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56% merchants still do not accept digital payments: Survey

56% merchants still do not accept digital…

New Delhi, Feb 17 (KNN) As many as  56 percent of the merchants still do not accept digital payments because of the risks and cost of handling cash…

Awareness programmes on Zed Certification Scheme being conducted for MSMEs in West Bengal

Awareness programmes on Zed Certification Scheme being…

Kolkata, Feb 17 (KNN) The Federation of Small and Medium Industries (FOSMI) is conducting a series of awareness programmes on ZED (Zero Defect Zero Effect)…

RBI to reimburse MDR charges to banks for payments made through debit cards since Jan 1

RBI to reimburse MDR charges to banks…

Mumbai, Feb 16 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India will reimburse Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charges to banks for payments made since 1 January through debit…

 Weavers of Jharkhand will be reimbursed 90% of cost of buying looms: Smriti Irani at Momentum Jharkhand

Weavers of Jharkhand will be reimbursed 90%…

Ranchi, Feb 16 (KNN) Jharkhand has bagged several investment promises from top industrialists and support assurances from the Government during the day…

Cutting of carpets meant for exports damages them; there should be some other mechanism for price verification, composition: Smriti Irani

Cutting of carpets meant for exports damages…

New Delhi, Feb 16 (KNN) Taking the long pending demand of the carpet exporters to the concerned officials, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani met…

The Trump Presidency and Future of Indo-U.S. Relations

The Trump Presidency and Future of Indo-U.S.…

New Delhi, Feb 16 (KNN) The United States and indeed the West as a whole looks to be in retreat from globalisation specifically and modernity more broadly.…

Public Procurement Policy for electronic products on the anvil, hints DIPP Secy

Public Procurement Policy for electronic products on…

Bengaluru, Feb 16 (KNN) Central Government is planning to come up with a public procurement policy for electronic products in the country to boost their…

MSMEs demand National Steel Policy facilitate steel at competitive prices to downstream producers

MSMEs demand National Steel Policy facilitate steel…

New Delhi, Feb 16 (KNN) The Ministry of Steel, Government of India has recently issued the draft national steel Policy for public discussions.

The…

BSE SME becomes first SME platform in India receiving 200 draft prospectus

BSE SME becomes first SME platform in…

Mumbai, Feb 16 (KNN) BSE SME has become the first SME Platform in India where 200 companies have filed their prospectus for getting listed as of date.

SBI’s merger with 5 associate banks will make it a very large bank, bring down cost of funds

SBI’s merger with 5 associate banks will…

New Delhi, Feb 16 (KNN) Cabinet’s approval to merge State Bank of India (SBI) and its five associate banks will make SBI a very large bank and would…

KVIC to set up Khadi Villages in states to help rural population set up small industries

KVIC to set up Khadi Villages in…

New Delhi, Feb 16 (KNN) Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has decided to help villagers become self-reliant by giving them Charkhas, looms…

India and Pakistan should organize buyer-seller meet to boost cross-LOC trade: J&K MSMEs

India and Pakistan should organize buyer-seller meet…

Jammu, Feb 16 (KNN) The non-inclusion of several products in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for cross border trade is severely impacting the J&K…

Foreign tourists can now get pre-loaded Sim Card soon after arriving in India on E-visa

Foreign tourists can now get pre-loaded Sim…

New Delhi, Feb 15 (KNN) Tourism Ministry today launched pre-loaded Sim Card for foreign tourists arriving in India on e-visa.

Dr. Mahesh Sharma,…

MSME Ministry developing app for barbers; seeking suggestions from Jawed Habib

MSME Ministry developing app for barbers; seeking…

New Delhi, Feb 15 (KNN) In an effort to connect self-entrepreneurs at the ground with digital India programme and make them organized, Ministry of MSME…

SIDBI signs MoU with MCCIA to facilitate loans upto Rs 50 lk to member MSMEs

SIDBI signs MoU with MCCIA to facilitate…

Pune, Feb 15 (KNN) The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mahratta Chambers of Commerce,…

Jaitley, Naidu, Goyal…Tata, Adani, Jindals…all will be present at Momentum Jharkhand tomorrow

Jaitley, Naidu, Goyal…Tata, Adani, Jindals…all will be…

Ranchi, Feb 15 (KNN) Momentum Jharkhand –The Global Investors’ Summit which will kick-start in Jharkhand tomorrow will witness the presence…

Employees Enrolment Campaign 2017 offers opportunity to employers to voluntarily declare details of all employees

Employees Enrolment Campaign 2017 offers opportunity to…

New Delhi, Feb 15 (KNN) EPFO’s Employees Enrolment Campaign 2017 offering opportunity to the employers to voluntarily declare details of all employees…

BIRAC invites proposals for product development from MSMEs, start-ups under BIPP, SBIRI

BIRAC invites proposals for product development from…

New Delhi, Feb 15 (KNN) The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has called for proposals for product development from MSMEs, Start-Ups…

MoMSME organizing NLVDP cum Expo in Jorhat, Assam

MoMSME organizing NLVDP cum Expo in Jorhat,…

Guwahati, Feb 15 (KNN) Aiming to improve procurement from MSME units in the North-Eastern Region, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME)…

India and Croatia sign agreement on Economic Cooperation to boost bilateral trade

India and Croatia sign agreement on Economic…

New Delhi, Feb 15 (KNN) India and Croatia has signed an agreement on Economic Cooperation to enhance bilateral trade between the two countries.

The…