The Center has dispatched a team to Punjab and Haryana to inspect the quality of wheat arriving at terminal markets (mandis) and procurement centers. It is possible that the Center would reduce the requirements for obtaining the cereal in the two States for the Central pool stocks. Before Monday, a decision to ease procurement standards…
The RBI’s decision to maintain the crucial benchmark policy rate at 6.5 percent on Thursday caused the rupee to pare early losses and close 2 paise weaker at 81.92 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar. Forex traders claimed that after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stunned the market by halting the rate hike, the Indian…
The tax on domestic crude oil has been entirely eliminated thanks to a change in the windfall tax that was announced on Tuesday. The tax has now been lowered to zero from roughly a fortnight ago when it was 3,500 per tonne. This comes after a steep 20% drop in global crude oil prices since…
Tata Motors and MG Motor were the first to sell more than 7,000 electric vehicles in March, a 100% increase over the same month last year. TVS Motor Company is second in the market for electric two-wheelers, after Ola Electric. Data from the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) shows that Tata Motors sold 7,137…
Silver reached $25 per ounce and gold was on track to reach a new high as the dollar index hit a 2-month low and US data sparked demand for safe-haven assets like precious metals. Silver futures for delivery in May ruled at $25.02 per ounce in early Wednesday trade, while gold futures for delivery in…
In spite of unfavorable weather in Rajasthan, the main growing region for cumin, and some areas of Gujarat, prices for jeera (cumin seed) have resumed their ascent after a brief hiatus. Concerns have been raised about the crop status as a result of recent unseasonal rains that have fallen in the jeera-growing regions of southern…
Over the previous week, the rupee (INR) had no change. On Monday, it was valued at 82.3313 USD per unit. Good foreign inflows haven’t changed that. The net inflows during the previous week totaled more than $400 million, according to figures from the NSDL (National Securities Depository Ltd). This was aided by strong inflows into…
The crop quality has been negatively impacted by unseasonal rainfall and hailstorms in major wheat-producing states, but the output is not expected to be reduced, according to experts and dealers. According to S Pramod Kumar, CEO of Sunil Agro, the rains dulled the new crop, but there was no appreciable reduction in output. He claimed…
The windfall duty on domestically produced crude oil has been eliminated by the Finance Ministry, while it has been decreased for diesel. The new levy went into effect on April 4. Despite the fact that the tax has been decreased due to a drop in prices over the past month, this week’s output cuts by…
India became the largest buyer of seaborne crude from the former Soviet Union, overtaking China for the fourth consecutive month, buying a record 51.15 million barrels, or 1.65 million barrels per day (mbd), from Russia. Reliance Industries (RIL) and the Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy were private refiners that accounted for over 858,000 barrels per day, or…
