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More than 2/3rd of SMBs have seen a drop in business: Survey

More than 2/3rd of SMBs have seen…

New Delhi, Jan 11 (KNN) More than two thirds of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have seen a drop in business manly due to currency crunch, reveals a…

National Youth Festival focuses on youth with ‘Youth for Digital India’ theme

National Youth Festival focuses on youth with…

Rohtak, Jan 11 (KNN) Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Vijay Goel said the 21st National Youth Festival is being organized in the city from…

Budget Special: Tamil Nadu MSMEs urge FM to lower interest rate, raise working capital and come out with an Exit Policy

Budget Special: Tamil Nadu MSMEs urge FM…

Chennai, Jan 11 (KNN) With the Union Budget to be announced in less than a month’s time now, Tamil Nadu MSMEs have urged the Union Finance Minister…

GST will make it easier for traders and industry to access Input Tax Credit: Adhia

GST will make it easier for traders…

Gandhinagar, Jan 11 (KNN) Goods and Services Tax (GST) will make it easier for traders and industry to access Input Tax Credit and also ease compliance…

Bengal records highest bank credit flow to MSME sector for last 5 years, claims AITC

Bengal records highest bank credit flow to…

Kolkata, Jan 11 (KNN) Mamata Banerjee led All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) today said that Bengal has recorded the highest bank credit flow to Micro,…

Income Tax Department receives Silver Award for e-filing of Income Tax Returns project

Income Tax Department receives Silver Award for…

New Delhi, Jan 11 (KNN) The Income Tax Department has been conferred the Silver Award in the National Awards on e-Governance-2016-17 for the e-filing of…

Budget Special: Reduction in income tax rate, increase in tax slabs are main demands of Punjab MSMEs

Budget Special: Reduction in income tax rate,…

Ludhiana, Jan 10 (KNN) The MSME units across sectors in Punjab have demanded that the Finance Minister should address their concerns related to income tax…

Gujarat Govt plans ‘Business for sale’ website for sick MSME units

Gujarat Govt plans ‘Business for sale’ website…

Ahmedabad, Jan 10 (KNN) Gujarat Government is all set to take digital route to help sick MSME units in the state by developing a website where they can…

Banks told to collect PAN by February 28, excludes BSBDAs like Jan Dhan

Banks told to collect PAN by February…

Kochi, Jan 9 (KNN) With the view to prevent tax evasion, banks have been told to obtain permanent account number (PAN) or Form-60 (if PAN is not available),…

Alibaba’s Jack Ma meets Trump; says focus will be on small businesses

Alibaba’s Jack Ma meets Trump; says focus…

New York, Jan 10 (KNN) Jack Ma, the Executive Chairman of global e-commerce giant Alibaba, met US President elect Donald Trump today to discuss bringing…

EPFO reduces complexities in filing Electronic Challan cum Return; ECR upgraded to Version 2.0

EPFO reduces complexities in filing Electronic Challan…

New Delhi, Jan 10 (KNN) In a move that would further improve ease of doing business environment for the entrepreneurs, the Employees’ Provident Fund…

Registration process under Contract Labour Regulation Act of Tamil Nadu speeded up by 30 days

Registration process under Contract Labour Regulation Act…

Chennai, Jan 10 (KNN) The Tamil Nadu Labour Department has speeded up the registration process of Contract Labour Regulation Act (CLRA) by 30 days.

Tyre industry anticipates muted growth amid demonetization & rising rubber prices; MSMEs also to be affected

Tyre industry anticipates muted growth amid demonetization…

New Delhi, Jan 10 (KNN) India’s tyre manufacturing industry, which also comprises of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who supply raw materials…

To ensure GST rollout from Apr 1, CBEC asks Central Excise & Service Tax assesses to migrate to GST by Jan 31

To ensure GST rollout from Apr 1,…

New Delhi, Jan 10 (KNN) To ensure implementation of GST by April 1, 2017, the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) has initiated the process of…

Sitharaman interacts with Incubators and Accelerators to gather feedback, address challenges faced

Sitharaman interacts with Incubators and Accelerators to…

New Delhi, Jan 10 (KNN) The Commerce and Industry Minister, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, held a meeting with various incubators and accelerators to gather feedback,…

Inclusion of Khadi in MNREGA will boost employment, help MSMEs as well: Textile Industry

Inclusion of Khadi in MNREGA will boost…

Mumbai, Jan 10 (KNN) With an endeavour to train unskilled work force and help them earn more, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has sent…

Japanese Biz Delegation expresses keen interest to invest in sectors including mfg, logistics, power

Japanese Biz Delegation expresses keen interest to…

New Delhi, Jan 10 (KNN) The visiting Japanese business delegation has shown keen interest  to diversify their business in India in sectors such as…

Labour Ministry to hold Tripartite Consultation Meeting on Child Labour tomorrow

Labour Ministry to hold Tripartite Consultation Meeting…

New Delhi, Jan 9 (KNN) The Ministry of Labour and Employment is organizing a Tripartite Consultation Meeting for consideration of Draft Child Labour (Prohibition…

IIM CIP-GIZ to organize workshop on 'Managing Innovation in Small Business'

IIM CIP-GIZ to organize workshop on 'Managing…

Kolkata, Jan 9 (KNN) IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP), in collaboration with GIZ & Steinbeis Germany, is going to organize a 4-day Workshop on…

No additional levy on use of cards at petrol stations even after Jan 13, 2017: Petroleum Minister

No additional levy on use of cards…

New Delhi, Jan 9 (KNN) Petroleum Ministry has clarified that neither the customers nor petrol pump dealers will bear additional charges on digital transactions…