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Punjab MSMEs urge Central Government to roll back MIP on steel

Punjab MSMEs urge Central Government to roll…

Ludhiana, June 4 (KNN) Punjab Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have urged the Central Government to roll back implementation of MIP on Steel…

KVGB set to achieve 1500 cr credit disbursal for MSMEs by 2017

KVGB set to achieve 1500 cr credit…

Dharwad, June 4 (KNN) Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has set a target of disbursing Rs. 1500 crore to MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) sector…

EPFO surplus likely to reach Rs 1,600 crore by the end of this year, Says Labour Minister

EPFO surplus likely to reach Rs 1,600…

Hyderabad, June 4 (KNN) Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said that the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is likely to have a surplus…

Amitabh Kant felicitates 30 Start-Ups

Amitabh Kant felicitates 30 Start-Ups

New Delhi, June 4 (KNN) With a view to boost the Start-Up culture in the country, thirty innovation-led start-ups were felicitated yesterday…

NSDH to be set up under MSME Min for SC/ST entrepreneurs

NSDH to be set up under MSME…

Pune, June 4 (KNN) With an objective to provide opportunities for SC, ST business owners to showcase their goods and services, Ministry of Micro, Small…

Power consumers in UP can send meter reading to discoms by SMS or email

Power consumers in UP can send meter…

Lucknow, June 3 (KNN) The power consumers in the state can soon send their meter readings to the billing agencies through an SMS or email.

Consumers,…

Industrial consumers paying high power tariff due to inefficiencies of Utilities?

Industrial consumers paying high power tariff due…

New Delhi, June 3 (KNN) Are the inefficiencies of utilities making a big hole in the pockets of the consumers? This is what the leading MSME associations…

FM to review performance of PSBs on credit to MSEs, MUDRA and more

FM to review performance of PSBs on…

New Delhi, June 3 (KNN) The Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley would review the performance of PSBs during the Financial Year 2015-15 with regard to the…

IIA delegation interacts with envoys to explore possible business opportunities

IIA delegation interacts with envoys to explore…

Lucknow, June 3 (KNN) A delegation of MSME entrepreneurs led by Indian Industries Association (IIA) met the envoys of as many as 10 countries to discuss…

India loses to China, Singapore in cost competitiveness in auto sector: Study

India loses to China, Singapore in cost…

New Delhi, June 3 (KNN) India loses out to China, Singapore, Indonesia and even to Bangladesh when it comes to achieving cost competitiveness in the automobile…

Industries are shutting down in the state, but not due to withdrawal of spl pkg: Himachal MSMEs

Industries are shutting down in the state,…

Baddi, June 3 (KNN) Putting an end to the news which has been doing rounds on industries moving out of Himachal Pradesh because of withdrawal of special…

Guj CM interacts with Indian envoys on improving economic and trade relations

Guj CM interacts with Indian envoys on…

Ahmedabad, June 3 (KNN) Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel held a meeting with Indian ambassadors and High Commissioners to five nations and discussed…

Rajasthan Govt signs MoU with Wadhwani Operating Foundation to promote entrepreneurship

Rajasthan Govt signs MoU with Wadhwani Operating…

Jaipur, June 3 (KNN) In a move towards developing Rajasthan as a smart state in job creation and entrepreneurship, Rajasthan Government has signed a Memorandum…

The not-so good Financial Ecosystem of MSMEs

The not-so good Financial Ecosystem of MSMEs

New Delhi, June 3 (KNN) The latest RBI data on credit lending shows dismal figures for the MSMEs, as the sectoral deployment of bank credit by the banks…

Land of Pashmina witnessed record sale of Khadi on May 30

Land of Pashmina witnessed record sale of…

Srinagar, June 3 (KNN) The land of Pashmina witnessed record sale of Rs 4.52 lakhs of Khadi on May 30.

A National Level Exhibition of Khadi &…

PM Modi stresses on the need for proper skill mapping

PM Modi stresses on the need for…

New Delhi, June 3 (KNN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stressed upon the need for proper skill mapping and identification of the future requirements for…

Implement norms on relief measures for areas affected by Natural Calamities: RBI to Banks

Implement norms on relief measures for areas…

New Delhi, June 2 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has advised the all the Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding Regional Rural Banks) to ensure implementation…

RBI asks banks to have robust cyber-security preparedness

RBI asks banks to have robust cyber-security…

New Delhi, June 2 (KNN) To ensure adequate cyber-security financial sector including banks, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asked the banks to put in place…

8-10% growth rate can only be sustained if domestic market invests in the country: Expert

8-10% growth rate can only be sustained…

New Delhi, June 2 (KNN) India needs to capture some of the world markets if it has to sustain an 8-10 per cent growth rate over the next 20-25 years, Arvind…

Maximum number of MSME registrations done from Bihar using UAM

Maximum number of MSME registrations done from…

New Delhi, June 2 (KNN) More than 7.9 lakh MSMEs have registered themselves using Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM) out of which maximum are from Bihar and…