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Lok Sabha passes Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2016; aims to boost manufacturing sector

Lok Sabha passes Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2016;…

New Delhi, Aug 11 (KNN) Government is all for amending certain sections of the Factories Act, 1948 as the Lok Sabha passed the Factories (Amendment) Bill,…

Would be mothers to get Maternity Benefit for 26 weeks; Work from Home options; Creche Provisions at work

Would be mothers to get Maternity Benefit…

New Delhi, Aug 11 (KNN) Giving a job security to the working women seeking maternity leave, the Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for amendments…

CAIT files complaint against Amazon, Snapdeal and Flipkart for flouting FDI Policy

CAIT files complaint against Amazon, Snapdeal and…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has charged Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal of violating Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)…

India MSME Expo & Summit to kick-start tomorrow; Railways and Defence are the focus sectors

India MSME Expo & Summit to kick-start…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) MSME Development Forum in association with Ministry of MSME and Ministry of Commerce (DIPP) is organising the 3rd India MSME Expo…

Anti-dumping duties are killing the Make in India vision, says EEPC India

Anti-dumping duties are killing the Make in…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) Engineering Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC India) has asked the government that how will Make in India become possible…

Are the Power Distribution Companies beyond Regulation?

Are the Power Distribution Companies beyond Regulation?

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) The Electricity Act, 2003 was hailed as a game changer in the power sector by opening the power production and distribution…

Rajya Sabha clears Debt Recovery Bill

Rajya Sabha clears Debt Recovery Bill

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) Taking another step towards economic reform in the country, the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Debt Recovery Bill which will…

India slaps anti-dumping duty on HR steel from 6 nations including China, Korea

India slaps anti-dumping duty on HR steel…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) India, on Tuesday, slapped anti-dumping duty (ADD) on import of hot-rolled (HR) steel products for six months from six nations including…

Britannia plans to set up second greenfield unit in Bengal

Britannia plans to set up second greenfield…

Kolkata, Aug 10 (KNN) The Britannia Industries of Wadia Group has announced its plan to set up a greenfield unit – its second in the state –…

India has built strong secondary sector mfg capabilities, with over 50% of steel production in MSMEs: Steel Min

India has built strong secondary sector mfg…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) The Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to the Ministry of Steel reviewed the functioning of Steel Ministry and the Roadmap…

Indian Chamber of Commerce discusses ways to boost investment in Northeast with Jitendra Singh

Indian Chamber of Commerce discusses ways to…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) With the view to discuss the development work in North Eastern region of India, the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) called upon…

Give higher compensations to employees for industrial accidents or pay hefty penalties

Give higher compensations to employees for industrial…

New Delhi, Aug 10 (KNN) The Lower House has passed the Employees Compensation (Amendment) Act 2016 by voice vote paving a way for giving higher compensation…

GeM to bring complete transparency in government procurement: Sitharaman

GeM to bring complete transparency in government…

New Delhi, Aug 9 (KNN) In order to bring transparency in procurement from the government side, The Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman …

Government Set the Ball Rolling for Implementing Bankruptcy Code

Government Set the Ball Rolling for Implementing…

New Delhi, Aug 9 (KNN) Initiating the first step on making the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 effective, the Government  has recently notified…

Timely implementation of GST will be challenging, says Raghuram Rajan

Timely implementation of GST will be challenging,…

New Delhi, Aug 9 (KNN) The passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill augurs well for the growing political consensus for economic reforms, said Dr…

Jaitley to launch MSME Ministry’s Data Bank and Online Finance Facilitation web portals on Aug 11

Jaitley to launch MSME Ministry’s Data Bank…

New Delhi, Aug 9 (KNN) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will launch the MSME Databank Web Portal and the Online Finance Facilitation Web Portal of the…

There are still 28 days in my term which I intend to use fully, says RBI Governor

There are still 28 days in my…

Mumbai, Aug 9 (KNN) This is my last policy statement, but there are still 28 days in my term which I intend to use fully, said Dr Raghuram Rajan, Governor,…

Gujarat MSMEs expect Rupani to have same pro-industry vision like Modi and Patel

Gujarat MSMEs expect Rupani to have same…

Gandhinagar, Aug 9 (KNN) Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has allocated portfolios to his council of ministers. After dropping Saurabh Patel from the…

Rajan keeps policy rates on hold in his last policy decision

Rajan keeps policy rates on hold in…

Mumbai, Aug 9 (KNN) In his final policy review, RBI Governor Dr Raghuram Rajan kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent in the wake of inflation hitting…

Haryana to sensitize its lower bureaucracy to respond to industry needs: Principal Secretary, I&C

Haryana to sensitize its lower bureaucracy to…

New Delhi, Aug 9 (KNN) Principal Secretary, Industries & Commerce, Haryana, Devender Singh has said that with new regime in place, several pro-active…

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