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Port and shipping sector can create 40 lakh direct jobs over the next 5 year: Gadkari

Port and shipping sector can create 40…

New Delhi, Mar 18 (KNN) Port and shipping sector has potential to create nearly 40 lakh direct jobs and 60 lakh indirect employment opportunities over the…

Minimum thickness of plastic carry bags increased from 40 to 50 microns’: Javadekar

Minimum thickness of plastic carry bags increased…

New Delhi, Mar 18 (KNN) The Government has notified the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, in suppression of the earlier Plastic Waste (Management and…

Land allocation issue of SMEs, pending request since 99 yrs, not addressed in Budget: KASSIA

Land allocation issue of SMEs, pending request…

Bangalore, Mar 18 (KNN) The question of land allocation for the SMEs, a pending request for review of 99 years "lease only" policy, has been left…

Delhi HC serves notice to Centre over MIP on steel

Delhi HC serves notice to Centre over…

New Delhi, Mar 18 (KNN) A day after Directorate General of Safeguards (DGS) in the Central Board of Excise and Customs recommended extending the duties…

Jewellers Strike- Rs 60K cr loss already incurred, Govt can't make up for it in next 5 yrs through 1% excise: Traders

Jewellers Strike- Rs 60K cr loss already…

New Delhi, Mar 18 (KNN) The jewellery traders, who are in no mood to call of the strike which has entered 19th day unless the excise duty levied is rolled…

Web portal on coal allocation would bring transparency, do away with middle-man: MSMEs

Web portal on coal allocation would bring…

New Delhi, Mar 18 (KNN) The MSMEs from across sectors including steel and textile are expecting transparency through the new web portal launched by the…

Vodafone M-Pesa & UPPCL facilitates ‘One Click’ electricity bill payment in UP-East

Vodafone M-Pesa & UPPCL facilitates ‘One Click’…

Lucknow, Mar 18 (KNN) Vodafone India, one of India's leading telecommunications service providers along with Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. (UPPCL),…

38 PSUs achieved target of 20%, few upto 55% procurement from MSMEs: Kalraj Mishra

38 PSUs achieved target of 20%, few…

New Delhi, Mar 18 (KNN) As many as 38 Central Public Sector Units (CPSUs) have achieved the target of 20% public procurement from MSMEs in the just concluded…

RBI revises guidelines for Revival and Rehabilitation of MSMEs

RBI revises guidelines for Revival and Rehabilitation…

Mumbai, Mar 18 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has come up with a revised guidelines for Revival and Rehabilitation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…

Manufacture of electronics goods & components is ideally suited to SMEs: MoS Science & Technology

Manufacture of electronics goods & components is…

New Delhi, Mar 18 (KNN) The electronics industry can flourish under the hub and spoke scheme, Minister of State for Science & Technology and Earth…

Web Portal on coal allocation & monitoring system launched for SME sector consumers

Web Portal on coal allocation & monitoring…

New Delhi, Mar 18 (KNN) A Web Portal for distribution of coal by State Nominated Agencies (SNA) has been launched by the government to provide small and…

Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship organizing one day National Summit on cluster development

Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship organizing one day…

New Delhi, Mar 17 (KNN) With an endeavour to enhance the competitiveness of MSMEs through clusters, the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) is organizing…

Depot Online System to bring FCI food grain management and distribution online launched

Depot Online System to bring FCI food…

New Delhi, Mar 17 (KNN) Online System to automate all the operations of FCI depots has been launched here today by Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer…

MSME Ministry holds discussion with CPSUs on procurement policy

MSME Ministry holds discussion with CPSUs on…

New Delhi, Mar 17 (KNN) Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Kalraj Mishra is holding a meeting today with the Central Public Sector…

'SIDBI-Start-up Mitra' would act as a one-stop solution to meet financing, other needs of start-ups: President

'SIDBI-Start-up Mitra' would act as a one-stop…

New Delhi, Mar 17 (KNN) President Pranab Mukherjee today launched the online platform 'SIDBI-Start-up Mitra' which would act as a one-stop solution…

Cabotage restrictions relaxed for container transhipment ports

Cabotage restrictions relaxed for container transhipment ports

New Delhi, Mar 17 (KNN) The Government has relaxed cabotage restrictions for ports which tranship at least 50% of the container handled by them, Ministry…

MSMEs disappointed as DGS recommends extending safeguard duties on steel until Mar 2018

MSMEs disappointed as DGS recommends extending safeguard…

New Delhi, Mar 17 (KNN) A day after the Directorate General of Safeguards (DGS) in the Central Board of Excise and Customs has recommended extending the…

There are some issues at some of the ports in India: FSSAI CEO (Watch Video)

There are some issues at some of…

New Delhi, Mar 17 (KNN) There are some issues at some of the ports in India and not only with perishable products but with other products as well, said…

Hyperlocal market in India has largely been driven by rising no. of start-ups and 'on-demand delivery preference': Report

Hyperlocal market in India has largely been…

New Delhi, Mar 17 (KNN) The Hyperlocal market in India has largely been driven by rising number of startups and “on-demand delivery preference”…

Leading steel producing countries exporting products even at price below cost of production: Sai

Leading steel producing countries exporting products even…

New Delhi, Mar 17 (KNN) Due to the excess capacity in many of the leading steel producing countries like China, Japan, Russia, Korea etc. these countries…