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DMIC to generate employment, boost development: Sitharaman

DMIC to generate employment, boost development: Sitharaman

New Delhi, Dec 9 (KNN) The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) Project, which has been planned as a global manufacturing and investment destination, is…
Swaraj to Pakistan: Let's do business

Swaraj to Pakistan: Let's do business

New Delhi, Dec 9 (KNN) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that it is time for India and Pakistan to "display maturity" and do business…
Pakistan has not yet removed trade restrictions on land route, granted MFN status to India: Sitharaman

Pakistan has not yet removed trade restrictions…

New Delhi, Dec 9 (KNN) Pakistan has not yet granted the most favoured nation (MFN) status to India, Commerce & Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told…
EDMC proposes hike in property tax for East Delhiites

EDMC proposes hike in property tax for…

New Delhi, Dec 9 (KNN) The East Delhi residents will now have to shell more money from their pockets for taxes as the East Delhi Municipal…
Chennai floods: MSMEs demand tax holiday for six months

Chennai floods: MSMEs demand tax holiday for…

New Delhi, Dec 9, (KNN) The devastating floods in Chennai has not only claimed more than 300 hundred lives across the state, but has also hit the industry…
Govt planning abolition of Plan and Non-Plan segmentation of expenditure

Govt planning abolition of Plan and Non-Plan…

New Delhi, Dec 9 (KNN) Government may do away with classification of public expenditure in Plan and Non-Plan categories from the next budget itself. Addressing…
Govt launched IAF to catalyse investment into start-ups and MSMEs: Rudy

Govt launched IAF to catalyse investment into…

New Delhi, Dec 9 (KNN) Government has launched the India Aspiration Fund (IAF) under the Small Industries Development Bank of India with a capital of Rs 2,000…
Second phase of Shaktigarh Industrial Hub comes up in Bardhaman

Second phase of Shaktigarh Industrial Hub comes…

Kolkata, Dec 9 (KNN) The West Bengal Small Scale Industrial Development Corporation has set up the 2ndphase of the Shaktigarh Industrial Hub at Bardhaman.
WB Govt announces soft loan of Rs 100 crores for workers of closed tea gardens

WB Govt announces soft loan of Rs…

Kolkata, Dec 9 (KNN) The West Bengal Government led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to provide soft loan of Rs 100 crores to the planters of…
Less than 10% MSMEs selected from Gujarat under 'Make in India'

Less than 10% MSMEs selected from Gujarat…

New Delhi, Dec 9 (KNN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi home turf, Gujarat, got only four out of the 25 lakh MSMEs selected under his flagship programme 'Make…
Chennai floods: Losses of MSMEs reach around Rs 18000 crores

Chennai floods: Losses of MSMEs reach around…

Chennai, Dec 9 (KNN) The Chennai floods not only claimed more than 300 hundreds lives across the state but has also sunk the businesses worth thousands…
BSE SME tumbles 0.12% in afternoon trade

BSE SME tumbles 0.12% in afternoon trade

Mumbai, Dec 9 (KNN) The SME exchange of BSE was trading low on Wednesday noon down by 0.12 per cent. The market capitalization of the bourse tumbled to Rs…
Draft 'National Policy on Capital Goods' to be taken to Cabinet shortly

Draft 'National Policy on Capital Goods' to…

New Delhi, Dec 9 (KNN) The draft 'National Policy on Capital Goods' will all set to be taking to the Cabinet shortly, said Union Minister Anant Geete…
Alibaba.com launches online platform - SMILE for Indian SMEs

Alibaba.com launches online platform - SMILE for…

New Delhi,  Dec 8 (KNN) :-The global wholesale trading platform giant Alibaba.com, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, today announced the official launch…
MSME Ministry inks pact with Textiles Ministry for establishing a Technology Centre at Kanpur

MSME Ministry inks pact with Textiles Ministry…

New Delhi, Dec 8 (KNN) In order to set up a Technology Centre (Tool Room) at Kanpur, a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed today,…
80% of component and assemblies of weapon systems and aircraft are made by MSMEs

80% of component and assemblies of weapon…

New Delhi, Dec 8 (KNN) A Committee of Experts set up by Ministry of Defence mentioned in its report that almost 80% of component, aggregates and assemblies…
DIPP pushes for formation, implementation of guidelines for Direct Selling Industry in various states

DIPP pushes for formation, implementation of guidelines…

New Delhi, Dec 8 (KNN) Direct selling will have to be given a greater thrust as it empowers women, MSMEs and promotes manufacturing in India, said Amitabh…
Committee constituted to examine issue of sale of drugs online: Union Health Minister

Committee constituted to examine issue of sale…

New Delhi, Dec 8 (KNN) On the issue of regularisation of E-Pharmacies, Health Minister J P Nadda today informed Parliament that the Drugs Consultative Committee…
RBI Guv indicates that Banks need to clean up their non-performing assets

RBI Guv indicates that Banks need to…

New Delhi, Dec 8 (KNN) Banks need to take immediate measures like sale of non-performing assets (NPA) to asset reconstruction companies to clean up their balance…
Is DRI sparing big fish using non-prime steel for transformers?

Is DRI sparing big fish using non-prime…

New Delhi, Dec 8 (KNN) After initial crackdown against transformer manufacturers using non-prime steel, mostly those headquartered in Rajasthan, the Directorate…