On day one of the 4G spectrum auctions, the government received bids to the tune of Rs 77,000 crore. As expected, no bids were received for spectrum in 700 and 2,500 megahertz (MHz) bands. Three telecom companies Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea are in the fray.

Hatsun Agro's Solapur plant has begun commercial production. RG Chandramogan, Chairman of the company, said it will take 18-24 months to completely utilize the capacity of the plant.

BPCL is the top Nifty gainer post their board approving the sale of the company's entire stake in the Numaligarh Refinery (NRL) for nearly Rs 10,000 crore. N Vijayagopal, Director Finance of BPCL said that they will require shareholders’ approval to decide how to use the proceeds. He added that the shareholders will be meeting on March 25 to finalise plans to use the proceeds.

Affle India's board has approved fund raising of just over a thousand crores. There will be an extraordinary general meeting on March 24 to get shareholder approval for this fund raising.