higher purchases by the world’s biggest importer of palm […]
Karnataka has recorded a decline in liquor sales in the state in August after the new government increased the excise duty. As per the statement from the Federation of Wine Merchants’ Association, Karnataka, the first two weeks of August have seen a significant decline in both sales and revenue. It may be recalled that while […]
