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Traders should discourage use of stickers directly on fruits; presence of stickers does not guarantee premium quality: FSSAI

Traders should discourage use of stickers directly…

New Delhi, Oct 28 (KNN) Traders should discourage the use of stickers directly on fruits which do not provide any traceability or other regulatory information,…

Foreign buyers show keen interest in Indian organic food products at BIOFACH 2018

Foreign buyers show keen interest in Indian…

New Delhi, Oct 26 (KNN) Foreign buyers from China, South Korea, Vietnam, Mexico, and European Union have evinced keen interest in Indian organic food products…

Govt working on scheme to incentivize exporters to partially compensate for disadvantage they are facing: DGFT

Govt working on scheme to incentivize exporters…

New Delhi, Oct 26 (KNN) The Ministry of Commerce is working on a scheme to incentivize the exporters of the country in order to partially compensate for…

CAIT urges PM Modi to name road & highway after Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

CAIT urges PM Modi to name road…

New Delhi, Oct 26 (KNN) The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in a communication sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today has suggested that in…

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry seeks views on MSMED (Amendment) Bill by Nov 2

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry seeks views…

New Delhi, Oct 26 (KNN) The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry has sought comments from stakeholders on the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…

NGT constitutes special task force to act against illegal scrap units operating in Delhi’s Mayapuri area

NGT constitutes special task force to act…

New Delhi, Oct 26 (KNN) The National Green Tribunal has formed a seven-member special task force to take action against units involved in illegally dismantling…

RBI slaps fine on Mandya Co-operative Bank for violating norms by sanctioning loans to relative of bank’s sitting director

RBI slaps fine on Mandya Co-operative Bank…

Mumbai, Oct 26 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 50,000 on Mandya City Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mandya, for violating…

Aluminium scrap recycling MSMEs oppose import duty hike on aluminium scrap from 2.5% to 7.5%

Aluminium scrap recycling MSMEs oppose import duty…

New Delhi, Oct 26 (KNN) The aluminium scrap recycling industry, which mainly comprises of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), has opposed the proposed…

Walmart India launches 3rd edition of women entrepreneurship development program

Walmart India launches 3rd edition of women…

New Delhi, Oct 26 (KNN) Continuing its efforts to enhance skills and capacities of women entrepreneurs, Walmart India has launched third edition of the…

DCGI slaps notices to Amazon and Flipkart for allegedly selling

DCGI slaps notices to Amazon and Flipkart…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (KNN) The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has slapped notices to e-commerce giants - Amazon and Flipkart - for allegedly selling…

RBI cancels certificates on 121 NBFCs since October 22

RBI cancels certificates on 121 NBFCs since…

Mumbai, Oct 25 (KNN) In the last four days, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the certificates of as many as 121 Non-Banking Financial Companies…

With approaching festive, wedding season, Gold hits over 6 year high of Rs 32,625 per 10 gram

With approaching festive, wedding season, Gold hits…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (KNN) With Diwali just 2 weeks away, the yellow metal prices are trading at over six-year high of Rs 32,625 per 10 gram.

Today,…

Detailed inventory of losses suffered by MSMEs during floods being taken: Kerala Govt tells HC

Detailed inventory of losses suffered by MSMEs…

Kochi, Oct 25 (KNN) The Kerala Government has informed the Kerala High Court that it is in the process of taking detailed inventory of losses incurred by…

5 more rice mills cleared for exports to China; ban on rapeseed meal from India dropped by China

5 more rice mills cleared for exports…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (KNN) As many as five more rice mills have been cleared for exporting non-basmati rice, from India to China, taking the total to 24 rice…

Govt has plans to set up specific agriculture export zones: Suresh Prabhu

Govt has plans to set up specific…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (KNN) Aiming to boost India’s agri exports, government is planning to soon set up specific agriculture export zones which will be…

Karnataka SME Minister meets industry associations to discuss issues faced by MSMEs

Karnataka SME Minister meets industry associations to…

Bengaluru, Oct 25 (KNN) The Karnataka Government is all out to discuss problems being faced by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of the state…

Council of Ministers update PM Modi on progress of Namami Gange and projects in MSME sector

Council of Ministers update PM Modi on…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (KNN) In a meeting with council of Ministers on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked them to inform people about the projects…

India and Singapore to form a joint working group on fintech

India and Singapore to form a joint…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (KNN) In a move to develop fintech solutions for business and financial sectors, government of India has approved a Memorandum of Understanding…

One major factor that contributes to high drug prices in India is unreasonably high trade margins: CCI

One major factor that contributes to high…

New Delhi, Oct 24 (KNN) The Policy Note on ‘Making Markets Work for Affordable Healthcare’ released by the Competition Commission of India highlights…

CCEA approves Rs 7,522 fund for creating infra facilities in fisheries and aqua-culture sector

CCEA approves Rs 7,522 fund for creating…

New Delhi, Oct 24 (KNN) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved creation of special Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure…