Tobacco stocks like ITC, VST and Sinnar Bidi fell up to 5 per cent today after govt signaled an extra GST cess on cigarettes and bidis, raising margin risks. Analysts suggest stock strategy ahead
Nifty FMCG rose 2.66 per cent in early deals after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, simplified the GST structure
Brokerage expects gross-profit-margin (GPM) improvement in Q2FY26 but warns that month-on-month raw-material (RM) upticks could revive price hikes from Q4
ITC Ltd Chairman Sanjiv Puri on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for next-generation reforms, particularly in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) framework, saying the move will trigger a virtuous cycle of consumption, investment, growth and employment. He said the government's focus on affordability and accessibility of essential items, including food, will provide significant relief to the middle class, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and farmers. "The government's resolve to ensure ease of living by enhancing affordability and accessibility of all items meant for daily consumption will benefit the sizeable middle-class population, MSMEs and farmers," Puri said in a statement. A transparent, simplified and growth-oriented tax structure will not only improve competitiveness of enterprises but also promote ease and cost efficiency in doing business, he added. "The proposed measures will enable formalisation of the economy, create a more tax-compliant ...
ITC Ltd has sought the CCI's approval to acquire the pulp and paper business of Aditya Birla Real Estate Ltd (ABREL) for Rs 3,498 crore. "The proposed transaction refers to the sale of the target business (paper and pulp manufacturing business of ABREL) to the acquirer (ITC Ltd), as a going concern, in accordance with the business transfer agreement executed between the parties," according to a notice filed with the Competition Commission of India (CCI). Established in 1984 at Lalkuan (Nainital, Uttarakhand), pulp and paper undertaking Century Pulp and Paper (CPP) of ABREL is a well-established player in the Indian Paper industry with an installed capacity of 4.8 lakh metric tonnes per annum. According to ITC and ABRE, the "proposed transaction does not raise any competition concerns within the relevant markets as the market is highly competitive, and will not cause any appreciable adverse effect on competition in the relevant markets", the CCI notice said. In March, ABREL announce
JM Financial highlighted that ITC Hotels has delivered a 22 per cent CAGR in Ebitda over FY23-25, driven by strong RevPAR growth
"ITC on group health and life insurance policies may be taken up for discussion. But there is no proposal to exempt these policies from GST. They will continue to attract 18 per cent," official said
India’s FMCG market is witnessing a subtle but significant shift. For months, companies like HUL, Dabur, and ITC leaned heavily on rural demand.
The disappointing FMCG performance could see recovery on better consumption since ITC has historically enjoyed industry-leading growth in several FMCG category drivers
Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates, August 4, 2025: In the broader markets, the Nifty MidCap100 and SmallCap indices edged higher by 0.26 per cent and 0.07 per cent, respectively
ITC Q1 results review: In Q1, ITC's net profit stood at ₹5,244 crore, up 3 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) from ₹5,091.59 crore a year ago
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ITC's Q1FY26 performance shows 3% profit growth and 19.53% rise in revenue, driven by strong performances in cigarettes and agri businesses despite rising commodity prices
ITC Q1 FY26 result: The company's revenue from operations grew 20 per cent to ₹23,129.35 crore from ₹19,350.08 crore in Q4 FY25
Q1 FY26 company results, August 1: Tata Power, LIC Housing Finance, JK Lakshmi Cement, Delhivery, and PC Jeweller will also release their April-June quarter earnings
ITC Q1 results preview: ITC's net profit is estimated to increase 2.6 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) on average, to ₹5,041.75 crore; check more details
Sanjiv Puri, ITC's Chairman and MD, expresses cautious optimism on demand recovery, driven by easing interest rates, better weather conditions, and benign inflation
Chairman Sanjiv Puri says 65 per cent of ITC's revenue now comes from non-cigarette businesses as the firm prioritises domestic growth under 'Bharat First' strategy
GST officers have uncovered fake input tax credit (ITC) claims of Rs 15,851 crore in the April-June quarter of current fiscal, a 29 per cent jump over the year-ago period, even though the number of fake firms detection was less Y-o-Y, officials said. The total number of fake firms detected by central and state GST officers during the first quarter of FY26 stood at 3,558, less than 3,840 such entities detected in the same quarter of FY25. panel of state finance ministers, chaired by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, is currently studying tax evasion in specific sectors and looking at ways to check input tax credit (ITC) fraud. "On an average, about 1,200 fake firms are getting detected every month. The number of fake firm detection in the April-June period is less compared to last year, which shows that the drive against fake GST registration has worked," an official said. As per the data of the fake firms and ITC frauds detected by central and state GST officers during the June ...
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