Salt shortage ahead? Manufacturers predict a shortfall as lockdown halts productionSalt farmers are predicting a shortfall as lockdown has truncated the production cycle.
07 May, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
Salt association drags startup Puro Wellness into court for its TV commercialThe salt association whose member includes Tata Chemicals, Aditya Birla Chemicals, Nirma Ltd and others, contention is that the start-up Pu...
22 Mar, 2018, 10.57 AM IST
Indian Salt Manufacturers Association get an exparte ad interim injunction against Puro SaltThe said advertisement has baselessly questioned the purity and quality of white salt available in market and compared white salt with blea...
21 Mar, 2018, 07.16 PM IST
VAT on salt: Producers defer strike after government's assuranceA delegation of salt producers, who are opposing 5 per cent VAT imposed on industrial salt introduced by the government from the current fi...
25 Apr, 2016, 10.55 PM IST
Annual salt production commences in Vedaranyam after a 90-day breakDuring rainy season, salt pans will mostly remain inundated. Again, during late-January or early-February the works will begin with Poojas.
09 Feb, 2015, 02.40 PM IST
Cyclone damages salt industry in Ganjam districtThe recent cyclone Phailin and subsequent floods have caused a major damage to the century old salt industry in the coastal areas of Ganjam...
02 Nov, 2013, 06.40 PM IST
Salt export may see uptrend this seasonExport orders are expected to increase with demand coming from China and South Asian countries.
08 Dec, 2011, 12.59 PM IST
- Salt cos hit by delay in land lease renewal
In a state which claims to have single-window clearance for industries, instances of salt manufacturers waiting for 10 years to renew their...
26 May, 2011, 01.42 AM IST
- Salt business in Gujarat: A sweet success for Dandi boys
The cold front in Europe has helped heat up the salt business in Gujarat.
02 Jan, 2011, 02.40 AM IST
- Rains wash away salt pans; 10-15 % price hike soon
Don’t take this with a pinch of salt. Unseasonal rains in Gujarat and Rajasthan, which account for over 90% of India's salt production, hav...
27 Nov, 2010, 06.34 AM IST
- India included in international body canvassing iodised salt
India, one of leading salt producing countries in world, has been admitted into Iodine Network.
22 Aug, 2008, 08.49 PM IST
- Salt output may fall 14% this year on unfriendly weather
Unseasonal rainfall and an extended winter could cut down the production of salt in the country by about 14% making the commodity dearer fo...
08 Apr, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Salt makers want better facilities to boost export
The salt producers in Kutch and Saurashtra have now demanded adequate infrastructural facilities, removal of bottlenecks in the process of ...
29 Feb, 2008, 12.01 AM IST
- Cos to live up to their salt with modernisation plan
Is there a way to spice up salt? Yes, by making it cheaper and going for a global sprinkling.
25 Jul, 2007, 03.55 AM IST
- Failure to renew land lease hits salt makers in Gujarat
Salt manufacturing in Kutch and Jamnagar may have been a labour-intensive activity, however, the units are unable to chart further expansio...
13 Jun, 2007, 03.51 AM IST
- Salt makers want single window facility to solve ills
Fed up with frequent amendments to various Acts which create hurdles in the development of the salt industry, salt units are planning to pl...
23 Dec, 2006, 12.06 PM IST
- China, Japan beats Indian salt
Country’s salt exports have plummeted following surplus production in China and globally higher demand for better quality salt from Japan.
09 Jun, 2006, 01.01 AM IST