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Both formal & informal workers to be covered under Social Security scheme, paid minimum wages: Labour Ministry

Both formal & informal workers to be…

New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN) All the employees, both from the formal and informal sectors, will be brought under the social security scheme, Shankar Aggarwal, Secretary…
Nitish Kumar directs officials to provide free electricity connection to all

Nitish Kumar directs officials to provide free…

Patna, Nov 27 (KNN) A day after making an announcement to ban liquor in the state, chief minister Nitish Kumar, keeping up his election promise, has directed…
Finance Ministry to constitute high-level panel to deal with NPAs

Finance Ministry to constitute high-level panel to…

New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN) The government is looking forward to constitute a high-level panel to effectively deal with the issue of bad loans, Department of Financial…
Mudra Yojana is not for the rich people: Venkaiah Naidu

Mudra Yojana is not for the rich…

New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN) Stating that the Mudra Yojana is not for the rich people, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu while addressing the…
Centre-State Communication Gap - 'What is UAM?' asks most of the MSMEs from South

Centre-State Communication Gap - 'What is UAM?'…

Chennai, Nov 27 (KNN) Although more than 55 thousand MSMEs have registered themselves using the Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM), entrepreneurs from most of…
SKS Microfinance slashes interest rate by 1%; becomes first MFI to charge sub-20% interest rate

SKS Microfinance slashes interest rate by 1%;…

Mumbai, Nov 27 (KNN) SKS Microfinance today announced a 1 per cent reduction in the interest rate charged to borrowers from 20.75 per cent to 19.75 per cent…
Govt to announce Central KYC Records Registry Entity shortly

Govt to announce Central KYC Records Registry…

Mumbai, Nov 27 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that an announcement by the government naming the entity, which will function as the Central…
Deadline for comments on Corporate Tax cut extended till Dec 31

Deadline for comments on Corporate Tax cut…

New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN) In order to give sufficient time to stakeholders to study the plan, the Finance Ministry has extended the deadline for giving views…
Boost for MSMEs - 'Make in Manipur' and GIS mapping for sericulture activities launched

Boost for MSMEs - 'Make in Manipur'…

Imphal, Nov 27 (KNN) Aiming to woo investors and generate employment in the state, Manipur government has launched ‘Make in Manipur’ and GIS mapping…
BSE SME up by 0.16% in morning trade; 9/117 cos trades actively

BSE SME up by 0.16% in morning…

Mumbai, Nov 27 (KNN) BSE SME was trading up by 0.16 per cent on Friday morning, but merely 9 out of 117 listed companies were active in the trade.
Govt extends RuPay Card usage condition to 90 days

Govt extends RuPay Card usage condition to…

New Delhi, Nov 26 (KNN) National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) has extended 45 days usage condition to 90 Days for RuPay Classic cardholders with effect…
Mutual fund industry must come out with simple products

Mutual fund industry must come out with…

New Delhi, Nov 26 (KNN) Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will soon come out with measures to further strengthen investors’…
India Expo to be held in Dhaka on Nov 28-29 representing sectors from MSMEs

India Expo to be held in Dhaka…

New Delhi, Nov 26 (KNN) In the background of tremendous scope of exports to Bangladesh with India’s total imports in December 2014 of USD 41 billion…
Offices of Banking Ombudsmen maintained a disposal rate of 96 percent: RBI

Offices of Banking Ombudsmen maintained a disposal…

Mumbai, Nov 26 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India, today, released the Annual Report of the Banking Ombudsman Scheme for the year 2014-15, which highlighted that…
MSME Ministry says Aadhaar card not mandatory for UAM; DIC asks MSMEs to submit Aadhaar nos

MSME Ministry says Aadhaar card not mandatory…

Nashik, Nov 26 (KNN) MSME Ministry has been saying that Aadhaar card is not mandatory to register with the Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM), however, the District…
MSME Ministry asks industry to strive for quality on continual basis

MSME Ministry asks industry to strive for…

New Delhi, Nov 26 (KNN) MSME Secretary Anup K Pujari has asked the industry to “strive” for quality on a continual basis saying that a wave of…
MSMED (Amendment) Bill 2015 one amongst 10 key Bills pending in Parliament

MSMED (Amendment) Bill 2015 one amongst 10…

New Delhi, Nov 26 (KNN) The first day of the Winter Session of Parliament saw the senior ministers taking jibes at each other over the ‘intolerance’…
Govt in increase minimum wages to boost demand of goods & services: Labour Secy

Govt in increase minimum wages to boost…

New Delhi, Nov 26 (KNN) Government is all set to increase the wages under the Minimum Wage Act with the view to boost the demand of goods and services by aligning…
Germany's SME Story - Lessons for India: Report

Germany's SME Story - Lessons for India:…

New Delhi, Nov 26 (KNN) The SME-led development of Germany is a unique and highly successful economic phenomenon that could serve as a model to promote trade…
Govt to give more Indirect Tax Incentives to domestic shipbuilding industry

Govt to give more Indirect Tax Incentives…

New Delhi, Nov 26 (KNN) The government has decided to provide further indirect tax incentives to domestic shipbuilding industry, under which it will give certain…