Excise duty on most products has been capped at 12.5 per cent
Excise duty hike for cigarettes could be lower.
Ricoh India, the largest gainer among these pack, has rallied 192 per cent from Rs 294 to Rs 859 on the BSE so far in the current calendar year.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
Industrialists affirm their belief that the adverse effects of demonetisation and the goods and services tax are finally over.
Softening rural consumption and the likelihood of weak corporate earnings in the March quarter saw investors dump stocks.
The new push is being driven primarily by over 170,000 villages where household income is over Rs 1 lakh a year.
Consolidation is the prime mood of the Indian equity market at the moment.
Many chief executives said they were talking to people at the top level in their organisations to find how their companies can help the flood victims.
Only Hindustan Unilever and Nestl bucked the trend.
Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance
And the way to a cure begins with conversation.
From Dabur to HUL, here are 10 stocks with significant rural exposure in the auto, agri-chemical and fast moving consumer goods sectors, which should see an uptick in sales growth.
While larger companies like Nestle India, Britannia and the like are often mentioned, some mid-cap companies are also expected to grow at a rapid clip.
Despite slowdown, smaller firms attract growth capital.
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High retail inflation is exerting pressure on households to cut expenses wherever possible.
FMCG, automobile industries say if GST regime kicks in, rail hubs can take Make in India to a new high.
Armed with deep customer knowledge, low operational overheads, new funding opportunities and help from online marketplaces, the local brand is turning David to every Goliath that steps into its neighbourhood, says T E Narasimhan.
India Inc has too much on its plate to ensure double digit growth in FY16.
A growing number of firms are putting in formal policy frameworks to tap into company alumni and facilitate the return of former employees, discovers Sangeeta Tanwar.
Chocolate majors, home and surface cleaning companies, beauty brands say that business has been brisk this festive season.
Weak monsoon forecast rekindled fears of higher inflation.
This comes in the wake of allegations of financial irregularities by the erstwhile management led by Harish Moolchandani.
Urban and rural FMCG sales growth data for the last five quarters show the latter outperformed the former consistently.
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
Household consumption recovered in urban India in May-July but remains weak in rural.
The six are English dailies the Hindustan Times, The Hindu and The Telegraph; their sister publications The Hindustan and The Hindu Tamil; and Ananda Bazar Patrika.
A simple guide to the strange defensiveness of the government and its supporters, and how and why the arguments they're making are wrong.
IT and pharma companies again save the day; mask pain in domestic consumption.
A buoyant economic mood and tempting discounts, both online and offline, are fuelling a shopping frenzy this Diwali.
India was the flavour of the year, at least in the FMCG sector, as multinationals hiked stakes in their subsidiaries lured by long term potential of the country, while homegrown executives made their way to top hierarchy of global firms in 2013.
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