Reliance set to launch Campa Sure water with regional partnersReliance Consumer Products is launching Campa Sure, a new mass-priced packaged water brand, aiming to disrupt the ₹30,000-crore market. It ...
02 Oct, 2025, 12.20 PM IST
Indian Railways cuts prices of 'Rail Neer', other packaged drinking water bottles after GST reformsIndian Railways will reduce the price of Rail Neer. The price cut is due to the Goods and Services Tax reforms. A one-liter bottle will now...
20 Sep, 2025, 05.32 PM IST
GoM decides to cut GST on 20-litre water bottles, bicycles to 5%; raise rate on shoes, watchesThe GoM on GST rate rationalisation has proposed lowering tax rates to 5% on 20-litre packaged drinking water bottles, bicycles, and exerci...
19 Oct, 2024, 07.33 PM IST
Taxation of 40% on carbonated beverages hampering innovation: Indian Beverage Association’s JP MeenaIndia's beverage industry, facing a 40% GST on carbonated drinks, advocates for tax rationalization to spur innovation, job creation, and i...
30 Sep, 2024, 07.08 PM IST
Tax on 100 items to be slashed? GST's rate rationalisation panel to decide next monthThe GoM on GST rate rationalisation has discussed potential tax rate changes on over 100 items, including reducing taxes on some goods from...
26 Sep, 2024, 01.46 PM IST
Coca-Cola brass to visit India this week with a 200-member teamCoca-Cola CEO James Quincey and a team of executives are visiting India to explore growth opportunities. They will meet government official...
27 Feb, 2024, 08.42 AM IST
Congress 'Chunaavi Hindu party', spreading misinformation: BJP on Mallikarjun Kharge's '18 pc GST on Gangajal' claimThe Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has dismissed the Congress' claim and clarified that no such tax has been imposed on 'Ganga...
12 Oct, 2023, 09.35 PM IST
Lassi exempt from GST, AAR Gujarat rulesA ruling made by the GST Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR-Gujarat) has held that lassi, the fermented milk beverage, is exempt from GST. ...
24 Aug, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
Drinking water supply through mobile tankers taxable at 18%: AARThe Andhra Pradesh bench of the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled -- in the case of Vijayavahini Charitable Foundation -- that s...
16 Aug, 2021, 03.32 PM IST
Treated and purified sewage water for industrial use to attract 18% GST, says AARNagpur Waste Water Management Pvt Ltd had approached the Maharashtra bench of AAR seeking a ruling on whether 'tertiary treated water' supp...
01 Aug, 2021, 12.40 PM IST
Packaged tender coconut water set to turn dearerIn northern India, which gets its supply of coconuts from the south, the retail price of a 200-ml pack of tender coconut water could rise b...
21 Apr, 2018, 12.24 PM IST
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo hit hard by slow growth in soft drinks segmentBuyer preference for non-sugary healthier beverages and a proliferation of B-brands have led to tepid demand, with growth falling to low si...
24 Aug, 2017, 01.42 AM IST
GST impact: Coca-Cola to raise price of aerated drinksWith a GST of 40% as opposed to current incidence of taxation at 34-35%, aerated beverages like Coke have been "the worst hit category of b...
27 Jun, 2017, 08.14 PM IST
GST effect: Coke to hike fizzy drink prices, cut that of KinleyThe company said aerated beverages have been the worst hit category with the proposed tax of 40 per cent under the GST significantly higher...
27 Jun, 2017, 05.22 PM IST
Tender Coconuts Yet to Find Right Slot on GST SlabGST Council has put tender coconut water in the no-duty slot.
23 May, 2017, 11.53 AM IST
Coke CEO-designate James Quincey may take up sugar tax with PM Narendra ModiThe proposed meeting, which is not yet confirmed, takes place just before the British-born executive assumes leadership of the world’s larg...
27 Mar, 2017, 12.34 AM IST
Implementing GST to benefit food processing industry: Sharad PawarSharad Pawar said the processed food industry is facing problems due to the existing tax regime and hoped the implementation of the propose...
19 Dec, 2013, 02.04 PM IST