Plastic price surge hits MSMEs, disrupts supply chains for FMCG and footwear firmsPlastic processing units in Kerala are halting operations due to rising raw material costs and capital shortages, impacting FMCG, footwear,...
17 Mar, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
GST cut call takes wind out of sales: Surge after September 22 may offset decade-low slumpSales of cars, electronics, and apparel have significantly declined. This drop happened after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cut ann...
16 Sep, 2025, 08.40 AM IST
UAE-based billionaire Yussuf Ali's Lulu Group enters Uttar Pradesh with supermarketLucknow is the fourth city after Kochi, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram where Lulu has set up its highly popular supermarket. LuLu Group I...
11 Jul, 2022, 01.40 PM IST
Naukri.com invests Rs 3 crore in ShoeKonnectThe funding will be deployed for strengthening its technology base to scale up operations and expansion in terms of the userbase of footwea...
23 Apr, 2018, 09.38 PM IST
Will the Environment Ministry order really ruin leather and meat processing industries?The meat industry will be happy if buffalo is removed from the definition of cattle, as the bulk of its exports is buffalo meat, unlike lea...
04 Jun, 2017, 06.26 AM IST
GST Council clears rules, states agree to July 1 rolloutFinance Minister Arun Jaitley chaired the 15th meeting of the GST Council which is scheduled to decide on tax rate of 6 items including gol...
03 Jun, 2017, 03.16 PM IST
Good news for India Inc as GST Council may consider raising input tax creditDraft law says cos can get credit of up to 40% of tax liability against excise duty paid on stocks, council will consider raising input tax...
03 Jun, 2017, 07.04 AM IST
GST Council meeting Day 2: Tax rates of services, gold, biscuits, footwear to be decided todayWith regard to services taxation, some states favour common services such as telecom, banking in the lower slab. Service tax rate is curren...
19 May, 2017, 11.23 AM IST
GST council begins meet to finalise goods & services for each rate slab amid hectic lobbying by industriesChaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, this is the first time that such an important national policy-making meet is being held in ...
18 May, 2017, 02.50 PM IST
INKEL Greens to create 5,000 jobs in two yearsAs many as 26 companies and 5 educational institutions have started setting up their infrastructure at the park which has been developed by...
28 Jun, 2016, 04.58 PM IST
Woodland set to launch adventure phones, cyclesAmong other things for adventure enthusiasts, the company also plans to introduce surfboards, skateboards, anti-mosquito apparel and dry su...
23 Oct, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
Kerala's INKEL to bring an invest of Rs 1,000 croreThe 2007-established INKEL has been developing Inkel Greens with an industrial zone called ‘SME Park’ and an educational zone called ‘Edu C...
04 Jun, 2015, 04.30 PM IST
How fall in rubber prices is impacting lakhs of Keralites who have built fortunes from its cultivationAppeals, memoranda and even strikes — the 10 lakh-odd rubber farmers and their families in the state have tried it all to convince the poli...
08 Mar, 2015, 02.47 AM IST
Kerala footwear industry becomes a Rs 700 crore sectorThe early years in 2000's saw the units in crisis due to heavy spend on raw material and electricity.
27 Nov, 2013, 11.30 AM IST
- DoT rejects Liberty bid for ITI takeover
The telecom department (DoT) has rejected the Liberty Group’s bid for taking over telecom equipment maker Indian Telephone Industries (ITI)...
14 Dec, 2010, 02.00 AM IST
- As the shoe bites in Gulf, there’s cheer for rubber sector
For a better understanding of how the economic crisis is biting people in the Gulf countries, it would be a good idea to take a look at the...
29 Jul, 2009, 02.42 PM IST
- Rubber futures down 9 pc as punters lie low
The recent uproar over excessive speculation in rubber trading in the commodity exchanges by planters and the industry seems to have prompt...
31 May, 2007, 04.04 AM IST