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Awareness programme on govt schemes for SMEs

Awareness programme on govt schemes for SMEs

Chennai, Apr 17 (KNN) Thoothukudi District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association (THUDITSSIA) will organise an awareness programme for entrepreneurs…
Government sets target of building 9,000 km National Highway this year

Government sets target of building 9,000 km…

New Delhi, Apr 16 (KNN) The government today said that it has fixed a target of building 9,000 km of National Highway in 2013-14 in order to ensure award of at least 7,300…
Ahmednagar to get fruit and vegetable processing plant

Ahmednagar to get fruit and vegetable processing…

Mumbai, Apr 16 (KNN)  Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB)  is planning to set up a fruit and vegetable processing plant in Ahmednagar,…
Small businesses under pressure to hike wages

Small businesses under pressure to hike wages

Gurgaon, Apr 16 (KNN)  Small enterprises in Gurgaon are under pressure from the surging demands of workers to increase wages.

The worker…
Haryana developing new industrial town at Sonipat

Haryana developing new industrial town at Sonipat

New Delhi, Apr 16 (KNN) The Haryana Government is developing an Industrial Model Township (IMT) at Bidhal, Lath in Sonipat district under public-private partnership.
Poultry farmers in Punjab and Haryana up against increased feed cost

Poultry farmers in Punjab and Haryana up…

Chandigarh, Apr 16 (KNN) Poultry farmers in Punjab and Haryana are facing a twin problem of increase in feed cost and low return on eggs.  There has been…
Italian zero-waste campaigner wins coveted environmental award

Italian zero-waste campaigner wins coveted environmental award

New Delhi, Apr 16 (KNN)  Rossana Ercolini, a 56 year old primary school teacher who is considered to be the driving force behind Italy’s zero-waste…
Salt makers to pay extra for use of non-agriculture land in Gujarat

Salt makers to pay extra for use…

New Delhi, Apr 16 (KNN)  Salt makers in Gujarat will have to pay additional tax at the rate of Rs 10 paise per square metre.

The decision…
Apex industry bodies want RBI to cut interest rate

Apex industry bodies want RBI to cut…

New Delhi, Apr 15 (KNN) The three apex industry bodies - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), ASSOCHAM and Confederation of Indian…
Travellers on the look out for socially responsible hotels

Travellers on the look out for socially…

New Delhi, Apr 15 (KNN)  As travellers become more aware of the challenge and impact of food waste, increasing numbers are likely to choose hotels and…
Gold price drops, jewellery exporters cash in

Gold price drops, jewellery exporters cash in

New Delhi, Apr 15 (KNN) The sharp drop in gold prices augurs well for India’s gems and jewellery exports because lower cost of the raw materials will…
Soon warehouses abroad to help SME pharma exporters

Soon warehouses abroad to help SME pharma…

New Delhi, Apr 15 (KNN) The Commerce Ministry is planning to open common warehouse facilities in some key foreign markets to cater to the small and medium…
EDI offers SME Banking course for entrepreneurs

EDI offers SME Banking course for entrepreneurs

Ahmedabad, Apr 15 (KNN)  The Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) of India will start new courses for those who intend to build businesses…
Solar power to light up University of Hyderabad

Solar power to light up University of…

Hyderabad, Apr 15 (KNN)  Authorities at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) have decided to opt for solar power to overcome regular power cuts and steep…
Russia to partner in setting up industrial townships

Russia to partner in setting up industrial…

New Delhi, Apr 15 (KNN) Russia will be a key partner in the government's initiative of setting up world-class mega industrial zones under the New Manufacturing…
Overall inflation down, but items like onion consumed by wage workers excessively expensive

Overall inflation down, but items like onion…

New Delhi, Apr 15 (KNN) Almost near one percentage point drop in the wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation may have raised expectations of cut in interest rates by RBI,…
Govt seeks professionals to increase manufacture of electronics

Govt seeks professionals to increase manufacture of…

New Delhi, Apr 15 (KNN)  With an aim to enhance technology development and manufacture of hardware in the country, the Department of Electronics and Information…
Kumar Mangalam bats for MSMEs

Kumar Mangalam bats for MSMEs

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN)  Aditya Birla Group Chairman, Kumar Mangalam Birla pressed for better financing to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to…
DGFT pushes the deadline for affixing barcodes for pharma

DGFT pushes the deadline for affixing barcodes…

New Delhi, Apr 13 (KNN) India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has pushed back the deadline for adopting bar codes on primary level packaging…
Great Indian Travel Bazaar to focus on inbound tourism

Great Indian Travel Bazaar to focus on…

Jaipur, Apr 13 (KNN)  The Great Indian Travel Bazaar 2013, an international tourism mart to be held in Jaipur from April 14-16 will bring together 274…

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