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Transnational Skill Standards launched

Transnational Skill Standards launched

New Delhi, Apr 5 (KNN) With an aim to align skill standards which are recognized globally, the government today launched Transnational Skill Standards in…

Labour Ministry for simplifying labour inspections norms: Dattatreya

Labour Ministry for simplifying labour inspections norms:…

New Delhi, Apr 5 (KNN) With the view to simplify business regulations and bring transparency and accountability in labour inspections, the Ministry of Labour…

Telangana gets a new IT policy; seeks to attract $ 3 bn investments

Telangana gets a new IT policy; seeks…

Hyderabad, Apr 5 (KNN) Telangana Government on Monday announced the new Information Technology policy along with four other policies with various incentives…

There are hardly any plastic processing units in Dharavi: Study

There are hardly any plastic processing units…

Mumbai, Apr 5 (KNN) There are hardly any plastic processing units in Dharavi in Mubai which process virgin plastics into final usable articles as it is…

Will making PAN a unique ID double the work for MSMEs?

Will making PAN a unique ID double…

New Delhi, Apr 5 (KNN) The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are happy with the proposal to make PAN a unique identity for business entities.…

Accrediting credit counsellors for MSMEs appears to be a double edged sword, says Expert

Accrediting credit counsellors for MSMEs appears to…

Mumbai, Apr 5 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), today announced that it will lay down a framework by September this year for accreditation of credit…

RBI to lay framework by Sept for accreditation of credit counsellors for MSMEs

RBI to lay framework by Sept for…

Mumbai, Apr 5 (KNN) A move that would bring financial inclusion in the MSME sector, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today announced that by September this year…

First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy: RBI slashes repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%

First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy: RBI slashes repo…

Mumbai, Apr 5 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has slashed the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 per cent in its First Bi-monthly Monetary Policy…

Kolkata MSME exporters to interact with FIEO expert

Kolkata MSME exporters to interact with FIEO…

Kolkata, Apr 5 (KNN) At a time when the entire export sector is witnessing a slowdown, the city based MSME exporters are holding an interactive session…

Global Exhibition on Services to be held from April 21-23 in Greater Noida

Global Exhibition on Services to be held…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) Recognizing the growing importance of services sector, the 2nd edition of the Global Exhibition on Services is being held from April…

CAIT threatens to boycott Chinese goods after veto used in United Nations

CAIT threatens to boycott Chinese goods after…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) The traders body Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has decided to boycott Chinese goods after it has voted against India…

Direct Container feeder Service restarts between Bangladesh and India after 40 years

Direct Container feeder Service restarts between Bangladesh…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) After a gap of almost four decades, the long pending demand of the exporters to start a direct container feeder service between Bangladesh…

Couple arrested for floating fake tender in name of Ministry of Small Scale Industries

Couple arrested for floating fake tender in…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) A couple was arrested by Delhi Police for cheating people by creating fake website of the Ministry of Small Scale Industries and…

Kashmiri MSMEs await new govt’s intervention for problem redressal

Kashmiri MSMEs await new govt’s intervention for…

Srinagar, Apr 4 (KNN) The Kashmiri MSMEs are optimistic that the new chief minister of the state Mehbooba Mufti would not let their demands go unheard.

Ahead of ‘Stand up India Scheme’, MSME Ministry starts consultation with MSME Federations on 'National SC/ST hub'

Ahead of ‘Stand up India Scheme’, MSME…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching the “Stand up India scheme” and a Web portal for the scheme on April 5,…

Jewellers strike has cost more than Rs 1 lakh cr and one suicide; micro entrepreneurs worst affected

Jewellers strike has cost more than Rs…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) The proposed 1% excise on jewellery in the Budget is giving a tough time to the government as well as the jewellery sector especially…

Govt developing portal to streamline procurement of goods & services

Govt developing portal to streamline procurement of…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) Keeping pace with the growing e-commerce industry, government is developing a portal to manage procurement of goods and services…

Prime Minister to launch the “Stand up India scheme” on April 5, 2016

Prime Minister to launch the “Stand up…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching the “Stand up India scheme” and a Web portal for the scheme on April 5,…

Environment Ministry notifies Hazardous Waste Management Rules, 2016

Environment Ministry notifies Hazardous Waste Management Rules,…

New Delhi, Apr 4 (KNN) The new Hazardous Waste Rules will ensure resource recovery and disposal of hazardous waste in environmentally sound manner, said…

Conference on Sub-Regional Private Dialogue of SAARC countries begins in Dhaka

Conference on Sub-Regional Private Dialogue of SAARC…

Dhaka, Apr 2 (KNN) The two days Sub-Regional Private Dialogue (PPD) on Promoting Trade In Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal conference has begun in Dhaka with…