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Sickness in medium scale firms on rise; Maharashtra tops list

Sickness in medium scale firms on rise;…

New Delhi, Apr 26 (KNN) The number of medium firms that became sick during 2011-12 rose sharply by 44 per cent, although micro and small units witnessed a…
Industrial package for HP, Uttarakhand under consideration: Sharma

Industrial package for HP, Uttarakhand under consideration:…

New Delhi, Apr 25 (KNN) The issue relating to the extension of the industrial tax package to Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand “is under consideration…
Oman's Central Bank promotes lending to SMEs

Oman's Central Bank promotes lending to SMEs

New Delhi, Apr 25 (KNN)  Oman's Central Bank plans to issue rules to boost lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a new move to help…
Plan for royalty rate hike upsets iron ore miners

Plan for royalty rate hike upsets iron…

New Delhi, Apr 25 (KNN)  Iron ore miners are opposing the Centre’s proposal to increase royalty rate for iron ore by 5 per cent, while the…
UP to buy power from trading firms to deal with shortages

UP to buy power from trading firms…

E-commerce for retail exports to help SMEs

E-commerce for retail exports to help SMEs

Coimbatore, Apr 25 (KNN) Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) along with eBay and Pay Pal is launching a programme to promote  use of …
Kerala industry hit by power shortage

Kerala industry hit by power shortage

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 25 (KNN)  The industry has raised concerns over Kerala's power situation which has worsened owing to non-availability of power…
Sharma visiting Kovalam to review issues of southern industries

Sharma visiting Kovalam to review issues of…

New Delhi, Apr 25 (KNN) Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles Anand Sharma will review the problems faced by industries in the southern states…
Let China not kill your manufacturing: Roubini to India

Let China not kill your manufacturing: Roubini…

New Delhi, Apr 25 (KNN)  Don’t let your manufacturing die and be swamped by Chinese goods.  This was the advice given to India by world renowned…
Govt approves group visa for foreign tourists

Govt approves group visa for foreign tourists

New Delhi, Apr 25 (KNN) In a bid to encourage foreign tourist arrivals the government has approved collective landing permits through online application. 
Govt keen to boost fisheries

Govt keen to boost fisheries

New Delhi, Apr 24 (KNN) The government has allocated Rs 371.50 crore to boost fisheries during the year 2013-14, apart from implementing various other schemes…
Golden fibre making inroads into road construction

Golden fibre making inroads into road construction

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New Delhi, Apr 24 (KNN)  Images that come to our mind when we hear about coir are traditional…
Polluters to pay for health hazards in critically polluted areas

Polluters to pay for health hazards in…

New Delhi, Apr 24 (KNN) Polluters will have to pay for the health hazards they contribute to in the critically polluted areas after a health impact assessment…
Investments worth Rs 1000 crore for electronics manufacture get govt nod

Investments worth Rs 1000 crore for electronics…

New Delhi, Apr 24 (KNN) The government has cleared investment proposals worth around Rs. 1,000 crore under the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS)…
Govt unveils 21 textile parks to promote job creation

Govt unveils 21 textile parks to promote…

New Delhi, Apr 24 (KNN) The government today launched 21 textile parks for job creation under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP).

FICCI seeks priority for Indian SMEs in defence procurement

FICCI seeks priority for Indian SMEs in…

New Delhi, Apr 24 (KNN) Batting for small units, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) acknowledged the defence procurement policy…
12th FOSMI Awards coming soon

12th FOSMI Awards coming soon

Haryana developing software to help industries

Haryana developing software to help industries

New Delhi, Apr 23 (KNN)  In a bid to make procedural functions easier the Department of Industries and Commerce in Haryana is seeking services of IT companies…
Tourism Institute opens in Noida

Tourism Institute opens in Noida

Noida, Apr 23 (KNN)  The Indian Institute of Tourism and Management (IITM) was inaugurated by the Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi here today.
PHD Chamber to identify problems in manufacturing

PHD Chamber to identify problems in manufacturing

New Delhi, Apr 23 (KNN)  Leading industry body PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry  has started a survey to identify problems faced by the manufacturing…

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