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Railway is a cheaper option for freight transportation but there are other issues with it: MSMEs

Railway is a cheaper option for freight…

Ratnagiri, June 2 (KNN) The Konkan Railways asked the MSMEs to use its freight service for transportation of goods in the Southern-West states of the country.…

Badal’s next target is to create SMEs in food processing sector across India

Badal’s next target is to create SMEs…

New Delhi, June 2 (KNN) Minister of Food Processing Harsimrat Kaur Badal today said her next target is to create small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in…

MCA constitutes National Company Law Tribunal after dissolving the Company Law Board

MCA constitutes National Company Law Tribunal after…

New Delhi, June 2 (KNN) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and National Company Law Appellate…

India International Coir Fair to be held in Coimbatore in July

India International Coir Fair to be held…

Coimbatore, June 2 (KNN) The Coir board under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) will organise a India International Coir Fair (IICF)…

Jammu MSMEs not getting pending power lines as power dept has no fund for spare parts

Jammu MSMEs not getting pending power lines…

Jammu, June 2 (KNN) The city based MSME entrepreneurs are upset over non-release of pending power connections in the industrial units at Bari Brahmaba which…

Parliamentary standing committee for Industry meets MSMEs in Bangalore

Parliamentary standing committee for Industry meets MSMEs…

Bangalore, June 1 (KNN) A nine-member parliamentary standing committee for Industry met MSME associations in Bangalore recently  to get some inputs…

Committee to finalize recommendations on MSME Policy by Oct 31: Kalraj Mishra

Committee to finalize recommendations on MSME Policy…

New Delhi, June 1 (KNN) The ‘One man Committee’ headed by former Jharkhand Governor Prabhat Kumar which was formed to formulate the MSME policy…

CAIT bats for a Cyber Commission to enhance cyber security; writes to PM

CAIT bats for a Cyber Commission to…

New Delhi, June 1 (KNN) In the wake of growing need of cyber security, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has suggested Prime Minister Narendra…

Cabinet nods to sign, ratify pact between India & Qatar on co-operation in Customs Matters

Cabinet nods to sign, ratify pact between…

New Delhi, June 1 (KNN) The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for signing and ratifying of an Agreement between India and Qatar on Co-operation and…

Bank credit to MSMEs decline by -2.5% during March-Apr, 2016

Bank credit to MSMEs decline by -2.5%…

Mumbai, June 1 (KNN) The sectoral deployment of bank credit by the banks to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector has come down by -2.5…

Delhi traders happy with withdrawal of rule to declare goods; want other issues to be resolved too

Delhi traders happy with withdrawal of rule…

New Delhi, June 1 (KNN) The traders are happy with the Delhi Government’s recent move to withdraw the notification by the trade and taxes department,…

MSME Minister releases books on Ministry’s Achievements, Schemes and on Data

MSME Minister releases books on Ministry’s Achievements,…

New Delhi, June 1 (KNN) Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra today released a book on achievements of the MSME Ministry in the last two years.

The book…

Putting an end to VAT ‘Inspector Raj’, Delhi Govt launches VAT app for traders

Putting an end to VAT ‘Inspector Raj’,…

New Delhi, June 1 (KNN) In a move that would do away with the process of VAT inspectors visiting the business premises, Delhi Government has launched a…

Diploma Holders are preferred over Engineers for jobs in MSMEs, highlights a Survey

Diploma Holders are preferred over Engineers for…

New Delhi, Jun 1 (KNN) The Diploma Holders have higher chance of getting a job than an engineer for a technical position in an MSME, highlights a survey.

India International MSME expo to be organised in Pragati Maidan in August

India International MSME expo to be organised…

New Delhi, May 31 (KNN) The MSME Development Forum is organizing the “India International MSME Expo and Summit 2016” from August 10 to 14 in…

Govt urges industry to recommend appropriate tariff rates to propose at APEC membership negotiations

Govt urges industry to recommend appropriate tariff…

New Delhi, May 31 (KNN) India understands that high tariffs are not favourable but at the same time zero tariffs would also hurt the economy, said Arvind…

MSMEs in North Eastern India have a new enthusiasm now: Jitendra Singh (Watch Full Video)

MSMEs in North Eastern India have a…

New Delhi, May 31 (KNN) The MSMEs in the North Easter region, which were very disappointed earlier, have a new enthusiasm amongst them to grow, Union Minister…

J&K CM’s budget proposals aims to woo investors, boost entrepreneurship in state

J&K CM’s budget proposals aims to woo…

Srinagar, May 31 (KNN) Apart from the decision to review the new industrial policy passed during Governor’s rule in the state, J&K government…

Un-ease of doing biz: MSMEs pay full service tax for Railway’s Work Contracts but are kept out of benefits of public procurement

Un-ease of doing biz: MSMEs pay full…

New Delhi, May 31 (KNN) On one hand the government is pushing for mandatory public procurements by MSMEs for PSUs, while on the other hand some of the big…

Jewellery traders happy with 1% TCS roll back; but say raising PAN Card limit would push sales more

Jewellery traders happy with 1% TCS roll…

New Delhi/Mumbai, May 31 (KNN) Bringing in some relief to the jewellery traders, the Union Government has rolled back its budget decision to apply one per…