From the stock market to the economy, many good news has been received.
October has started. As soon as the month starts, there has been a shower of happiness from the stock market to the economy. Where GST collection has seen an increase. At the same time, the stock market saw a boom. The dearness allowance of central employees has increased. Auto cells have also increased for this. There have been big announcements in the RBI policy, due to which the country’s economy can get boost. Along with this, the infra sector of the country can see a boom. Apart from this, the announcement of the Internationalness of the rupee has seen an improvement in the rupee against the dollar. Let us also tell you which gifts have been received by the country from the market to the economy.
Stock market boom
On October 1, there was a tremendous rise in the stock market. The Bombay Stock Exchange’s major index Sensx closed down 715.69 points to close at 80,983.31 points after the decline of 8 trading days. On the other hand, the major index of the National Stock Exchange, Nifty 50, was gained by 225.20 points to 24,836.30 points. Due to this boom, stock market investors have benefited by Rs 3,89,846.24 crore. Earlier, the stock market had broken more than 3 percent for 8 consecutive days.
Rupee rises
On Wednesday, the rupee improved nine paise from its life time lower level to close at 88.71 per dollar in the Interbank Foreign Currency Exchange Market. The rupee rose after the announcement of several measures to support exporters in the central bank’s Monetary Policy Review and to bring stability in the domestic currency. The rupee opened at 88.79 against the US dollar in the currency market. It touched a high level of 88.65 during trading and finally closed at 88.71, which is nine paise more than the previous closed price. On Tuesday, the rupee fell by five paise to an all -time low of 88.80 against the US dollar.
GST collection increases
The GST collection rose 9 per cent to Rs 1.89 lakh crore in September. GST collection has increased due to increase in sales due to rationalization of rates. GST collection recorded 9.1 percent on an annual basis and 1.5 percent on monthly basis. The gross GST collection was Rs 1.73 lakh crore in September 2024 and Rs 1.86 lakh crore in August 2025. The change in GST rates came into force from 22 September.
Its effect is shown in GST data. After the implementation of GST 2.0 improvement, prices of 375 things from kitchen goods to electronic, medicines and equipment to motor vehicles have come down from September 22. According to data, gross domestic revenue increased by 6.8 percent to Rs 1.36 lakh crore in September 2025, while the import tax increased by 15.6 percent to Rs 52,492 crore. GST refund also increased by 40.1 percent to Rs 28,657 crore on an annual basis. The net GST collection stood at Rs 1.60 lakh crore in September 2025, which is five percent more on an annual basis.
Auto sales increase
Due to the reduction in the prices of vehicles due to the reduction in GST rates, the demand reached a record level during Navratri, causing major vehicle companies Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra recorded strong sales in September. In September, Tata Motors finished second and Mahindra & Mahindra finished third while Hyundai Motor India finished fourth.
Retail sales of Maruti Suzuki India were 1.73 lakh units last month, which is 27.5 percent higher than in September 2024. Tata Motors said the wholesale sales of its passenger vehicles increased by 45 percent to 59,667 units, which was 41,063 units a year ago.
Mahindra & Mahindra said that last month 56,233 useful vehicle dealers were sent to the domestic market, which is 10 percent more than 51,062 vehicles sold in the same period last year. Hundai Motor India said that the number of vehicles sent to the dealers at the domestic level was a slight increase last month to 51,547 units in the same year, whereas in the same month it was 51,101 units in the same month.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor sold 27,089 vehicles in the domestic market last month. Kia India sales fell by three percent to 22,700 units, compared to 23,523 units in the same month last year. Nissan Motor India said that its total sales in September increased nine percent to 10,500 units on an annual basis.
Many announcements in RBI policy meeting
The Reserve Bank of India may not have made any change in the policy rate in the Monetary Policy Meeting on Wednesday, but the rate cut signs have been given next time. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said that since the August policy, there has been a change in growth and inflation dynamics since the August policy and rationalization of GST is expected to reduce the pressure on prices. Due to the heavy fall in food prices, the estimate of overall inflation has become more favorable. As a result, the central bank has reduced its average inflation estimate from the earlier 3.1 per cent to 2.6 per cent for FY 2026, as well as cutting the fourth quarter estimate.
On the other hand, to improve the loan flow, the RBI has increased the limit of taking loans from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 1 crore in lieu of shares. The RBI has made 5 announcements to improve the loan flow in the economy after cutting 100 basis points in interest rates so far in the calendar year 2025. The IPO financeing limit has been increased to Rs 25 lakh. It is being seen as a major incentive for the banking sector.
Increase in dearness allowance
The Union Cabinet gave a gift of Diwali to about 49.19 lakh central government employees and 68.72 lakh pensioners on Wednesday and increased dearness allowance (DA) and inflation relief (DR) by three percent. The DA and DR were 55 per cent of the original salary/pension so far and three per cent increase is effective from July 1, 2025. Giving information about the decisions taken in the cabinet meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the increase in DA and DR will have an annual impact of Rs 10,083.96 crore on a total of Rs 10,083.96 crore. This increase is according to the approved formula based on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission. This increase in DA and DR has occurred a few days after the GST rates are rationalized.