MUMBAI: You will soon be able save more when you shop for groceries because prices of a host of products you use daily – from jams to shampoos are set to get cheaper. With barely a week to go for the rollout of the new GST rates, FMCG companies have begun firming up price cut…
MUMBAI: Govt has directed e-commerce firms to disseminate information about the GST reforms on their platforms. In a meeting held last week, it was suggested that platforms run a ‘GST Bachat Utsav’ campaign on their portals for 100 days starting Sept 22. Firms were also asked to reflect GST reduction in the bill. “All the…
BENGALURU: What was once billed as India’s challenger to global giants in artificial intelligence and semiconductors has quietly dwindled into a shadow of those ambitions. Krutrim, the AI venture founded by Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, is now largely sustained by his personal wealth and loans tied to his Ola Electric stake, with most of its marquee…
Tata Trusts vice-chairman Vijay Singh has said that he did not attend the board meeting of Tata Sons on Friday (Sept 12) as he had resigned a day before. He said that he had merely gone to meet other directors “for the usual courtesies” before the meeting started and then left the room. Singh was…
MUMBAI: Former Axis MF fund manager Deepak Agrawal has settled a regulatory case with Sebi by paying Rs 85.8 lakh and surrendering over 43,000 units. The case related to charges of financial misconduct, including sharing stock tips, passing on trading information, and failing to disclose directorships, which Sebi said amounted to violation of MF regulations….
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi has approved the IPO of Pine Labs, a document on its website showed on Monday. The updated DRHP is not yet public. Draft papers filed by the fintech earlier this year had showed that it is seeking to raise up to Rs 2,600 crore through fresh issue of shares. In all,…
NEW DELHI: To drive self-sufficiency, the commerce department is identifying 100-odd products for a local manufacturing push where domestic players depend on imports currently, a top official said Monday.The swadeshi initiative is expected to see products from across sectors – engineering goods, chemicals, plastics and pharma – being identified for possible import substitution. “We have…
The government’s proposed Export Promotion Mission, designed to shield Indian exporters from global trade shocks, is set to be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval soon, sources told PTI. Inter-ministerial consultations on the scheme have been completed.The mission, first announced in the Union Budget, is expected to offer about Rs 25,000 crore worth of…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday rolled out final guidelines to regulate payment aggregators, bringing in a new framework that takes effect immediately.Under the Regulation of Payment Aggregators Directions, 2025, the RBI has classified aggregators into three categories — PA-P for physical, PA-CB for cross-border, and PA-O for online, PTI reported. While banks…
India’s stock market remains a strong engine of wealth creation among asset classes, according to the September Wealth Conversation Report released by FundsIndia on Monday.The report compares two decades of performance across equities, gold, debt and real estate, showing equities providing good results for long-term investors. Indian markets multiply investor wealth 13 times in 20…