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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…

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…