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Need to protect indigenous medicinal plants: Commerce Minister

Need to protect indigenous medicinal plants: Commerce…

New Delhi, Apr 8 (KNN) India today raised concerns over bio piracy through patents being awarded for traditional knowledge and products like neem and turmeric.…
Policy circular on FDI; sourcing from MSMEs must for overseas multi-brand retailers

Policy circular on FDI; sourcing from MSMEs…

New Delhi, Apr 6 (KNN) Government today released a new edition of a consolidated FDI policy incorporating , among others, the policy changes under which…
Germany likely to discuss role in DMIC with PM

Germany likely to discuss role in DMIC…

New Delhi, Apr 6 (KNN)  Germany is expected to take up with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh its interest in participating in the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai…
Slowdown impact: credit to mfg declines

Slowdown impact: credit to mfg declines

New Delhi, Apr 5 (KNN) Thanks mainly to the economic downturn, the growth in credit offtake to the manufacturing sector has declined to 14.7 per cent in February this year…
Low expectation of policy rate cut in annual monetary policy review

Low expectation of policy rate cut in…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India will review the annual Monetary Policy for 2013-14 on May 3 amidst low expectation of revision in policy interest…
Coop banks can lend more to priority sector as unsecured loans

Coop banks can lend more to priority…

New Delhi, Apr 3 (KNN)  In an effort to step up priority sector lending which goes to MSMEs among others, the Reserve Bank of India today allowed Urban…
MSME to be major source of jobs says PM

MSME to be major source of jobs…

New Delhi, Apr 3 (KNN) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today extended support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), stating they will be a major source…
CREDAI unhappy with 1 per cent TDS on property deals

CREDAI unhappy with 1 per cent TDS…

Bangalore, Apr 1 (KNN) Confederation of Real Estate Developer's Associations of India (CREDAI), has sought withdrawal of Budget proposal to levy 1 per…
Sebi does away with physical filing of KYC documents to KRAs

Sebi does away with physical filing of…

New Delhi, Mar 30 (KNN) Securities and Exchange Board of India has done away with the submission of physical documents by investors to the KYC Registration Agencies (KRAs)…
Third party insurance raised upto 20pc; transporters upset

Third party insurance raised upto 20pc; transporters…

New Delhi, Mar29 (KNN) Rates for the third party insurance for private cars and vehicles for goods in the public carrier category will go up by 20 per cent with a cascading…