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East Delhi to witness rotational power cuts; industries unhappy over high bills, load sheddings

East Delhi to witness rotational power cuts;…

New Delhi, Apr 2 (KNN) East Delhi will witness rotational power cut due to ongoing construction work of Barapullah Nallah Phase-3.

KNN caught…

Haryana Govt pressurizing insurance cos to pay claimed amounts to Jat stir-hit MSMEs fast

Haryana Govt pressurizing insurance cos to pay…

Rohtak, Apr 1 (KNN) After the industries incurred heavy losses due to Jat agitation for quota in Haryana, state government pressurised the insurance companies…

Marathwada Drought - What about the closed MSMEs, industrialists ask government

Marathwada Drought - What about the closed…

Latur, Apr 2 (KNN) The drought-hit Marathwada region of Maharashtra has forced shutdown of as many as 700 MSMEs in the Latur alone.

Bone dry…

QCI to cover 26000 mfg MSMEs in 2 yrs under ZED model; plans to take it to services as well

QCI to cover 26000 mfg MSMEs in…

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) Quality council of India has planned to cover 26000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the next two years under Zero Defect Zero…

Government achieves fiscal target for the year 2015-16

Government achieves fiscal target for the year…

New Delhi, Apr 2 (KNN) The Government yesterday said that it has achieved the fiscal target for the year 2015-16, putting an end to speculation after February…

Good policies minus good infrastructure won’t give results: Indian Importers Association

Good policies minus good infrastructure won’t give…

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) Indian importers are facing lots of problems in terms of infrastructure and transaction costs in the country, said the Vice President…

State corporations ousting MSMEs out of business?

State corporations ousting MSMEs out of business?

New Delhi, Apr 2 (KNN) The Make in India programme has not only given competition to India's neighbouring countries, but it has also created an environment…

There are big opportunities for foreign investors in India especially in manufacturing sector: Jaitley

There are big opportunities for foreign investors…

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is on his first Australia visit as India's finance minister, said that there are big…

Extending safeguard duty on steel imports is an anti-MSME move: EEPC

Extending safeguard duty on steel imports is…

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) EEPC India, the engineering exporters' body, has described the extension of safeguard duty on steel as an anti-SME move which…

BMS not a part of Sept 2 strike by All India Trade Unions; calls it politically motivated move

BMS not a part of Sept 2…

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) The All India Trade Unions have called for an all-India general strike on September 2 to protest against what they term "unilateral…

DIPP will be the nodal department to deal with issues of copyright protect and IP in the country

DIPP will be the nodal department to…

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) The area of copyright has shifted to DIPP which will be the nodal department to deal with all issues related to copyright in the…

India has made itself complex for doing business: Amitabh Kant

India has made itself complex for doing…

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) NITI Aayog CEO and Architect of Make in India programme Amitabh Kant today said that India has made itself complex for doing business…

Govt releases IPR Panorama to increase awareness among SMEs

Govt releases IPR Panorama to increase awareness…

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) With the view to increase awareness and build sensitivity towards IP, among stakeholders in the SME sector, academia and researchers,…

DIPP launches start-up India portal and mobile app

DIPP launches start-up India portal and mobile…

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) The Startup India portal http://startupindia.gov.in, and mobile…

FTAPCCI to hold conference on Retail Trade Policy 2016 of AP Government

FTAPCCI to hold conference on Retail Trade…

Hyderabad, Apr 1 (KNN) In the back drop of the Retail Trade Policy 2016 announced by the Government of AP, the Federation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh…

Micro enterprises exempted from the e-waste (Management) Rules, 2016

Micro enterprises exempted from the e-waste (Management)…

New Delhi, Mar 31 (KNN) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, last week, notified the e-waste (Management) Rules, 2016, which would be…

Both Houses of Parliament prorogued

Both Houses of Parliament prorogued

New Delhi, Mar 31 (KNN) President of India has prorogued both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.

It is rare for the Budget session of Parliament…

Mysuru MSMEs happy with power tariff revision on 30 paise/unit against proposed Rs 1.2 by discoms

Mysuru MSMEs happy with power tariff revision…

Mysuru, Mar 31 (KNN) The Mysuru MSMEs have hailed the power tariff revision of 30 paise per unit done by Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC)…

DIPP releases FAQs for Start-Ups

DIPP releases FAQs for Start-Ups

New Delhi, Mar 31 (KNN) The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has come out with a FAQ for start-ups in which it said that the tax benefits…

Falling exports: Not only global slowdown, internal factors too responsible for it, says experts

Falling exports: Not only global slowdown, internal…

New Delhi, Mar 31 (KNN) India's exports have been falling for the last 15 months. Different reasons, opinions and views have been given about the decline…