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1 week, 5 days ago

Mint Explainer: How rising palm oil prices impact India and its consumers

Investors were left reeling this week as Godrej Consumer Products issued a stark warning: soaring palm oil prices have severely impacted its soaps segment, a cornerstone of its business. This policy change came as global palm oil prices were already climbing due to supply constraints in Southeast Asia, creating a perfect storm for manufacturers. Read this | Edible oil, tea, …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Mega aviation package to cut levies, ease rules in the works

Live Mint

The Union government is working on a comprehensive package for the aviation sector involving lower user fees, relaxed regulations and tax concessions, three government officials aware of the development said. While the civil aviation ministry is focused on regulatory relaxations and route allocation, the commerce ministry will work to align the package with India’s trade goals and encourage foreign investment. …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump's import tariffs will have limited impact on Netherlands: CPB

NL Times

The import tariffs that the incoming American president Donald Trump wants to implement will only have limited consequences for the Netherlands. According to the bureau, the effect of the import tariffs is greater for some exports in the Netherlands because they export relatively more to the U.S. For example, the production of machines and equipment, electronic and optical products, and …

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1 month ago

Unsafe fat bikes smuggled from China through Rotterdam port on large scale: report

NL Times

Tens of thousands of unsafe fat bikes are being smuggled from China to Rotterdam and other European ports, AD reports based on its own research. The newspaper spoke to multiple sellers on Bol.com and Makrtplaats, among others, offering no-name fat bikes at prices as low as 599 euros. Legal manufacturers and e-bike experts are dismayed, warning that these Chinese fat …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Household electricity bills could be slashed by £142 in green rethink

The Telegraph

Claire Coutinho is considering removing £4bn of green levies from household electricity bills, amid warnings they are making heat pumps and electric cars more costly. The suggested changes have been put forward amid concerns that the weight of green levies on electricity bills are holding back progress on net zero. Green levies – also known as “policy costs” – fund …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Ahead of harvesting, Haryana basmati exporters seek lower market levies

Hindustan Times

Concerned over the rise in the prices of basmati varieties of paddy, rice traders from Haryana have urged the government for a reduction of levies imposed on buying long-grained aromatic rice from Agriculture Produce Market Committees of the state. “The higher levies of 6.5 percent bite into the margins of traders of the state and they won’t be able to …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Energy bills: How Boris Johnson is still caught in a trap laid by Labour’s Ed Miliband

The Telegraph

Critics say state interventions adopted by the Tories have prevented the energy market from operating competitively, driving up costs even before the recent rise in wholesale prices. The problems date back to 2008, when the Labour government imposed a series of green levies on households through their energy bills using the Climate Change Act, the brainchild of Mr Miliband. David …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Diwali bonanza for citizens as Centre, states slash fuel prices

India Today

In a major relief to the people, the Narendra Modi government announced rate cuts a day ahead of Diwali. The most sizeable cut in recent times ended the long period of petrol and diesel prices, which stood over Rs 90 to Rs 115 per litre. REASONS AND IMPACT OF LEVY CUTS Within a few hours of the centre facing seething …

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3 years, 3 months ago

The NEW Winter of Discontent thanks to high gas prices and lorry driver shortage

Daily Mail

Rising natural gas prices, an energy network 'not fit for purpose' and a shortage of lorry drivers are creating a 'perfect storm' to cripple the UK, experts warned today. CRISIS 1: GAS PRICES SPIKE - Energy firms go bust - Risk of '3-day week' Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is holding a fresh round of crisis talks with the energy industry …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Can reducing cess levies ease high fuel prices?

The Hindu

The story so far: Ratings agency ICRA recently postulated that the government had room to cut cess levies on retail prices of petrol and diesel, thereby easing prices. Would a reduction in fuel cesses affect the government’s ability to pay interest and principal on oil bonds issued to public oil marketing companies as compensation for subsidies? The agency has estimated …

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