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AISECT to organise Kausal Vikas Yatra

AISECT to organise Kausal Vikas Yatra

Bhopal, Sep 16 (KNN) With an aim to mobilize around one lakh students about the Government’s Skill India Mission, AISECT is ready for the 2016 edition…

Bandhan Bank pledges to increase loan portfolio for MFIs to Rs. 1,000 crores

Bandhan Bank pledges to increase loan portfolio…

New Delhi, Sep 16 (KNN) The Kolkata based Bandhan Bank has announced to increase its Microfinance loan portfolio to Rs. 1000 crore this year. Earlier the…

Power Minister urges electrical manufacturers to ensure quality equipment

Power Minister urges electrical manufacturers to ensure…

Vadodara, Sep 16 (KNN) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal has asked the electrical equipment manufacturers to ensure quality to face competition from China,…

Relationship with Mauritius is high on agenda for Modi Govt: MSME Minister

Relationship with Mauritius is high on agenda…

New Delhi, Sep 15 (KNN) Relations with Mauritius is high on the agenda of Modi Government, said Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises…

Modi reviews the progress on GST implementation

Modi reviews the progress on GST implementation

New Delhi, Sep 15 (KNN) In order to ensure that there is no slippage on date of implementation of GST from 1st April, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Uber partners with NSDC, Maruti to skill 1 million people by 2018

Uber partners with NSDC, Maruti to skill…

New Delhi, Sep 15 (KNN) Skill India in partnership with Uber has today announced the UberSHAAN initiative aimed at creating 1 million driver entrepreneurs…

Microfinance Industry (MFI) pegged at Rs. 63, 853 crores; grows over 60% y-o-y

Microfinance Industry (MFI) pegged at Rs. 63,…

New Delhi, Sep 15 (KNN) According to Sa-Dhan’s “Bharat Microfinance Report – 2016”, the Indian microfinance industry is pegged at…

Bengal has largest bank funding to MSMEs: Amit Mitra

Bengal has largest bank funding to MSMEs:…

Kolkata, Sep 15 (KNN) Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Amit Mitra has said that state had largest bank funding in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises…

Government to table minimum guaranteed wages bill in Winter Session

Government to table minimum guaranteed wages bill…

New Delhi, Sep 15 (KNN) The Labour Ministry is set to table Draft Code on Wages in the coming winter session of Parliament after which the guaranteed minimum…

Consultations for Indo-Dutch CSR and sustainability forum held in New Delhi

Consultations for Indo-Dutch CSR and sustainability forum…

New Delhi, Sep 15 (KNN) The Center for Responsible Business (CRB) has organized the first in the series of national consultations for establishing the Indo-Dutch…

Upset with AAP over wage hike decision, Delhi MSMEs approach Najeeb Jung

Upset with AAP over wage hike decision,…

New Delhi, Sep 14 (KNN) It seems the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP’s) decision to increase the minimum labour wage in the national capital has not…

WB has 1000 acres of land in Goaltore ready, any investor – Tata or BMW – is welcome: Mamata

WB has 1000 acres of land in…

Kolkata, Sep 15 (KNN) Stating that industry and agriculture can coexist, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the State has 1000 acres of…

DGS to hold Public Hearing on Sept 29 over aluminium imports

DGS to hold Public Hearing on Sept…

New Delhi, Sep 15 (KNN) To protect the domestic manufacturers from cheap imports, the Revenue Department is holding a public heading later this month to…

PM Modi to attend MSME National Award Programme on  September 27th

PM Modi to attend MSME National Award…

Ludhiana, Sep 15 (KNN) A move which would boost the morale of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Six MSME entrepreneurs awarded in Beijing at Asia Brand Ceremony

Six MSME entrepreneurs awarded in Beijing at…

Beijing, Sep 15 (KNN) As many as six MSME entrepreneurs, who are the members of Indian Industries Association (IIA), have been conferred with awards at…

MSME start-ups to get 60% land premium subsidy under Start-up Chhattisgarh Policy

MSME start-ups to get 60% land premium…

Raipur, Sep 15 (KNN) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has announced that the MSME start-ups shall be eligible for 60% subsidy on land premium in…

SDF-South Asian University to work together in areas of trade facilitation, economic cooperation & PPP

SDF-South Asian University to work together in…

New Delhi, Sep 14 (KNN) SAARC Development Fund (SDF) and South Asian University have signed a memorandum to work out collaborative arrangements for areas…

MSMEs remind Jaitley of his Budget promise on EPF and ESI reform

MSMEs remind Jaitley of his Budget promise…

New Delhi, Sep 14 (KNN) With the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley entrusted with an inter- ministerial initiative to simplify the labour laws, the MSME sector…

MSME Data Bank can help industry get skilled labour: Kalraj Mishra

MSME Data Bank can help industry get…

Jabalpur, Sep 14 (KNN) The MSME data bank can provide skilled labour to the industry in accordance with their needs, said Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra.

Direct Selling guidelines will make environment more conducive for growth & help create jobs: Tupperware

Direct Selling guidelines will make environment more…

New Delhi, Sep 14 (KNN) Welcoming the Guidelines for Direct Selling issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Tupperware India has said that the guidelines…