The Cotton Association of India (CAI), the industry’s leading organization, has urged the Minister of Commerce, Food, and Textiles, to immediately reduce the 11 percent import duty on cotton. Atul S. Ganatra, president of CAI, wrote to Goyal to demand that the government reduce the duty on cotton because domestic prices are 15% higher than…
Hindustan Unilever, a major FMCG company, entered the health and wellbeing market by making strategic investments in Nutritionalab’s Wellbeing Nutrition and OZiva from Zywie Ventures. HUL would pay ‘264 crore in cash to acquire a 51% interest in OZiva through a combination of primary infusion and secondary buy-outs. HUL stated that the remaining 49% will…
According to Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union Minister of Steel, at least eight coking coal blocks would be put up for auction as India seeks to strengthen its own resources and lessen reliance on imported coal. India is still looking at “alternatives” and has conversations with nations like Russia, Mozambique, and Australia. Coking coal is a crucial…
Lead prices have risen by 9% in the last month, which has improved the forecast for the metal for the rest of this year and the first quarter of 2023. A rise in Chinese activity has been “the most significant driver of this transition,” according to a commentary from research firm Fitch Solutions Country Risk…
The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to permit Indian companies to hedge their gold price risk on recognized exchanges in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) will increase liquidity in bullion derivatives traded on the NSE International Financial Service Center and the India International Exchange, both of which are promoted by the BSE. Additionally, the…
According to information available on NSE, foreign institutional investors (FII) sold shares worth a net of Rs 1,241.87 crore on December 7, 2022, while domestic institutional investors (DII) purchased shares worth a net of Rs 388.85 crore.Up to December 7, FIIs sold shares totaling a net amount of Rs 4,367.46 crore, while DIIs purchased shares…
The markets appear to have agreed that the monetary policy decision is mostly hawkish after RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das asked the media, markets, and “informed circle” to estimate whether the MPC’s meeting outcome is hawkish, dovish, or “something else” totally. Despite the fact that investors had anticipated the repo rate increase of 35 basis points…
The strong dollar and risk aversion in international markets are expected to cause the Indian rupee to weaken on Wednesday. Additionally, ongoing FII inflows could harm the rupee. Investors will be on the lookout for the RBI’s monetary policy, as the central bank may decide to halt the rate of rate increases. The rate increase…
As the market anticipated a possible U.S. recession in 2023, crude oil futures dropped below $80 a barrel on Wednesday morning. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), December crude oil futures were trading at $6,177 in the first hour of trading on Wednesday morning, up from the previous close of $6,153 by 0.39 percent, and…
Growers are reluctant to sell their products at the current pricing as farmgate prices for arabica coffee have dropped by a fifth over the past two months. Growers are currently harvesting the premium and mild types in important producing regions of Karnataka, the State with the highest production, adding to their troubles as a result…
