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Bank of Maharashtra sets up special branch for MSMEs

Bank of Maharashtra sets up special branch…

Pune, Jun 15 (KNN)  The Bank of Maharashtra today said it has set up specialised units in major cities including Delhi and Hyderabad to service micro,…
Industrial sops extended for 5 years in J&K; MSMEs get better deal

Industrial sops extended for 5 years in…

Srinagar, Jun 15 (KNN) Special fiscal incentives for industries in Jammu and Kashmir will be available for five more years until June 2017, the government…
Bangladesh loss is India's gain in apparel export orders

Bangladesh loss is India's gain in apparel…

New Delhi, Jun 15 (KNN)  Bangladesh's loss is India's gain as several global apparel brands are shifting their sourcing requirements to Indian…
Over 200 get jobs at MSME Rozgaar Mela at Noida

Over 200 get jobs at MSME Rozgaar…

Noida, Jun 15 (KNN)  As many as 237 youngsters got on the spot placement at a Rozgaar Mela organised here with most  of them finding jobs in multinational…
Soon a transport enclave to facilitate trade in Vadodara

Soon a transport enclave to facilitate trade…

Vadodara, Jun 14 (KNN)  The Vadodara Urban Development Authority will construct a transportnagar (transport enclave) in the city for facilitating truck…
National jute board to modernise jute industry in West Bengal

National jute board to modernise jute industry…

Kolkata, Jun 14, (KNN) The West Bengal government in its efforts to modernise the jute industry had called for bids from reputed agencies to prepare a techno…
35th National Games in Kerala to be hi-tech

35th National Games in Kerala to be…

Palayam, Jun 14 (KNN) The Department of Sports and Youth Affairs in Kerala is keen to make the 35th national games,  one of the most important…
Ministry of Science & Tech to study impact of mobile tower radiation

Ministry of Science & Tech to study…

New Delhi, Jun 14 (KNN) To address concerns about cell tower radiation and its ill-effect on human health and environment, the Ministry of Science and Technology…
Gujarat's diamond & textile industries lag in availing govt schemes

Gujarat's diamond & textile industries lag in…

Surat, Jun 14 (KNN)   Going by certain business units in Surat and other parts of Gujarat, most of the government policies go unheard among the small…
FDI in multi-brand retail: States can attach more strings; spirit dampened

FDI in multi-brand retail: States can attach…

New Delhi, Jun 14 (KNN)  Over and above the tough conditionalities  by the Centre in allowing 51 per cent foreign direct  investment in multi-brand…
RBI shifts fraud monitor cell to Bengaluru

RBI shifts fraud monitor cell to Bengaluru

New Delhi, Jun 13 (KNN)  The Reserve Bank of India has shifted its Fraud Monitoring Cell from its central office in Mumbai to its regional office in Bengaluru.
World Bank wants India to remove growth barriers

World Bank wants India to remove growth…

New Delhi, Jun 13 (KNN)  Pace of recovery in the Indian economy will depend on reducing structural constraints and consolidation of the government finances,…
Credit growth at standstill for medium scale firms

Credit growth at standstill for medium scale…

Mumbai, Jun 13 (KNN) The growth in deployment of gross bank credit to the medium scale enterprises was among the lowest in 2013 while for micro and small units,…
Falling currency, a boon for cotton exporters

Falling currency, a boon for cotton exporters

New Delhi, Jun 13 (KNN)  The falling value of Indian currency is benefiting the cotton traders, who now are exporting more attributing the prices at home.
UKIBC organises event on future of India's economic growth

UKIBC organises event on future of India's…

New Delhi, Jun 13 (KNN)  The UK India Business Council (UKIBC) in association with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)…
Odisha to setup incubation for IT in green buildings

Odisha to setup incubation for IT in…

Bhubaneswar, Jun 13 (KNN) The Odisha Government is planning to set up with a multi-storied incubation centre for export houses and IT in Chandaka, a special…
Visa on Arrival scheme gaining ground

Visa on Arrival scheme gaining ground

New Delhi, Jun 13 (KNN) The Visa on Arrival scheme registered an increase of 37.2 per cent in May this year compared to the same period in the previous year.
EU sets up helpdesk for exporters

EU sets up helpdesk for exporters

New Delhi, Jun 13 (KNN)  The European Commission last month launched an Export Helpdesk which is a free online, one-stop-shop which would inform businesses…
Crude steel production shows remarkable growth

Crude steel production shows remarkable growth

New Delhi, Jun 12 (KNN) Crude steel manufacturing in India has shown huge potential for growth as the sector grew by 4.3 per cent in 2012, touching 90 million…
Common man continues to pay high prices for items of daily use

Common man continues to pay high prices…

Kolkata, Jun 12 (KNN) Though the inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has come down significantly, consumers continue to pay high prices at…