Dabur faces short-term sales dip in Q2 on GST cutsPackaged goods makers Dabur and Hindustan Unilever reported a temporary dip in sales during the September quarter. Consumers delayed purcha...
08 Oct, 2025, 12.29 AM IST
Dabur India Q2 Update: GST reforms, portfolio resilience drive momentumDabur India announced that recent GST reforms cutting rates on key FMCG categories from 12–18% to 5% will boost affordability and consumer ...
07 Oct, 2025, 02.35 PM IST
Dabur India flags short term sales disruption in Q2 amid GST changesDabur India faced temporary trade disruptions following the GST Council's September announcement of reduced rates. Consumers delayed purcha...
07 Oct, 2025, 01.43 PM IST
From Vatika to Chyawanprakash: Dabur releases revised list of prices after GST rate cutDabur India has announced its commitment to passing on the benefits of reduced GST rates to consumers, aiming to make essential goods more ...
22 Sep, 2025, 03.28 PM IST
GST cuts elude detergents, cosmetics; analysts and FMCG players say it's surprisingIndustry experts are surprised that detergents and cosmetics remain under the 18% GST slab despite the govt's restructuring aimed at boosti...
07 Sep, 2025, 08.03 PM IST
GST 2.0 to boost FMCG consumption, larger packs items to get benefit from price cuts: Nuvama ReportA new report suggests that the FMCG sector in India is set to benefit from recent GST rate revisions. Nuvama's report indicates that tax cu...
05 Sep, 2025, 12.52 PM IST
ET Graphics: The big winners of GST 2.0GST tax rates on common use items ranging from hair oil to corn flakes, TVs, and personal health and life insurance policies were slashed a...
04 Sep, 2025, 10.11 AM IST
Supreme Court rules coconut oil as edible, lowering GST ratesThe Supreme Court settled a 15-year dispute, classifying small-packaged coconut oil as edible oil with a lower 5% GST, unlike the 18% levie...
18 Dec, 2024, 07.45 PM IST
How much do we tax oxygen? GST code isn’t clear about itThe Covid-19 pandemic seems to have brought back the pertinent question of goods categorisation under GST framework. In many cases, the GST...
22 Jun, 2020, 07.14 AM IST
FMCG Ad Spends to Rise by 15-20% in September - December 2017Analysts said GST led to FMCG ad spends shrinking 20-25% in July. FMCG continues to be the highest spender for advertising companies.
04 Sep, 2017, 12.49 PM IST
GST impact: Hair oil prices to go down, says Sumit Malhotra, MD, Bajaj CorpWe have already seen a lot of targets in the open market and now slightly it is moving from a sellers’ market to a buyers’ market, said Sum...
13 Jul, 2017, 11.48 AM IST
Emami cuts hair oil pricesUnder the new pricing, 50 ml of the brand will now be priced at Rs 30 as against Rs 32 earlier, 100 ml at Rs 55 compared to Rs 60 and the 2...
07 Jul, 2017, 05.41 PM IST
Congress demands rollback of GST on domestic LPGLPG has been put in the five per cent GST slab. Earlier a two to four per cent VAT was imposed on LPG in some states.
04 Jul, 2017, 03.38 PM IST
GST can help households save nearly Rs 5,000 in a yearWhile price of daily-use food items like vegetable, fruits, milk, rice, flour, and pulses will remain unchanged under the GST, that of pack...
26 Jun, 2017, 01.01 PM IST
Daily-use items to become cheaper, say FMCG companiesThe announcement of the GST rates has brought cheer to at least some consumer goods firms, which expect the decision to help boost consumpt...
19 May, 2017, 01.47 AM IST
GST to fuel consumption, say FMCG companiesThe GST slabs announced so far indicate that mass consumption items will be taxed lower, said Saugata Gupta, managing director at Marico.
18 May, 2017, 10.05 PM IST
GST debate now continues on categorisation of productsAs the government moves closer to rolling out GST on July 1, classification of products are being debated so that no ambiguity remains.
25 Mar, 2017, 02.47 PM IST