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FSSAI extends compliance time for declarations for class titles, trans fat content and saturated fats on food products

FSSAI extends compliance time for declarations for…

New Delhi, Mar 3 (KNN) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has extended the timeline till June 30, 2017 to comply to its…

For MSMEs, govt role has to be changed to that of a facilitator rather than a provider: Economic Review of Kerala

For MSMEs, govt role has to be…

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 3 (KNN) The Economic Review for 2016 tabled in the Kerala Assembly suggests that for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME)…

27 PSBs, 21 Pvt Banks and 4 foreign banks have helped MSMEs resolve revival & rehabilitation issue: MoMSME

27 PSBs, 21 Pvt Banks and 4…

New Delhi, Mar 3 (KNN) The banks both public sector banks as well as private banks along with some foreign banks have put in place a policy to  help…

Chinese Envoy meets Mamata Banerjee; expresses interest to invest in mfg, MSME

Chinese Envoy meets Mamata Banerjee; expresses interest…

Kolkata, Mar 3 (KNN) The Chinese Envoy to India, during his meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has shown keen interest to invest in…

Awareness Programmes on ZED Certification Scheme being held for MSMEs in West Bengal

Awareness Programmes on ZED Certification Scheme being…

Kolkata, Mar 3 (KNN) Awareness Programmes on ZED (Zero Defect Zero Effect) Certification Scheme are being held for MSMEs in West Bengal.

The programmes…

Odisha Govt has identified 91 sectors for ancillary and downstream industries: State MSME Minister

Odisha Govt has identified 91 sectors for…

Bhubaneswar, Mar 3 (KNN) The Odisha Government has identified as many as 91 sectors to set up ancillary and downstream industries, which are mostly the…

BSE SME now has 165 companies listed; 200 draft prospectus received so far

BSE SME now has 165 companies listed;…

Mumbai, Mar 3 (KNN) Equity shares of Hyderabad based Tanvi Foods (India) Limited got listed with the BSE SME platform today taking the total number of listed…

Set up effluent treatment plants or lose electricity connections: SC to Industries in Pimpri-Chinchwad

Set up effluent treatment plants or lose…

Pune, Mar 2 (KNN) The Supreme Court has ordered action against industrial units without effluent treatment plants in Pimpri-Chinchwad district near Pune.

Running of three Government e-procurement portals confusing MSMEs

Running of three Government e-procurement portals confusing…

New Delhi, Mar 2 (KNN) While the Modi Government is promoting e-business even at the retail traders level, there is utter confusion in e-procurement by…

We want a Competition Commission to look at things from point of view of today's situation: Sitharaman (Watch Video)

We want a Competition Commission to look…

New Delhi, Mar 2 (KNN) India wants a Competition Commission that is going to look at things from the point of view of today's situation of the country…

Furnishing of Aadhaar mandatory for final settlement of Pension claims, not in withdrawal cases

Furnishing of Aadhaar mandatory for final settlement…

New Delhi, Mar 2 (KNN) The EPFO has clarified that obtaining of Aadhaar should be mandatory for the time being only for final settlement of Pension and…

As K’taka Cabinet amends 99 yr land allotment clause for single units, MSMEs urge CM to reduce lease period for them as well

As K’taka Cabinet amends 99 yr land…

Bengaluru, Mar 2 (KNN) Karnataka Cabinet has passed an amendment to the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) rules on land allotment by…

Even after a decade, banks especially PSBs and SCBs are yet to achieve targets of the PM task force for MSMEs

Even after a decade, banks especially PSBs…

New Delhi, Mar 2 (KNN) The target set by Prime Minister’s Task Force on MSMEs for lending to micro and small enterprises (MSE) sector was 20% year-on-year…

Private banks to charge upto Rs 150 for cash transactions

Private banks to charge upto Rs 150…

Mumbai, Mar 2 (KNN) Major private sector banks including HDBC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank have stared transaction charges for cash deposits and withdrawals…

Plastic is both an opportunity as well as a challenge: Ananth Kumar

Plastic is both an opportunity as well…

New Delhi, Mar 2 (KNN) Plastic is both an opportunity as well as a challenge, which needs a special strategy and a behavioral change in the common man to…

Payment service providers, SME financing entities etc chipped away chunk after chunk of banking; R Gandhi

Payment service providers, SME financing entities etc…

Mumbai, Mar 1 (KNN) Chunking of banking is the norm; and for undertaking each of these chunks, there are some specialist entities who perform only those…

Sitharaman to inaugurate the National Conference on

Sitharaman to inaugurate the National Conference on…

New Delhi, Mar 1 (KNN) The Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Nirmala Sitharaman, will inaugurate the second edition of the National Conference…

Holding more than 10 scrapped notes now punishable with minimum fine of Rs 10,000

Holding more than 10 scrapped notes now…

New Delhi, Mar 1 (KNN) The rule which makes holding of more than 10 scrapped notes punishable with a minimum fine of Rs 10,000 has been notified by the…

Will mandatory registration of PSUs, Govt Depts & Corporates in TReDS platform solve delayed payment issue in MSMEs?

Will mandatory registration of PSUs, Govt Depts…

New Delhi, Mar 1 (KNN) The Ministry of MSME is considering bringing in necessary rules for making it mandatory for PSUs, Government Departments and Corporates…

Indian manufacturing production and new orders expand in February; Nikkei Mfg PMI

Indian manufacturing production and new orders expand…

New Delhi, Mar 1 (KNN) India’s factory activity expanded for a second straight month in February, however, output price inflation also accelerated…

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