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18 Bills listed for passage in Parliament during Monsoon session

18 Bills listed for passage in Parliament…

New Delhi, July 17 (KNN) As the monsoon session of Parliament begins today, a total of 18 Bills have been listed for passage in the Lok Sabha and…

High tech RFID-FASTags the way forward for easy movement of goods: Nitin Gadkari

High tech RFID-FASTags the way forward for…

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) The RFID technology based FASTags that enables the carriers to cross the toll gates instead of stopping each time and paying…

K'taka Govt issues stringent laws on land allotment to MSMEs; Industry sees it as an encouraging move

K'taka Govt issues stringent laws on land…

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) The Karnataka Government introduced new set of rules on land allotted by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board…

ESIC Mohali Row: Another insured worker loses finger due to unavailability of services at ESIC hospital

ESIC Mohali Row: Another insured worker loses…

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) In yet another controversy surrounding the functioning of the Employee's State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) run hospitals…

CMIA holds meeting to fast-track Marathwada Accelerator and Incubation Centre project

CMIA holds meeting to fast-track Marathwada Accelerator…

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) In a bid to fast track its flagship project- Marathwada Accelerator and Incubation Centre (MAIC), the Chamber of Marathwada…

Bengal government proposes Industrial Township-MSME Hub in Howrah

Bengal government proposes Industrial Township-MSME Hub in…

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) Aiming at boosting the industrial activity in the state, the government of West Bengal is planning an industrial township…

Exports grow for tenth consecutive month, but this time at a slower pace

Exports grow for tenth consecutive month, but…

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) Exports in June registered growth marking the tenth month positive trend in a line, However the rate at which the exports…

Syndicate Bank establishes dedicated Retail and MSME loan Centre

Syndicate Bank establishes dedicated Retail and MSME…

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) Commercial sector institution Syndicate bank has established a dedicated centre for the Retail and MSME loans in Kharitabad…

Finance Minister has expressed interest to exempt khadi from GST: Kalraj Mishra

Finance Minister has expressed interest to exempt…

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) Aiming at encouraging the khadi sector, the Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra mooted…

India-EU establishes Investment Facilitation Mechanism, focus on Ease of doing business

India-EU establishes Investment Facilitation Mechanism, focus on…

New Delhi, July 15 (KNN) Eyeing at closer coordination between India and European Union (EU), the two countries announced establishing of Investment…

After eWay bills, govt plans chip based tags for movt of goods, traders sceptical about implementation

After eWay bills, govt plans chip based…

New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) Under the newly implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST), the e-Way billing is introduced to enable better movement of goods…

Surat textile strike: Manufacturers-traders willing to do business under GST, shops to open soon: SRTEPC

Surat textile strike: Manufacturers-traders willing to do…

New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) The textile industry in Surat has been affected badly as the manufacturing units, traders and retailers remained shut due…

Delayed payments, purchase preference, GST awareness – Key issues around MSMEs: KASSIA

Delayed payments, purchase preference, GST awareness –…

New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) Aiming at bringing the attention of the government officials towards different issues that continue to haunt the growth of…

Subhash Chandra Garg assumes charge as Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs

Subhash Chandra Garg assumes charge as Secretary,…

New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) Senior bureaucrat Subhash Chandra Garg today assumed charge as secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in the finance…

Maharashtra Govt planning to set up Policy Research Institute

Maharashtra Govt planning to set up Policy…

Mumbai, July 14 (KNN) The Maharashtra Government is planning to set up the Maharashtra Policy Research Institute (MPRI) in order to assist the government…

Traffic Police urges use of Helpline number-Social Media if cops ask for any GST-Fee

Traffic Police urges use of Helpline number-Social…

New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rolled out from July 1, few traders have raised complaints over the traffic police officers…

For classifying enterprises as Micro, Small or Medium, purchase value of plant & machinery is to be reckoned, not the book value: RBI

For classifying enterprises as Micro, Small or…

Mumbai, July 14 (KNN) The Ministry of MSME has clarified that for the investment in plant and machinery for the purpose of classification of an enterprise…

Yes Bank bags $ 150 mn funding from OPIC to fund SME lending

Yes Bank bags $ 150 mn funding…

New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) Private sector lender Yes Bank has got USD 150 million funding from US government and Wells Fargo to fund SME lending. Out of this…

DC-MSME announces preference for micro and small enterprises in GeM

DC-MSME announces preference for micro and small…

New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) S N Tripathi, AS & DC MSME has announced that the 358 products reserved for exclusive purchase from MSMEs will be given preference…

Delhi Govt to run 6 “GST help vans” and set up help desk stalls in commercial areas to help traders

Delhi Govt to run 6 “GST help…

New Delhi, July 14 (KNN) In order to help address the concerns of traders with the new tax regime, Delhi Government will run six “GST help vans”…