DPIIT's QCOs apply to a wide range of products, including smart meters, footwear, toys, cooking utensils, fire extinguishers, safety glass, welding rods, and components for building, all to ensure safety and improve manufacturing quality.
The share of food in total consumption expenditure of rural households varies from 39 percent in Kerala to 54 percent in Bihar and Assam.
The current summer season was "challenging" due to weather changes and drop in temperature. However, the company's performance in the summer season was better when it exited than it entered, Sundeep Bajoria said.
Brewing a tea cartel is proving more difficult than a cuppa for six major producers of the world's most widely consumed beverage, who last week decided to join forces without explaining exactly what they planned to do.
Hindustan Unilever's third quarter net profit rose 18% year-on-year to Rs 753 crore, helped by price hikes taken during the quarter and about 9% growth in volumes.
This summer, beverage makers are turning on the heat just to help the indian consumer beat it in style, reports CNBC-TV18's Tanvi shukla and Vidhi Godiawala.