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International Water Convention to be held from April 20-22

International Water Convention to be held from…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) With a view to identifying the challenges in ensuring adequate quantities of acceptable quality of water and seeking possible solutions,…

Labour intensive MSMEs upset over amendments proposed in the Contract Labour Central Rules

Labour intensive MSMEs upset over amendments proposed…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) Some of the amendments proposed in the Contract Labour Central Rules are detrimental for the MSME sector and can lead to closure…

Unemployment rate higher in urban India compared to rural India: Study

Unemployment rate higher in urban India compared…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) The unemployment rate in urban India is more than that in the rural India and the current gap between the two rates has widened…

Tobacco industry loosing Rs 350 cr/day due to shut down over graphic warning: Assocham

Tobacco industry loosing Rs 350 cr/day due…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) In a big setback, the country’s…

WB Govt gives last chance to dealers to furnish correct PAN info online

WB Govt gives last chance to dealers…

Kolkata, Apr 13 (KNN) The Directorate General of Commercial Taxes of West Bengal decided to give last opportunity to the registered dealers to furnish the…

FISME hails Rajasthan Land Title Act;  calls it a major step towards Ease of Doing Business

FISME hails Rajasthan Land Title Act; calls…

Jaipur, Apr 13 (KNN) With the passage of Rajasthan Urban Land (Certification of Titles) Bill, 2016, Rajasthan becomes the first in the country to stand…

Govt launches “Deep” e-bidding & e-reverse auction portal for procurement of short term power by discoms

Govt launches “Deep” e-bidding & e-reverse auction…

New Delhi, Apr 12 (KNN) To ensure transparency in procurement procedure by Discoms, Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and  New &…

FTAPPCI to organise seminar for MSMEs to promote trade with Egypt

FTAPPCI to organise seminar for MSMEs to…

Hyderabad, Apr 12 (KNN) In order to improve the trade relations with Egypt, the Federation of Telengana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry…

E-commerce means buying, selling of goods & services including digital products: DGFT

E-commerce means buying, selling of goods &…

New Delhi, Apr 12 (KNN) The Commerce Ministry has introduced the definition of e-commerce for the purpose of MEIS under Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 in…

CITU criticises draft rules on Contract Labour; seeks Rs 18K min wage

CITU criticises draft rules on Contract Labour;…

New Delhi, Apr 12 (KNN) Central Indian Trade Union (CITU) has criticised the draft Contract Labour Rules, which proposes a minimum wage of Rs 10,000 for…

FISME to facilitate MSMEs meet with World Bank on easy credit flow & credit information systems

FISME to facilitate MSMEs meet with World…

Bangalore, Apr 12 (KNN) The Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) is organizing an interactive meeting here on April 19…

Exporters eligible for refund on duty paid on both input as well as final products: Supreme Court

Exporters eligible for refund on duty paid…

New Delhi, Apr 12 (KN) An exporter is eligible for refund on duty paid on inputs as well as duty paid on final product cleared from factory on payment of…

A month before Assam goes for counting; MSMEs say “unhappy with Gogoi”

A month before Assam goes for counting;…

Guwahati, Apr 12 (KNN) The north-eastern state of Assam has completed its two phase polling and is now waiting for the counting on 19th May. The hilly state,…

RBI Launches Portal for Trading of Priority Sector Lending by Banks

RBI Launches Portal for Trading of Priority…

Mumbai, Apr 12 (KNN) S S Mundra, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank has recently launched a platform to enable trading in Priority Sector Lending Certificates…

Apathy of officials on net-metering makes solar ambitions of UP a non-starter: MSMEs

Apathy of officials on net-metering makes solar…

Meerut, Apr 12 (KNN) Uttar Pradesh is eyeing big investments in the solar energy sector and has also come out with some big announcements in this context…

FM urges states to stick to fiscal discipline, spend on public infrastructure

FM urges states to stick to fiscal…

New Delhi, Apr 12 (KNN) In order to improve the public infrastructure in the country, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asked the States to spend…

Gurgaon MSMEs are not happy with infrastructure in city

Gurgaon MSMEs are not happy with infrastructure…

Gurgaon, Apr 11 (KNN) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that several development works are under way to improve infrastructure in…

Bank employees to go on strike on May 25

Bank employees to go on strike on…

Madurai, Apr 11 (KNN) Bank employees from all over the country will go on one day protest strike on 25th May, 2016 to oppose the Government’s attempt…

With more & more states imposing alcohol ban, industry will have to choose an alternative: Economist

With more & more states imposing alcohol…

New Delhi, Apr 11 (KNN) Recently the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has promised to impose liquor ban in the state if her party is voted back to…

Export of betel leaves to EU subject to registration with APEDA now

Export of betel leaves to EU subject…

New Delhi, Apr 11 (KNN) The Commerce Ministry has said that the export of betel leaves to EU will be subject to registration with Agricultural and Processed…