India denies plans to raise gold and silver import duties. Prime Minister Modi urged citizens to avoid gold purchases amid economic pressur...

Vegetable prices have fallen sharply since January. Potatoes are down 40 percent, onions 50 percent, and tomatoes up to 80 percent. This is...

The Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (MCCIA), which claims to represent 700,000 traders, has written to the chief ...

Recently, the Maharashtra government had allowed shops to function till 8 pm in 25 districts excluding Pune and ten other districts where l...

“Before Covid-19, I used to supply 23 to 30 tonnes of fruits and vegetable to hotels and institutions. Now, it has come down to 5 to 6 tonn...

Traders, however, sought to defy the curbs on the argument that about half the businesses were operational using the ‘essential’ tag and e-...

Traders say the current situation will devastate farmers as their produce will start rotting, while urban consumers will face sky-high pric...

In Mumbai and Pune, traders have issued statements that they will shutter their shops on Wednesday, while Nashik merchants said they would ...

The state government had suspended licenses of about 20 traders, who had refused to buy at MSP. They have demanded cancellation of this act...

Retail customers still shell out Rs 50-60/kg in most metro cities.

Traders claim that brands, howsoever small, dominate the wholesale trade now, as increased awareness has tilted the scale in favour of pack...

Cotton traders from second largest producer Maharashtra have decided to strengthen their efforts to build the Mahacot brand of local cotton.

In a bid to mount pressure, all trade organisations across Maharashtra have decided to observe a two-day statewide bandh from July 15.

CM Prithviraj Chavan announced last week that several municipal corporations in the state will stop collecting octroi and shift to LBT.

Rose growers from Talegaon near Pune, the largest hub of rose cultivation in the country, are now waking up to the benefits of collective a...

Sugar mills are paying a higher amount to cane farmers and this has hampered jaggery production this year.

Last year's unseasonal rains have destroyed 60% of fig production in Maharashtra, doubling the wholesale price from Rs 50/kg to Rs 100/kg.