It has been a volatile three-four weeks for the markets as they digested global economic and geopolitical developments. Back home, the progress of Lok Sabha elections 2024 and the falling voter turnout kept investors guessing regarding the outcome of the polls. Business Standard's Puneet Wadhwa caught up with Nilesh Shah, Group President & MD at Kotak Mahindra AMC on his interpretation of the developments, whether the low voter turnout in the first three phases of the general election is giving sleepless nights to the markets, and investing strategies in this backdrop. Watch the video to find out

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Heavy machinery maker JCB expects to maintain double-digit growth in India with the rollout of a new range of emission norms, stage 5, ready construction equipment, a senior company official said on Sunday.
While speaking at the launch of the new range of construction machines, JCB India CEO and managing director Deepak Shetty said the new machines will help customers save fuel cost of up to Rs 18.5 lakh over five years.
"We are very excited to launch Stage 5 ready range of machines. These machines will be better in fuel efficiency from 10 to 15 per cent. They are more productive, have less maintenance cost, and overall, they will have less total cost of ownership for our customers, for the operators will operate these machines," Shetty said.
The company will discontinue production of the old models with the launch of new ranges of machines. Shetty said that JCB will continue to support existing equipment throughout their lifetime.
He said that the new range of machines comes with 

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The Geological Survey of India on Sunday said it has charted an extensive roadmap for the 2025-26 field season with around 1,065 scientific programmes, including 402 mineral development projects and a 16-per cent jump in the number of critical mineral initiatives.
Within exploration activities, a significant focus has been placed on critical mineral exploration, with 227 dedicated projects targeting strategically important mineral commodities such as graphite, lithium and vanadium, the surveyor said in a statement.
The GSI said it would spend Rs 300 crore on critical mineral exploration and investigation during the field season.
"For the upcoming year 2025-26, GSI has formulated about 1,065 scientific programmes, which include 402 mineral development projects that have the potential to generate auctionable mineral blocks in the near future," it said.
The Kolkata-headquartered GSI will also take up 167 mineral discovery projects having the potential to create promising areas for fut

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A long-term perspective on tax structure for different automotive technologies in India would aid the industry in product development which takes a lot of time and investment, according to Skoda Auto India Volkswagen MD and CEO Piyush Arora.
Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd (SAVWIPL) oversees the India operations of five Volkswagen Group brands - Skoda, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche and Lamborghini.
In an interaction with PTI, Arora said the government is taking steps in terms of both demand creation and tax structure standpoints to promote electric mobility.
"From our point of view, a long-term vision on how the tax structures would be there for different technologies would be helpful for the industry because product development cycles are extremely long and there is also high amount of investment which goes into it. So if we have a longer perspective in terms of duties it would help," he stated.
He was replying to a query regarding the industry wishlist in the upcoming Union ...

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