Budget 2026 Highlights: What the Union Budget Means for Beauty Retail 
The Union Budget 2026–27 introduces targeted policy measures that have a direct bearing on India’s beauty and personal care ecosystem, particularly…
How the Union Budget 2026 Reshapes India’s Apparel, Textile and Footwear Landscape
India’s apparel, textile and footwear industry stands at a defining inflection point. As one of the country’s largest employment generators and…
7 Wireless Earbuds With Active Noise Cancellation You Can Buy on a Budget
Finding wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation (ANC) no longer has to be expensive. Today, several brands offer earbuds that block outside…
Union Budget 2025: A Game Changer for India's Retail Sector
The much-anticipated Union Budget 2025, the first under Modi 3.0, has been presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament today.…
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Budget 2025: Will India’s Rs 300 Billion Consumer Durables Market Get the Boost It Needs?
With just a couple of days left to Budget 2025, India’s thriving consumer durables sector is expecting sky-high boosts. With the industry on the…
7-9% FMCG Growth in FY25: What Budget 2025 Must Do to Sustain the Momentum!
As Union Budget 2025 looms on the horizon, the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector eagerly awaits reforms and allocations that could bolster…
India’s 2025 Economic Outlook: Growth, Challenges, and the Road Ahead
After a stellar 8.2 percent GDP growth in 2023-24, India’s economy is expected to experience a slowdown. While agriculture, bolstered by allied…
Union Budget 2024: The Impact on the Jewelry Market
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has recently represented the first budget of PM Modi government’s third term in parliament. A range of…
Top Highlights for the Retail & E-commerce Sectors from the Union Budget 2024-25
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2024-25 in Parliament today, marking the first budget of Prime Minister Narendra…
How Union Budget 2024 Sets the Stage for eCommerce and D2C Success
The Union Budget 2024, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, marks a significant step towards fortifying India's economic landscape,…
How to Start your T-Shirt Business in the Booming Indian Market
The t-shirt business in India is witnessing exponential growth, with its market value currently estimated at Rs 23,211 crore. It is projected to grow…
Indian Retail's Wishlist for Budget 2024, Anticipating 900 Million Users and a 20 pc Boost
The consumer industry in India stands at the threshold of a monumental transformation, poised to become the world's third-largest by 2027. With a…
2023 Union Budget: The Real Estate Industry's Reaction to the Budget
Finance Minister just announced a 66 percent upsurge in the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana (PMAY) outlay to Rs 79,000 crore. This might broaden the…
Indian Retail Jewelry Industry Gears up for a Populist Budget Providing Shelter from Global Recession
The Indian gem and jewelry industry is treating 2023 as a panorama of seamless opportunities. Technology and trends enrolled precious color gemstones…
Budget 2022: What Do Start-ups Expect from The Government??
India’s start-up ecosystem has boomed in 2021 like never before. Record $36 billion funds in 2021 were channeled to the start-up sector last year…
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Custom Duties on Raw Materials and Intermediaries Should be Brought Down: IKEA
In the year 2022, the retail sector to see a complete recovery, according to industry experts, However, to achieve that there is a need to…
Budget 2022: Retail Sector Expects Reduction in Overall Tax Burden and Simplification of Compliances?
In the last couple of months, the retail sector has shown several signs of recovery, with business at the same levels due to the pandemic, and is…
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MSMEs Expect Budget'22 To Enable Ease of Doing Business for Small-Businesses
India is home to approximately 6.3 crore MSMEs which forms the backbone of the economy. Similar to the first and second waves of Covid-19, the…
Budget 2021: MSMEs Get Rs 15,700 crore
A provision of Rs 15,700 crore for the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector in the Union Budget 2021-22 by Finance Minister…
Budget 2021 to Drive Consumption and Revive Economy
With the announcement of the Union Budget 2021, the Finance Minister has taken the monumental task of providing stimulus to consumer demand as well…
Budget 2021 To Incentivise?Startups in the Country
The food-tech start-ups are welcoming the budget as the Government has made some important changes for the start-up industry like extending tax…
FM Proposes Rs 1,500 cr Scheme to Boost Digital Payments
To boost digital payments, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed a Rs 1,500 crore scheme during her budget presentation. "To…
Apparel Sector To Gain From Union Budget 2021
To help apparel sector fight pandemic blues, the Union Budget 2021 has announced various schemes.  The highlights include setting up of textile…
Budget 2021: Why Simplification of GST and Ease of Doing Business the Need of the Hour?
2020 has given a significant boost to e-commerce, and the Government’s support through the upcoming Union Budget can further accelerate its ongoing…
Budget 2021: Mall Owners Seek Financial Waiver, Easing of IT Norms?
The mall owners are seeking financial waivers, a loan moratorium for the sector along with easing of income tax norms in the upcoming Union Budget.…
Budget 2021: Rationalization of Tax Rates will Spur Demand for AC, TV
India's lockdown in Q1 of FY21 did have a significant impact on the GDP which contracted an unprecedented 23.9 percent. However, over the last few…
Budget 2021: Fashion Retailers Want Tax Relaxations, More Jobs
The last year was no less than a shock to the whole world. The whole industry took a massive hit, from which the world is still recovering. Imports…
Budget 2021: FMCG Players Seek Growth and Resilience from Pandemic by Boosting Spending Power of Consumers
2020 has been an unprecedented year, which was interesting, challenging yet enriching in many ways. It had far reaching impact on businesses and…
Budget 2021: Retailers Demand Ease of Doing Business, Revival Push
The retail industry was almost squashed during the pandemic. It is slowly getting back on its knees with the opening up of the economy. To get this…
Budget 2021: Regulatory Changes Needed to Ensure Industry Remains on the Path of Recovery
The retail industry is one of the most important sectors of the Indian economy. It is the sector that connects the industry with end-users. The…
[Union Budget 2020]: Retailers welcome the Budget 2020!
With a slew of measures to combat the slowdown, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha. The…
Expectations from Budget 2019 for the Retail ,Ecommerce and D2C Sector
When the Union Budget was announced in 2018, it held a lot of promise for the retail sector. The announcements included the allowance of 100% FDI in…
Union Budget 2018: A Budget for Rural Poor, Farmer and Deserving class
The Budget 2018 has continued to deliver on the Government’s stated development agenda of enhancing the rural economy and doubling the farmers…
Key highlights of Union Budget 2017
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley’s Union Budget 2017 has evoked diverse reactions across the sections. Budget 2017 covered a number of issues to…
Budget 2017: Expectations and relevance for e-commerce industry
There has been a focus on startups and ensuring a stable environment for new ideas. In the last few years govt is conscious of the innovation,…
The e-retailer's wish list for Union Budget 2017-18
With the government stepping up focus on economic reforms and development, everyone is eagerly awaiting the Union Budget 2017-18. Among the key…
Retail sector's expectation from forthcoming Budget
The Retail sector is currently the hotbed of economic growth. Retail in India has grown dramatically over the last two decades, with rising…
Budget 2013: What it spells!!!
  The much speculated and debated Union Budget 2013 has finally arrived! Here is what gets Cheaper and what will require shelling out those…
Pre Buget expectations
Rahul Akkara, Vice President Marketing, Siyaram Silk Mills Ltd says, "Developing, approving and displaying sample garments, (not for sale) is an…
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Pre- budget recommendations
Anirudh Dhoot, President – CEAMA & Director, Videocon shares some Pre-Budget recommendations.    Recommendations on…
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And the Budget speaks?
With the union budget presented on 26th February, the assumptions and guesswork from the budget have finally come to an end. However, speculations…
Factors that have saved India
Market based on strong infrastrutureA strong domestic market, with relatively low dependence on exports, combined with high savings, has made India…