Primarily imported from China and South East Asia, the new amendment will require OEMs to furnish details such as the origin of the consignment, even when the shipment is routed through a different country

Though the government's SAUBHAGYA scheme claims to have provided connections to 100 per cent households, that is not sufficient. Under this scheme, the beneficiary households were provided only one LED light and one power plug, says Shailendra Roy

JBM's ECO-LIFE electric buses are manufactured at the company's manufacturing facilities in Faridabad, Haryana and Kosi, Uttar Pradesh. These plants can manufacture around 2000 buses annually.

The notification is part of the road map under the phased manufacturing programme, and also entails doubling the basic customs duty on completely built units of electric buses and trucks to 50 per cent from April 2020.

India has recently toppled Vietnam to become the second largest mobile phone maker after China. However, India still relies on imported parts from China for the assembly.

Last month, the GST Council brought down the tax rates on several general-used items like TV (below 26 inch), washing machines and refrigerators from 28 to 18 per cent. The industry was demanding a lower GST rate on white goods ever since the GST was rolled out.

Govt blames global prices for high fuel costs, wants to bring oil under GSTUnder fire for rising cost of oil in the domestic market, which remained at a four-year high for petrol and an all time high for diesel in the national capital on Monday, the government blamed high international prices for the spike. The minister for petroleum and natural gas Dharmendra Pradhan made a case for oil to be included under the Goods and Services Tax (GST).  \"We have advocated for bringing ...

India has imposed a 10 percent tax on imports of key smartphone components, including populated printed circuit boards (PCBs), as it moves to step up local assembly of mobile devices in the world's second-biggest smartphone market.

iPhone maker Apple has sought modifications in the government's phased manufacturing programme (PMP) as it plans to set up a manufacturing unit in the country.

The government wants iPhone maker Apple to consider a new manufacturing scheme offering duty benefits to set up its plants in the country.