However, the government's draft policy on e-commerce companies has forced consumer companies to also adapt to the changes. For Dabur India, e-commerce channel continues to be a key driver of growth in urban India. The contribution of online sales to its entire portfolio is at six per cent compared to 1.5 per cent before the pandemic.
Chef Chef Mohsin Qureshi, Chef de Cuisine of Renaissance Hotel, Lucknow shared this recipe.
Despite near-term headwinds of rising input costs and the possibility of lower demand for products as Covid dented rural & urban India, and impacts both production & consumption, analysts remain bullish on stocks of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies and expect the index to relatively outperform its peers in the second half of fiscal 2021-22 (FY22). In the past one year, prices of key commodities such as groundnut oil, mustard oil, Vanaspati, soya oil, sunflower oil and palm oil have shot up in the range of 20 per cent to 60 per cent, data show. The FMCG sector macros in this backdrop, according to analysts, have further deteriorated because of weakness in consumer demand and likely margin pressure due to elevated crude oil, palm oil and global food prices.
Turbans have been a highlight of the prime minister's sartorial choices at Independence Day and Republic Day events. Modi had sported a multi-coloured turban when he gave his sixth Independence Day speech from the rampants of the Red Fort last year after securing a second term. For his maiden Independence Day address as the prime minister in 2014, Modi had opted for a Jodhpuri bandhej turban in bright red colour with green at the tail.
Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com shares a special two-in-one recipe for the traditional kori gassi and chicken sukka.
These recipes are full of nutrition and can be made in less than 30 minutes.
Rediff reader Lajja Bhutra, 28, from Chennai shared this recipe she learned from her mother Santosh Bhutra.
As the well-known breakfast snack is trending, we decided to bring you a couple of popular poha recipes from different states across India.
Kick start your day with a fulfilling breakfast at home, the Indian way!
Forced to cross the Nanoi, a channel of the Brahmaputra, over 7,000 people uprooted from their homes and farms in Darrang district of Assam now use the stream's muddy water to drink and cook and defecate in the open as `Swachh Bharat' toilets built in their villages are now guarded by policemen who do not allow them to re-enter any part of the lands they have been thrown out of.
3 recipes that will help you beat summer blues.
For potato farmers in the north and wheat growers in the eastern parts -- particularly in Jharkhand, Bihar, and Odisha -- the recent rains could in fact be beneficial.
In a bizarre incident a young woman district magistrate has accused one of her attendants a woman home guard of staging some kind of witchcraft with yellow mustard seeds in her official bungalow, with the intent of causing harm to her.
Sukanya Verma lists different ways to rock the polka look by taking cues from our resident fashionistas.
Mumbai's Jayanti Soni shares a step by step method to make the traditional dish.
When the stars went traditional.
Huma Qureshi raises the temperature on Femina's latest cover.
Next meeting of the Council will be on June 18, when it will take up lottery taxes and e-way bill.
We bring you traditional Bengali preparations to help celebrate Durga Puja.
Don't let the lockdown stop you from enjoying a good meal.
The actor wore a washed out look as a showstopper for Anushree Reddy at LFW.
Relish these baby potatoes cooked in tamarind and jaggery.
Sodium is the most important parameter that people with hypertension should monitor.
Safa has been a highlight of the PM's sartorial choices at Independence Day and Republic Day events.
Make summer fun with these simple recipes.
It's time to put on your chef hats and spin some magic this Independence Day.
The actor model turned heads at the Bombay Times Fashion Week.
As India looks to mend its Covid-battered economy, one thing that will grab the attention of all concerned is the path that both wholesale and retail inflation will follow. Even the Reserve Bank of India in its latest policy statement said, "Going forward, the inflation trajectory is likely to be shaped by uncertainties impinging on the upside and the downside.
Abhishek Mande shows you how to cook using just one pan. Today we make karela subzi!
Here are some tongue tickling raw mango recipes for you to indulge in. You can share yours too!
Enthused by rising potato prices after a prolonged slump, Pradeep Sharma was planning to sow the crop on his 15-acre farm near Agra slightly earlier than usual. The delayed departure of the southwest monsoon also prompted his decision, since the good soil moisture would have saved at least one initial irrigation. But the acute shortage of diammonium phosphate (DAP), a crucial nutrient ahead of the sowing season for potatoes, nipped those hopes in the bud. DAP is the second-most used fertiliser in the country after urea.
Bored of spending time at home? Try out these yummy recipes.
A blend of rich flavours, this curry is served with Crispy Rice and Spicy Salsa.
This quick snack can be prepared in 30 minutes.
It goes well with chicken or mutton biryani, says Asiya Subhani
The actor kicked off a party on the ramp. Take a look!
Rediff reader Shebin Shukkoor from Trivandrum, Kerala sent us this recipe. Share yours!
Meet the heroes from the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
