Gas at $4: Americans cut back on discretionary spends as fuel bills mountAmericans are adjusting their spending as fuel prices climb. Shoppers are altering routines, visiting discount stores for gas, and cutting ...
From inputs to retail, a monster rages through: As supply-side inflation pressures build, the implications for monetary policyIndia's inflation is shifting from producers to consumers, driven by cost-push factors like rising global commodity and energy prices. This...
Higher petrol, diesel prices threaten to rekindle inflation pressures: ReportFuel prices are rising in India. This will increase transport and manufacturing costs. These higher costs will likely lead to more inflatio...
Taxing cheeseburgers could help save the climateThe people across the world tend to eat richer as they earn more wealth, which typically includes consuming more meat.
Animal rights group calls for women to go on sex strike against meat-eating menThe organisation further believed that by imposing a sex ban on men who eat meat, women will not only “save the world” but also curb “toxic...
India cuts export tax on raw hides, skins of buffalo"Exports are unlikely to pick up even after the reduction as the 30% tax makes us uncompetitive amount. The government should remove all ta...
China clampdown on illegal meat puts $2 bn trade at riskChina has adopted stricter border controls due to swine fever, meaning a big blow to Indian buffalo meat exports.
Income Tax department raids Mumbai meat exporterThe company’s website says that they are India’s largest exporter of processed food products and agro commodities.
Taxmen catch buffalo meat, slap Rs 25 lakh in taxes, penaltyThe meat was being transported from an abattoir in Belagavi to Tamil Nadu. The enforcement officials assessed the value of meat at Rs 90 la...
PETA asks government to tax meat, other animal derived foodsPETA India, in a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, requested him to consider taxing meat and other animal derived foods to discourag...
Government forgoes Rs 56,000 crore tax to SEZ in April-December FY17In the entire 2015-16, these zones had received duty exemptions worth Rs 52,216 crore, according to the data given by Commerce and Industry...
Moin Qureshi returns to India; to face ED probeOfficials said Qureshi arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here last night after which ED sleuths served him a court-...
Income Tax department books meat exporter Moin Qureshi under new Black Money ActOfficials said the taxman has recently issued fresh notices to Qureshi under the new Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) an...
Finance Ministry rejects demand for removal of MAT, DDT on SEZs"Ministry of Commerce and Industry had recommended the restoration of original exemption from MAT and DDT to SEZ developers and units. Howe...
Maneka Gandhi trying to polarise society: CongressAICC spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed said, "I do not understand why Maneka Gandhi has made this comment. She is part of the Union Cabinet.
- Gujarat hits back at Anand Sharma over cotton exports
Gujarat govt hit back at Anand Sharma, saying Narendra Modi's statement that Centre was taxing export of cotton while offering subsidies on...
- Meat exports made lucrative by government policies
The meat sector has been beefing up the economy unflaggingly through the downturn, but gains here may mean losses in the milk sector.