One aspect that always garners much traction on the Budget day is what got cheaper and what got costlier. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of her Budget presentation proposed a host of tweaks in basic customs duty (BCD) for various products or items that are critical for manufactu
Sitharaman said, "With a three fold increase in the domestic production and almost a 100-fold jump in exports of mobile phones over the last 6 years, the Indian mobile industry has matured. In the interest of consumers I now propose to reduce the Basic Customs Duty (BCD) on mobile phones,
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed to reduce customs duties on gold and silver to six per cent and on platinum to 6.4 per cent to enhance value addition in precious metal jewellery
CISF detected a huge quantity of different types of medicines worth Rs. 49 lakh at Delhi's IGI Airport on Friday from a passenger bound for Almaty, Kazakhstan. On inquiry, the passenger could not produce supporting documents. Later, the said passenger, along with the detected medicines, was
Adopting more flexible policies and addressing existing challenges in customs, payments, and logistics will help Indian exports meet the target of USD 200-300 billion in e-commerce export by 2030, says a report released by EY in association with ASSOCHAM.
The much-anticipated Kharchi Puja, a significant traditional festival, is set to begin tomorrow at the Chaturdasha Devata (Fourteen Gods) Temple in Khayerpur, Old Agartala. This age-old celebration has been observed since the era of the erstwhile royal dynasty, following meticulous rituals a
A two-day coordinated coastal security exercise "Sagar Kavach- 01/24" for Andhra Pradesh was conducted on July 10-11 to assess the effectiveness of the coastal security mechanism, the Eastern Naval Command said in a release on Friday.
The SBI report adds that the various avenues of income for the government such as corporate tax, income tax, customs duty, excise duty, Goods and Services Tax, Net tax revenue, and non-tax revenue have shown a better than estimated revenue collections not only in FY24 but also in the first t
Krida Prabodhini 'A' and GST Customs, Pune registered contrasting wins, while Hockey Lovers Academy scored a huge 18-2 in the Hockey Pune League 2024-25 Senior Division encounter, conducted under the aegis of Hockey Maharashtra, at the Major Dhyanchand Stadium, Nehrunagar-Pimpri