After the central government announced procurement of soyabean to support prices that are ruling below the minimum support price levels, the processing industry has demanded that import duties on cooking oils be increased by 15% to help absorb the jump in raw material prices. Currently, different oils have different duties. While crude palm, sunflower and … Read more
Automaker Toyota Kirloskar Motor on Wednesday said it will set up a new manufacturing plant in Maharashtra at an investment of around Rs 20,000 crore. The company has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government to examine the setting up of a greenfield manufacturing facility at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Toyota Kirloskar Motor … Read more
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) Wednesday signed an agreement with the Maharashtra government to manufacture electric and hybrid cars, which Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said would revolutionise the automobile sector in the state. The MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) was signed at Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai. The company has inked the MoU to examine the setting … Read more
Kolkata: Electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy is hopeful of increasing its market share as it forays into the family scooter segment, a company official said on Friday. The Bengaluru-based firm has so far been manufacturing sporty scooters. “The company has now entered the family scooter segment to capture a larger share of the market. Ather … Read more
The Bombay High Court has quashed a circular issued by Maharashtra’s transport commissioner imposing certain conditions while deciding on applications for registration of vehicles under the BH series. A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Firdosh Pooniwalla, in its judgment on April 12, said the circular was issued “without any authority and, hence, flawed … Read more
Splits in key political parties Shiv Sena and NCP have made the battle for the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra more interesting, besides the focus on traditional issues like unemployment and farmer suicides. Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra will be held in five phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13 and … Read more
Tractor sales in India, a proxy for rural economic health, have seen a steep decline in key states in the west and south in the first 9 months of the fiscal year, dragging overall sales down 4% in the world’s largest market for the equipment. This follows record growth in FY23. Maharashtra saw a 33% … Read more
Two months ago when Maharashtra Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar was asked if his faction of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will put up a candidate from the Lok Sabha constituency of Baramati, the pocket borough of the Pawar clan, against his the cousin Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule, who is the sitting MP, he said, … Read more
Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of vehicle sales in October-December 2023, followed by Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, according to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. As per data from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Uttar Pradesh clocked a total sales of 8,22,472 units across passenger and commercial vehicles; and two and three-wheeler categories. … Read more
New Delhi, Hyundai Motor India on Friday said it has completed the acquisition of General Motors India’s manufacturing plant at Talegaon in Maharashtra. The country’s second-largest carmaker also announced that it will invest Rs 6,000 crore in Maharashtra as part of an agreement inked between the company and the state government in Davos. The acquisition … Read more
