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78% of beneficiaries under Mudra Loan are women

78% of beneficiaries under Mudra Loan are…

New Delhi, July 24 (KNN) As much as 78% of beneficiaries of Mudra loans have been women entrepreneurs. They are recipients of 50% of the Rs 3,55,590 crore…

GST: Small and Medium Assesses can opt for relaxed GST till Aug 16

GST: Small and Medium Assesses can opt…

New Delhi, July 22 (KNN) The Finance Ministry has announced extending the deadline for opting relaxed Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the small and…

Indian crude steel output down in June: Data

Indian crude steel output down in June:…

New Delhi, July 22 (KNN) The crude steel production in the country touched a low of 7.95 million tonnes in June this year as compared to 8.06 million…

Finance Minister hints change in Fiscal Year, Industry welcomes the move

Finance Minister hints change in Fiscal Year,…

New Delhi, July 22 (KNN) The government is considering to change the fiscal year pattern of April-March to January to December, while an announcement…

Come and Make in Ethiopia: Ethiopian Minister to Indian Textile Industry

Come and Make in Ethiopia: Ethiopian Minister…

New Delhi, July 22 (KNN) In a bid to attract investments, the African country Ethiopia has extended invitation to the Indian textile entrepreneurs…

Industry to grow at 11-12%, significant contribution from MSME sector: AP Fin Min

Industry to grow at 11-12%, significant contribution…

New Delhi, July 22 (KNN) The current fiscal year and the following year are likely to steer smooth with a growth in the industrial sector of the region.…

High-Tech Van launched in Vishakhapatnam to channelize employment for MSME Sector

High-Tech Van launched in Vishakhapatnam to channelize…

New Delhi, July 22 (KNN) Aiming at addressing the gap between the job seeker and the vacant positions available in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…

Govt approves Defence Innovation Fund for Academia-MSMEs to carryout innovation

Govt approves Defence Innovation Fund for Academia-MSMEs…

New Delhi, July 22 (KNN) In a bid to encourage innovation in the sector, the Government recently announced a scheme of Defence Innovation Fund (DIF).…

Much needed industrial policy with focus on MSME sector to be rolled out soon: KSSIA

Much needed industrial policy with focus on…

New Delhi, July 22 (KNN) The Kerala government is in the process of finalising the new industrial policy for the state with a dedicated framework for…

Assam Govt partners with Invest India, aims at enabling supportive startup ecosystem

Assam Govt partners with Invest India, aims…

New Delhi, July 21 (KNN) In a bid to facilitate the ecosystem for startups in the state, the Assam government recently announced collaboration with…

WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement will help industry grow, boost global trade: Experts

WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement will help industry…

New Delhi, July 21 (KNN) In order to foster growth of industry and to facilitate global trade, the World Trade Organization-Trade Facilitation Agreement…

GST: Carpet manufacturing MSMEs badly hit, operations at halt: CEPC

GST: Carpet manufacturing MSMEs badly hit, operations…

New Delhi, July 21 (KNN) With over 20 days into the newly rolled out Goods and Services Tax (GST) , the handmade carpet industry comprising of mainly…

Andhra govt to establish hazard analysis laboratory for MSMEs in Vishakhapatnam

Andhra govt to establish hazard analysis laboratory…

New Delhi, July 21 (KNN) Aiming at reducing the risk of causalities that happen in the manufacturing units, the Andhra Pradesh government has announced…

Workshop on CSR in SME to be held in Sri Lanka from November 6-10

Workshop on CSR in SME to be…

New Delhi, July 21 (KNN) The National Productivity Council (NPC) is organizing a workshop on Corporate Social Responsibilities in SME in Sri Lanka in November…

Growth rate to remain unaffected by GST: ADB

Growth rate to remain unaffected by GST:…

New Delhi, July 21 (KNN) Dismissing apprehensions over the impact of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the country’s economy, the Asian Development…

Bengal Government to announce setting up of an industrial township authority in Howrah

Bengal Government to announce setting up of…

Kolkata, July 21 (KNN) The Bengal Government is all set to announce setting up of an industrial township authority in Howrah in three months.

For…

FISME-SIDBI suggest measures to Railway Ministry to facilitate entry of MSMEs in Railway procurements

FISME-SIDBI suggest measures to Railway Ministry to…

New Delhi, July 21 (KNN) The top MSME body in the country, FISME, along with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has suggested measures like…

Odisha’s draft export policy envisages achieving an export turnover of Rs 1 lakh crore by 2025

Odisha’s draft export policy envisages achieving an…

Bhubaneswar, July 21 (KNN) Odisha’s draft Export Policy, 2017 has been prepared and the state has set a target of achieving an export turnover of…

National Trade Facilitation Action Plan gives a time bound map: Jaitley

National Trade Facilitation Action Plan gives a…

New Delhi, July 21 (KNN) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has released the National Trade Facilitation Action Plan and said this Action Plan gives a…

There is no shortage of cotton/yarn in the country: Textile Ministry

There is no shortage of cotton/yarn in…

New Delhi, July 21 (KNN) In order to ensure availability of cotton for domestic mills, Government of India had directed Cotton Corporation of India Ltd.…