Non-essential Items

A recent study conducted a comparison of spenders and savers, uncovering interesting findings regarding their respective circumstances.

Pakistan on Thursday lifted the ban on the import of non-essential and luxury items to meet a condition of the IMF ahead of the global lender's meeting later this month to decide on a bailout package for the cash-strapped nation.

The Delhi government on Sunday extended the ban on the entry of trucks carrying non-essential items into the city and work from home for its employees till November 26 to combat air pollution and minimise its health effects.

Taiwan may raise its COVID-19 alert level in "coming days", Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Wednesday, according to the official Central News Agency, which would lead to closure of shops dealing in non-essential items as infections rise.

Amazon and Flipkart have suspended deliveries of non-essential items in Delhi due to the lockdown owing to a massive surge in coronavirus cases. Both are however still taking orders for essential items.

Coronavirus cases across Uttar Pradesh spiraling, lockdown will be imposed across the state for three days, starting at 10 pm tonight, during which only essential services will be allowed, the state government said. The rest, government and private offices, shops for non-essential items, malls and restaurants, will be shut. Buses and other public t...

Finance ministry sources said raising GST rates will further hit demand and impede growth

E-commerce companies can deliver essential and non-essential items to all places outside containment zones, the centre announced today as it extended the nationwide lockdown for a third time till May 31. This includes red zones as well. E-commerce platforms were earlier allowed to deliver non-essential items only in green and orange zones in the th...

The Maharashtra government's Sunday order that five standalone shops selling non-essential items will be allowed to operate, has led to confusion among some business owners. Several Mumbai shops didn't open on Monday in the absence of clarity.

Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Paytm Mall have started taking orders for non-essential items in India as the government has eased the national lockdown that was imposed on March 24.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday clarified that barber shops and salons will be allowed to operate in green and orange zones during the third phase of the lockdown beginning May 4, besides sale of non-essential items by e-commerce platforms.

Amazon has strengthened its partnership with the Indian Railways to transport consignments via “COVID-19 Parcel Special Trains” across the country.

The gradual relaxation in e-commerce sale will help ease consumer woes while social distancing. To recall, the government had briefly issued an order to allow smartphone sales in the country after April 20, but that was later revised to suspend all sales of non-essential goods till May 3.

E-commerce giants Amazon India and Flipkart have urged the government to let them sell non-essential items during the lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus in India. The platforms stressed on people's need of these products over a prolonged period and promised to deliver them in a safe and secure way, ensuring social distancing.

Amazon India today responded to the government's change of heart on allowing the delivery of non-essential items from today as part of relaxations during the coronavirus lockdown. In a statement to NDTV, Amazon India has said the new rules were disappointing not only for consumers but also small businesses and manufacturers.

A recent study conducted a comparison of spenders and savers, uncovering interesting findings regarding their respective circumstances.

Pakistan on Thursday lifted the ban on the import of non-essential and luxury items to meet a condition of the IMF ahead of the global lender's meeting later this month to decide on a bailout package for the cash-strapped nation.

The Delhi government on Sunday extended the ban on the entry of trucks carrying non-essential items into the city and work from home for its employees till November 26 to combat air pollution and minimise its health effects.

Taiwan may raise its COVID-19 alert level in "coming days", Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Wednesday, according to the official Central News Agency, which would lead to closure of shops dealing in non-essential items as infections rise.

Amazon and Flipkart have suspended deliveries of non-essential items in Delhi due to the lockdown owing to a massive surge in coronavirus cases. Both are however still taking orders for essential items.

Coronavirus cases across Uttar Pradesh spiraling, lockdown will be imposed across the state for three days, starting at 10 pm tonight, during which only essential services will be allowed, the state government said. The rest, government and private offices, shops for non-essential items, malls and restaurants, will be shut. Buses and other public t...

Finance ministry sources said raising GST rates will further hit demand and impede growth

E-commerce companies can deliver essential and non-essential items to all places outside containment zones, the centre announced today as it extended the nationwide lockdown for a third time till May 31. This includes red zones as well. E-commerce platforms were earlier allowed to deliver non-essential items only in green and orange zones in the th...

The Maharashtra government's Sunday order that five standalone shops selling non-essential items will be allowed to operate, has led to confusion among some business owners. Several Mumbai shops didn't open on Monday in the absence of clarity.

Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, and Paytm Mall have started taking orders for non-essential items in India as the government has eased the national lockdown that was imposed on March 24.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday clarified that barber shops and salons will be allowed to operate in green and orange zones during the third phase of the lockdown beginning May 4, besides sale of non-essential items by e-commerce platforms.

Amazon has strengthened its partnership with the Indian Railways to transport consignments via “COVID-19 Parcel Special Trains” across the country.

The gradual relaxation in e-commerce sale will help ease consumer woes while social distancing. To recall, the government had briefly issued an order to allow smartphone sales in the country after April 20, but that was later revised to suspend all sales of non-essential goods till May 3.

E-commerce giants Amazon India and Flipkart have urged the government to let them sell non-essential items during the lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus in India. The platforms stressed on people's need of these products over a prolonged period and promised to deliver them in a safe and secure way, ensuring social distancing.

Amazon India today responded to the government's change of heart on allowing the delivery of non-essential items from today as part of relaxations during the coronavirus lockdown. In a statement to NDTV, Amazon India has said the new rules were disappointing not only for consumers but also small businesses and manufacturers.