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2000 Rupee Note to continue, also 200 rupee note to come soon: Finance Ministry

2000 Rupee Note to continue, also 200…

New Delhi, July 29 (KNN) Dismissing media reports that the Central Government is planning to scrap off the newly introduced 2000 rupee note from circulation,…

Delayed payments-high power tariffs hampering MSMEs in Andhra:  ACCIF

Delayed payments-high power tariffs hampering MSMEs in…

New Delhi, July 29 (KNN) The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) continue to face different problems including high power tariffs and delayed…

Banks should have dedicated departments, extend sufficient credit to the MSMEs: Telangana Fin Min

Banks should have dedicated departments, extend sufficient…

New Delhi, July 29 (KNN) In an appeal to assist the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) financially, the Finance Minister of Telangana Etela…

Tax incidence in essential items in GST regime lower than pre-GST regime: Gangwar

Tax incidence in essential items in GST…

New Delhi, July 29 (KNN) With the GST rates so notified the tax incidence on items like food grain, milk, egg, sugar, vegetable edible oils, spices in GST…

‘Task Force on Shell Companies’ detected more than 1155 shell cos/entities in last three FYs

‘Task Force on Shell Companies’ detected more…

New Delhi, July 29 (KNN) During last three financial years (2013-14 to 2015-16), investigations by the Income-tax Department have led to detection of more…

Govt keen on investing in R&D in-soft loans for pharma projects: Health Ministry

Govt keen on investing in R&D in-soft…

New Delhi, July 29 (KNN) The government is keen in investing on research and development required for expansion of the pharmaceutical sector in the…

Students must send in suggestions for upcoming foreign trade policy: Sitharaman

Students must send in suggestions for upcoming…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) Seeking suggestions and inputs with regard to the Indian Foreign Trade Policy (FTP),  that is due to be released in September…

Eyeing at facilitating Ease of Doing Business, Companies Amendment Bill gets nod in Parliament

Eyeing at facilitating Ease of Doing Business,…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) The Companies Amendment Bill of 2016, that was to make changes in the Companies Act 0f 2013 was flagged green after the Lok…

GST: Tax on Handicrafts; traditional industry fears closure

GST: Tax on Handicrafts; traditional industry fears…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) almost completing its first month since implementation, the placing of handicrafts under…

DBT for fertilizer subsidies to be rolled out by end of current FY: Mandaviya

DBT for fertilizer subsidies to be rolled…

New Delhi, July 29 (KNN) Government is planning to roll out the much required Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for fertilizer subsidies by the end of current…

Govt wants gems-jewellery sector to aim 7 per cent growth in exports, industry says not very easy

Govt wants gems-jewellery sector to aim 7…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) In an appeal to steer through the decline in exports from Indian gems and jewellery industry, the government wants the sector to…

Bandhan Bank to expand with 200 new branches, aims at facilitating credit to MSMEs

Bandhan Bank to expand with 200 new…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) In a bid to expand its base in the country and improve the flow of credit to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs),…

Entries sought from SMEs, start-ups for Global Cleantech Innovation Programme

Entries sought from SMEs, start-ups for Global…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) With the view to promote clean technology innovations amongst Indian MSMEs, entries have been sought from small and medium…

BRICS countries’ Heads of Revenue Meeting hails GST Reforms being introduced in India

BRICS countries’ Heads of Revenue Meeting hails…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) BRICS countries have hailed India's GST reform in a meeting of Revenue Heads in China recently. 

In the meeting…

Fin Min clarifies state govt free to impose certain taxes outside GST, industry fears implications

Fin Min clarifies state govt free to…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) The Finance Ministry clarified that the state governments are free to levy certain taxes apart from the imposed Goods…

Rajya Sabha passes the Indian Institute of Information Technology Public Private Partnership Bill 2017

Rajya Sabha passes the Indian Institute of…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Indian Institute of Information Technology Public Private Partnership (IIIT-PPP)…

Centre asks states to do away with requirement of taking affidavits for executive level jobs

Centre asks states to do away with…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) Attestation of documents for executive level jobs by Gazetted officers will soon be done away with.

As a part of simplification…

CAG report mentions slow release of funds by Ministry of MSME - Ministry cites delay in allocation of funds

CAG report mentions slow release of funds…

New Delhi, July 28 (KNN) Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in a report on compliance audit, tabled in Parliament, noted that funds of 481.75 crores…

KNN to go bilingual; Hindi version to be available from Aug 1

KNN to go bilingual; Hindi version to…

New Delhi, July 27 (KNN) Aiming to cater the Hindi newsreaders in the country, KNN India, country’s dedicated Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…

Under-invoiced Chinese fabrics hurting the MSMEs, govt must put a check immediately: GCCI

Under-invoiced Chinese fabrics hurting the MSMEs, govt…

New Delhi, July 27 (KNN) With the Chinese imports beginning to dominate the market and the importers increasingly involving in malpractices such as…

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