GST Collections Jump 22.9 Percent To Rs 2.31 Lakh Crore In October
India’s gross goods and services tax collections rose 22.9 percent year on year to Rs 2.31 lakh crore in October, provisional finance ministry data released on 1 November showed, making it the second highest monthly mop-up since the tax was rolled out in July 2017. Only April’s Rs 2.43 lakh …
UPI Processes Record 25.47 Billion Payments In October
India’s Unified Payments Interface processed a record 25.47 billion transactions worth Rs 31.53 lakh crore in October, monthly data released by the National Payments Corporation of India on 1 November shows. Average daily value crossed Rs 1 lakh crore for the first time, at Rs 1.01 lakh crore, and average …
Bosch To Launch Premium ACs In India Next Year
Bosch Home Comfort Group will launch Bosch-branded air conditioners in India next year, taking the German engineering group into one of the country’s most contested appliance segments. The company is targeting a strong double-digit share of the Indian market within two years and a place among the top five cooling …
Muthoot Finance Q2 Profit Jumps 36 Percent, Bad Loans Surge
Muthoot Finance on Saturday reported a 36 per cent rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 3,278 crore for the September quarter, powered by a 42 per cent expansion in its loan book, while gross bad loans in the standalone business climbed to 3.87 per cent of advances from 2.28 …
2,000 MBBS Seats Vacant, MCC Opens Special Round
The Medical Counselling Committee has opened a Special Stray Vacancy Round for MBBS admissions, with about 2,000 seats still unsold after every regular round of NEET UG 2026 counselling closed. The schedule, issued by the Directorate General of Health Services on 30 October, puts registration between 2 and 4 November, …
IGL Q2 Profit Falls 94 Percent On Costlier Gas
IGL Q2 Results: Profit Down 93.83 Percent IGL reported consolidated net profit of Rs 23.75 crore for the September quarter, down 93.83 per cent from Rs 384.95 crore a year earlier, even as the Delhi-NCR gas distributor sold a record volume of fuel. Revenue from operations rose 26.3 per cent …
Centre Scraps Petrol Export Duty, Hikes Diesel Levy To Rs 11.50
The finance ministry scrapped the special additional excise duty on petrol exports on Saturday and raised the levy on diesel shipped abroad by Rs 3 a litre, a reset that moves the cost of the West Asia supply crisis from one fuel to another. Petrol exports now carry no duty, …
CCI Clears Xavier Niel’s 5.1 Billion Euro Vodafone Deal
The Competition Commission of India on Friday approved four corporate combinations, led by French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel’s 5.1 billion euro purchase of a 16.2 per cent stake in Vodafone Group. Vega SAS, a French holding company owned by Niel’s family vehicle Maya SAS, is buying the stake from Emirates …
Allahabad High Court Orders UP TET Recalculation
The Allahabad High Court has ordered the Uttar Pradesh Education Service Selection Commission to drop two disputed questions from the 2026 primary level Teacher Eligibility Test, recalculate marks on the remaining 148 and issue revised results and scorecards. The order, passed on 30 October, reopens an August result for candidates …
Reliance Q2 Profit Hits Record Rs 29,550 Crore
Reliance Industries reported its highest ever quarterly profit on Friday: net profit of Rs 29,550 crore in the September quarter, up 33.8 per cent from Rs 22,092 crore a year earlier. Profit attributable to shareholders rose 40.6 per cent to Rs 25,548 crore. Revenue from operations climbed 29.8 per cent …
SEBI Clears IPO Papers Of Atomberg, 3 Others
India’s IPO pipeline added four names in a single week. The Securities and Exchange Board of India issued its observations on the draft offer documents of Atomberg Technologies, Ratnadeep Retail, GNI Infrastructure and Punjab Carbonic, the regulator’s processing status showed on 30 October 2026. The clearance lets each company file …
Indian Oil Q2 Profit Jumps 184 Percent To Rs 21,630 Crore
Indian Oil Corporation reported a standalone net profit of Rs 21,630 crore for the quarter ended 30 September, 184 per cent above the Rs 7,610 crore it earned a year earlier, the company told the exchanges on Friday. Revenue from operations rose 29.5 per cent to Rs 2,62,936 crore. The …
