Malaysia, Indonesia export sops for refined edible oils a worry, says IVPA chief
After the hike in edible oil import duties, the industry fears that refined oils may reach India via Nepal and Bangladesh where the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is in force. Getting the edible oils processed there and selling it in India can still be cheaper. Besides, the Government has to
India wouldn’t be fastest-growing economy if people hadn’t utilised digital infrastructure: Nirmala Sitharaman, ETCFO
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that India wouldn’t have been the fastest-growing economy if the people hadn’t utilized the digital infrastructure. The minister emphasized the role of digital infrastructure in making India one of the fastest-growing economies. “Today, India wouldn’t have been the fastest-growing economy if the people hadn’t utilized
CBIC destroys ₹460 crore worth of drugs, foreign cigarettes, and contraband in SpecialCampaign4.0
The Finance Ministry on Friday said that various wings of the Customs department have jointly destroyed a total of around 49 lakhs cigarettes of foreign origin, around 73 Kgs of NDPS drugs (Heroin, Cocaine, Ganja, Charas, etc), Gutkha/ Pan Masala and eCigarettes. Also read: CBIC urges strict reviews of Govt
RBI deputy governor, CFO News, ETCFO
India’s GDP growth is projected at 7.2 per cent in 2024-25, around 7 per cent in the next fiscal, and after that, there is a strong likelihood that the growth will revert to the 8 per cent trend, said Reserve Bank of India deputy governor Michael Debabrata Patra. He was
IMF sees major manufacturing shift towards India & China, CFO News, ETCFO
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest World Economic Outlook report, has highlighted a significant global shift in manufacturing production towards emerging markets like India and China, as advanced economies lose competitiveness. This trend indicates that emerging economies like India are becoming key players in the global manufacturing landscape.
Cash transactions decline rapidly in India as digital payments surge: RBI economist, ETCFO
New Delhi, In the last three years, digital transactions have surged in such a fashion in India that cash usage, which still accounts for 60 per cent of consumer expenditure (as of March 2024) is rapidly declining, according to a paper by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) economist. Pradip
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat lead the millet march, others lag behind
Maharashtra leads the way in millet consumption in the country with a per capita consumption of 39 kg per month, followed by Rajasthan (33 kg), Gujarat (17 kg), Karnataka (13.5 kg) and Tamil Nadu with 11.4 kg. On the other hand, States like Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Telangana show
ITR data shows income inequality has come down, says SBI research report
Decoding Income Tax Return (ITR) data, a research report by the SBI has said that has said that individual income inequality has decreased. “Our analysis shows that there has been a cumulative 74.2 per cent decline in income disparity coverage for those earning up to ₹5 lakhs,” the report prepared
India, ASEAN can work on regional policy framework for green energy transition: CERC member, ETCFO
India and ASEAN can work together to create a regional policy framework for green energy transition with increasing usage of small modular nuclear reactors, a senior official of Indian power sector regulator CERC has said. According to Harish Dudani, Member, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), the ASEAN (Association of Southeast
Boeing Union Workers Reject Contract
The vote, hours after Boeing reported a $6.1 billion loss, will extend a monthlong strike at factories where the company makes its best-selling commercial plane. Source link