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Bank credit share to MSEs increased a bit compared to previous year: RBI data

Bank credit share to MSEs increased a…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (KNN) The share of bank credit to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) increased 1.6 per cent in October compared to previous year 1.2…

GST collection falls down to Rs 97,637 crore in Nov 2018: MoF

GST collection falls down to Rs 97,637…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (KNN) Goods and Services (GST) collection in November dropped down to Rs 97,637 crore, lower than Rs 1 lakh crore collected previous…

India’s manufacturing sector activity improves in Nov; PMI touches 11 month high

India’s manufacturing sector activity improves in Nov;…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (KNN) Buoyed by stronger demand conditions and greater sales, India’s manufacturing sector activity improved in November and…

Vibrant Goa Global Expo and Summit 2019 to be held in Oct 2019 to highlight business opportunities

Vibrant Goa Global Expo and Summit 2019…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (KNN) With the focus on multi-sectoral practical opportunities in Goa, the Vibrant Goa Global Expo and Summit 2019 (VG-GES) will be…

Jaitley calls for open borders, no barriers for trade

Jaitley calls for open borders, no barriers…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (KNN) Trading across national boundaries is an "economic imperative of our times" and those barriers to free trade should be…

India's finished steel exports fall by 23.4% to 0.596% MT in October: Report

India's finished steel exports fall by 23.4%…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (KNN) India's finished steel exports fell by 23.4% to 0.596% million tons (MT) in October 2018, according to Joint Plant Committee…

NITI Forum for North East to hold 2nd meeting on Tuesday; to focus on 5 critical sectors

NITI Forum for North East to hold…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (KNN) With a focus on five critical sectors including bamboo and fisheries, NITI Forum will conduct a second meeting for North East…

SEBI allows exchanges to extend the trading hours

SEBI allows exchanges to extend the trading…

New Delhi, Dec 3 (KNN) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the market regulator, allowed exchanges to extend the trading hours for the commodity…

India presents nine point agenda to G20 member nations for action against fugitive economic offenders

India presents nine point agenda to G20…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (KNN) India presented a nine-point agenda to G20 member nations for action against fugitive economic offences and asset recovery.

Intelligent platform called 'Phantom', unveiled to enable SMEs migrate to Industry 4.0 version

Intelligent platform called 'Phantom', unveiled to enable…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (KNN) An intelligent platform called 'Phantom' has been unveiled to enable Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) migrate to Industry…

Assam government to collaborate with StartUp India team to boost entrepreneurship

Assam government to collaborate with StartUp India…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (KNN) With the aim of motivating youths to take up entrepreneurship, the Assam government will collaborate with the StartUp India team.

310 startups and 09 incubators are registered with the Startup Odisha Initiative: Minister

310 startups and 09 incubators are registered…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (KNN) In a short span of last 18 months, 310 startups and 09 incubators are registered with the Startup Odisha Initiative, said Prafulla…

Govt to set up NBFC, initial corpus of Rs 2,000 crore to fund food processing industries: Badal

Govt to set up NBFC, initial corpus…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (KNN) To fund food processing industries, the government has planned to set up a non-banking financial company (NBFC) with an initial corpus…

K’taka CM requests Goa’s CM to withdraw blanket ban on fish imports

K’taka CM requests Goa’s CM to withdraw…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (KNN) Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has requested Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa to withdraw the blanket ban on…

Cumulative growth of 8 crore industries at 5.4% during April to Oct 2018

Cumulative growth of 8 crore industries at…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (KNN) The combined index of eight core industries stood at 134.8 in October, 2018, which was 4.8 per cent higher as compared to the…

DGFT restricts import policy of gold dore; prescribes wastage and value addition norms for gold religious idols

DGFT restricts import policy of gold dore;…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (KNN) The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has put the imports of gold dore in restricted category.

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New EU Regulation to Impact all Indian Small Businesses, E-commerce Players

New EU Regulation to Impact all Indian…

New Delhi, Nov 30 (KNN) Indian businesses, especially those dealing in business-to-consumer category in the European Union,   will have to…

13th edition of ‘PITEX 2018’ to be held in Amritsar from Dec 6-10

13th edition of ‘PITEX 2018’ to be…

New Delhi, Nov 30 (KNN) The 13th edition of Punjab International Trade Expo (PITEX -2018), will be held at Amritsar from December 6-10, 2018.

Time-consuming application process, high interest rates and hidden fees are top pain points for SMEs: Survey

Time-consuming application process, high interest rates and…

New Delhi, Nov 30 (KNN) About 42% of Indian respondents find access to finance to grow business difficult, as compared to a third of their global peers,…

Chase India organizing India- UK Future Tech Festival on Dec 12 in New Delhi

Chase India organizing India- UK Future Tech…

New Delhi, Nov 30 (KNN) Chase India, an integral part of the India-UK Tech Partnership, is organizing India-UK Future Tech Fest on December 12,…