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Right to Privacy is Fundamental Right, says Supreme Court

Right to Privacy is Fundamental Right, says…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) A nine-judge Supreme Court Constitutional bench, in a landmark judgement which is bound to have a crucial bearing in the Aadhaar…

RBI cancels licence of Ghaziabad based Mahamedha Urban Co-operative Bank

RBI cancels licence of Ghaziabad based Mahamedha…

Ghaziabad, Aug 24 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the license of city based Mahamedha Urban Co-operative Bank barring the bank from…

Govt announces linking 4 CFC for manufacturing SMEs under SMARTH scheme

Govt announces linking 4 CFC for manufacturing…

New Delhi, Aug 24 (KNN) Eyeing at facilitating innovation and growth to the manufacturing sector comprising of fair share of the Micro, Small and Medium…

Responsibility of workers safety lies on top bosses, can’t shy away from it: DMRC Chief

Responsibility of workers safety lies on top…

New Delhi, Aug 24 (KNN) The responsibility of the safety of the workers and safe working standards in the industry is on the shoulders on the top management,…

Microfinance loans register 26 per cent growth in first quarter

Microfinance loans register 26 per cent growth…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) The lending in the form of microfinance by the Non-Banking Finance Companies as well as from the Microfinance Institutions, registered…

Imperative to consider boosting MSMEs in the country: Rijiju

Imperative to consider boosting MSMEs in the…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) Highlighting the significance of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, Minister of State (MoS) for Home…

Medicines should be treated as basic need, not business commodity: IMA

Medicines should be treated as basic need,…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) Raising concern of tax rate on the medicine industry, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged the GST council to exempt the…

Canara Bank registers increased MSME lending post demonetization phase

Canara Bank registers increased MSME lending post…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) In the aftermath of the demonetization of the higher value currency notes last year, the Canara bank has been able to facilitate…

Of 2512 MoUs signed in MSME sector for Maharashtra, only 738 started so far: Data

Of 2512 MoUs signed in MSME sector…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) According to the data released by Directorate of Industries, majority of the collaboration projects signed for the Micro, Small…

Glitches in GST portal, MSMEs feeling helpless as date of filing returns nears: AIMO

Glitches in GST portal, MSMEs feeling helpless…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) With two months into the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the country, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are still…

Listed entities disclosing defaults within 1 working day can make huge difference in credit culture: RBI Governor

Listed entities disclosing defaults within 1 working…

Mumbai, Aug 23 (KNN) The recent decision by SEBI that requires listed entities to disclose defaults on, inter alia, bank loans within one working day…

Rs 1000 cr have been transacted through GeM , 28,000 suppliers have contributed to the platform: PM Modi

Rs 1000 cr have been transacted through…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) Stating that Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has been a successful platform for small traders successfully in provision of supplies…

Lakshmi Vilas Bank targets 10,000 cr lending to MSMEs by 2020

Lakshmi Vilas Bank targets 10,000 cr lending…

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN) Eyeing at expanding credit base to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Lakshmi Vilas Bank recently announced its target…

US signals withdrawing GSP on Indian carpet, not a good sign for industry: CEPC

US signals withdrawing GSP on Indian carpet,…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN) The US is considering withdrawing the special status under Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) given to the carpet exports of…

WIPO to open centres in Punjab-Tamil Nadu to bring academia-industry together for IPR: Sitharaman

WIPO to open centres in Punjab-Tamil Nadu…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN) Eyeing at increasing awareness with regard to the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and mechanism in the country, World…

Not much has been done to protect products, need to build robust IPR mechanism: Rijiju

Not much has been done to protect…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN) Despite the accelerated pace of innovation in the country, there exists huge gap when it comes to securing the ideas and products…

17th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council held

17th meeting of Financial Stability and Development…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN) The seventeenth Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held in in the natiinal capital today under…

Delegation of Indian Industries Association meets UP Chief Secretary to discuss issues faced by MSMEs

Delegation of Indian Industries Association meets UP…

Lucknow, Aug 22 (KNN) A delegation of Indian Industries Association (IIA) met the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Rajiv Kumar to discuss important issues…

Dr Amit Mitra urges Jaitley to convene urgent meeting of GST Council to address problems of small taxpayers

Dr Amit Mitra urges Jaitley to convene…

Kolkata, Aug 22 (KNN) Bengal Finance Minister Dr Amit Mitra has written to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley urging him to convene an urgent meeting of…

Bengal sweet shop owners bitter over GST rate

Bengal sweet shop owners bitter over GST…

Kolkata, Aug 22 (KNN) The sweet shop owners are upset with the Central government over 5 per cent Goods & Services Tax (GST). To protest against the…