Led by market leader Hero Honda, two-wheeler manufacturers posted an impressive growth in sales during the month of November on the back of favourable bank lending rates and a good response to new launches. Heavy promotional campaigns and sales offers by most companies also aided demand.
A recent study on internet speed in India put Hyderabad on top with 6.5 Mbps download and 4.5 Mbps upload speed
Select life saving drugs, LCD TVs, mobile phones, branded jewellery, sports and leather products, packaged software and footwear are among items that would cost less, while gold bars and coins, silver, set-top boxes and cosmetic surgery would turn costlier after the Budget.
While the country's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India, said its car will become costly by two per cent, Hyundai Motor India said it will result in a price rise of Rs 6,500-25,000 on average.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Which sectors will bounce back fast? Which will lag? Has the consumer changed forever? Here are some answers.
The industry needs stimuli to help revive consumer demand and conversions.
The rates of price rise in many services used by the common man, including hospital and nursing, cook, domestic help and bus (fare), among others, have also touched double digits during the last four years, putting a burden on disposable income.
Pramod Joshua was the star performer in the first round of the Gulf Cup Dirt Track racing in Jaipur on Sunday.
Excise duty on small cars, motorcycles and SUVs was reduced.
Gautam Gambhir maybe among the premier batsmen of the world but the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Player of the Year believes he did not get the kind of backing early in his career which some other players were privileged to.
Images from the Gulf Dirt Track Racing held in Nashik on Sunday.
The Sensex ended at 17,198, stronger by 272 points, and the Nifty closed at 5,122, higher by 89 points.
Low-base effect to kick in, but higher raw material prices could spoil the show.
'Businessmen like Rajiv render public service when they speak truth to power,' observes Virendra Kapoor.
How Bajaj, Colgate, Raymonds, Zee lost out.. Strategic errors have hurt many companies, says adguru Sandeep Goyal.
Even as Narendra Modi began his hectic day of campaigning in poll-bound Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was the first to fire a salvo on Thursday when he dared the prime minister to break his silence on reservation for Dalits and Other Backward Classes.
A majority of HMIL's current export comprises the i10 model, which is exported to Asia, Latin America and Western Europe. In addition, the company has stated that 90 per cent of the i20 model (a premium hatchback) will be exported. The company will produce 150,000 units of the model annually.
Passenger vehicle sales continue to drop in June; Maruti, Hyundai, Tata Motors, Toyota witness decline. Mahindra & Mahindra, however, reported a 4 per cent growth.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad has drawn up an integrated security plan for the railways.
This TV also comes with an innovation -- it uses the screen as a speaker, says Uttaran Das Gupta.
Home-grown automotive players like Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland, Bajaj Auto, Hero Honda, TVS Motors and Maruti Suzuki are augmenting the use of plastics in engine components in an ambitious effort to reduce dependence on key metals like steel and aluminium, all of which have witnessed stupendous rise of 35-50 per cent in the past 5 months.
Companies like Yamaha Motor India, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, Suzuki Motorcycle India and TVS Motors are all geared up to launch bikes to shake-up Bajaj's stronghold -- the 150-250-cc segment
English Bloopers, a look at how certain mistakes keep creeping into our everyday vocabulary.
Car maker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd on Monday reported a 15.75 per cent jump in the total sales in May at 79,872 units as against 69,001 units in the same month last year.
If you are looking for a comfortable ride on bustling Indian roads without having to worry about fuel average, we have got these five options for you.
A restaurant in St Petersburg has struck a chord with the hordes of soccer fans in town for the World Cup by serving up pizzas featuring the faces of some of the tournament's biggest stars.
Mobile TV -- basically an application that enables television services on handhelds such as mobiles, handheld TVs, car TV, GPS terminals, game devices, laptop PCs, and other portable devices -- is a step closer to seeing the light of day in India.
In an attempt to steal the two-wheeler market from the three Indian giants Hero Honda, Bajaj and TVS Motors, which collectively account for almost 85 per cent of sales, Japanese bike manufacturers like Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki and Kawasaki will launch scaled-down Indian versions of their international superbike models.
Say lower duties could enhance demand.
The screen does the job, the speakers don't.
Indian businessmen and executives may not yet be the most meticulous executioners of management principles in the world. But when it comes to keeping the Gods and lady luck happy, they leave no stone unturned.
Keen competition will make the going tough even for market leaders in the segment.
Electronics, IT goods makers HCL Infosystems, HP, LG Electronics and Zenith are raising prices of personal computers (laptops and desktops), LCDs and plasma TVs, and IT peripherals for the first time this year by as much as 13 per cent to offset higher cost of inputs triggered by a falling rupee. The move may nudge inflation further crimping consumer spending.
'Demand in India has been outstripping supply.'
The list of companies which believe that Brand Tendulkar doesn't work for them anymore has grown further. After Fiat, TVS and Airtel, beverages and snack food maker PepsiCo has decided to end its long relationship with the 35-year-old cricketer.
Besides electric vehicles, some start-ups present are working in the area of bike customisation, motorsports, auto gaming arena, autonomous vehicle and so on
With the CTV market likely to cross 15 million sets this year, the gap between supply and demand is likely to widen. According to CEAMA, the import duty on picture tubes accounts for around 45 per cent of the final product.
Auto stocks led the rally with Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp and Maruti Suzuki leading the gains.
Changing lifestyles and the increasing number of working women are prompting two-wheeler companies to look beyond offering just two-wheelers targeting the women's segment.
