Metal prices from copper to aluminum and tin have shot up by about 7-32 per cent in the past three months.
While companies have not launched too many products in rural areas of late, easy financing has helped push up demand.
In a circular dated May 20, Sebi had directed the listed companies to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on their capital and financial resources, profitability, liquidity position, assets, and ability to service debt. Instead, companies have spoken about the number of plants, warehouses and distribution centres that have resumed operations; work-from-home and safety measures undertaken for employees; and the labour shortage they are facing.
Retailers and multiplex operators want mall owners to either forgo rent for the period of the shutdown or lower rent in the event the mall is open but footfalls are low.
Durable, automobile and real estate players have been lobbying hard for a tax cut, saying it will boost demand.
While existing players are expected to first drop prices, acquisition of smaller firms by larger ones is likely in future
FMCG, durables, pharma firms say they remain unclear about transition gains and losses
A third of FMCG sales and half of motorcycle sales come from the hinterlands
With a string of deals with telecom service providers, DTH operators and Bollywood stars, Netflix goes all out to protect its turf in India and fend off competition, says Viveat Pinto.
At Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion), e-commerce has seen one of the fastest rates of growth in investment activity this year.
Now, a new dawn breaks for Sangeeta Pendurkar, 43, who takes charge mid-month as managing director at Kellogg India.
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