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ELCINA welcomes New Electronics Policy; expects support to MSMEs

ELCINA welcomes New Electronics Policy; expects support…

New Delhi, Feb 20 (KNN) Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA) has welcomed the announcement of New Electronics Policy (NPE 2019) as approved…

Min of Labour proposes reduction in employee & employer contribution rate for ESIC

Min of Labour proposes reduction in employee…

New Delhi, Feb 20 (KNN) The Central Government is planning to reduce Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) contribution rate to 1% for employees…

CAIT launches campaign to boycott Chinese goods

CAIT launches campaign to boycott Chinese goods

New Delhi, Feb 20 (KNN) In the wake of China constantly supporting Pakistan, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has launched a national campaign…

Gujarat govt's interim budget 2019 has sops for all

Gujarat govt's interim budget 2019 has sops…

Gandhinagar, Feb 20 (KNN) With the Lok Sabha elections just a few months away, the BJP government in Gujarat dished out an array of sops for fishing community…

Closure of industrial units in various estates of GIDC might be due to demonetization and GST: FOGI

Closure of industrial units in various estates…

Gandhinagar, Feb 20 (KNN) More than 2000 industrial units in various estates of the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) are closed, according…

Cabinet approves national policy on electronics

Cabinet approves national policy on electronics

New Delhi, Feb 20 (KNN) The Union Cabinet gave its approval to the National Policy on Electronics 2019 (NPE 2019), proposed by the Ministry of Electronics…

Prabhu launches Swayatt on GeM to promote MSMEs, women and young entrepreneurs

Prabhu launches Swayatt on GeM to promote…

New Delhi, Feb 20 (KNN) Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu launched Swayatt, an initiative to promote MSMEs, women…

Cabinet committee approves continuation of Khadi Gramodyog Vikas Yojana till FY 2020

Cabinet committee approves continuation of Khadi Gramodyog…

New Delhi, Feb 20 (KNN) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved continuation of Khadi Gramodyog Vikas Yojana from 2017-18 to 2019-20.  

DGFT equipped with fresh resources to revamp IT infrastructure to boost logistics sector: Prabhu

DGFT equipped with fresh resources to revamp…

New Delhi, Feb 19 (KNN) The government has allocated Rs 132 crore to the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to revamp IT infrastructure for upgradation…

DGFT discontinues issue of physical copy of Advance / EPCG Authorisations for EDI ports from March 1 onwards

DGFT discontinues issue of physical copy of…

New Delhi, Feb 19 (KNN) The Directorate of General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has discontinued issuing physical copy of Advance / Export Promotion Capital…

MCA amends significant beneficial ownership (SBO) rules for companies

MCA amends significant beneficial ownership (SBO) rules…

New Delhi, Feb 19 (KNN) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has amended the Significant Beneficial Ownership (SBO) rules for companies under the Companies…

MCA gives teeth to Delayed Payment Act; makes mandatory for cos to file half yearly returns & cite reason for delays

MCA gives teeth to Delayed Payment Act;…

New Delhi, Feb 19 (KNN) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) decided to pull up the big companies which fail to make payments to their micro, small and…

IRMA collaborates with NABARAD, BIRD to facilitate MSME financing

IRMA collaborates with NABARAD, BIRD to facilitate…

Vadodara, Feb 19 (KNN) Eyeing to facilitate Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in financing, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) has entered…

Punjab Budget provides nothing to industries, the e-way bill limit was also extended just for a month: FOPSIA

Punjab Budget provides nothing to industries, the…

Chandigarh, Feb 19 (KNN) The State Budget presented by Punjab Finance Minister, Manpreet Singh Badal has announced nothing for the industries, said Federation…

Govt simplifies & widens definition of startups; provides relief from angel tax

Govt simplifies & widens definition of startups;…

New Delhi, Feb 19 (KNN) Revising the current definition of startups and addressing the raging issue of angel tax, Union Minister Suresh Prabhu said that…

T-Hub calls startups for its second batch of Lab32 incubation program

T-Hub calls startups for its second batch…

Hyedrabad, Feb 19 (KNN) Hyderabad-based startup engine T-Hub, which is among the world’s leading startup engines powering entrepreneurship and…

Kerala govt needs to ensure ease of doing business at upcoming Vizhinjam port: Governor

Kerala govt needs to ensure ease of…

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 19 (KNN) The Kerala Government needs to ensure a ‘better ease of doing business’ at the upcoming Vizhinjam International…

Min of Commerce makes plans to improve ease of doing business at district level: Prabhu

Min of Commerce makes plans to improve…

New Delhi, Feb 19 (KNN) Ministry of Commerce and Industry has made a plan to improve the ease of doing business at district level, said Suresh Prabhu, Union…

Rural artisans, SHGs, FPOs exhibiting their products at NABKRAFT Mela in Chandigarh

Rural artisans, SHGs, FPOs exhibiting their products…

Chandigarh, Feb 18 (KNN) Rural artisans, Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Farmer Producers’ Organisations (FPOs) from Punjab as well as from many other…

No specific decision on the interim dividend yet: RBI

No specific decision on the interim dividend…

New Delhi, Feb 18 (KNN) At a customary post-budget meeting, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Finance Ministry led by Finance Ministry Arun Jaitley discussed…