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Sitharaman lays foundation stone of Sub Office of Export Inspection Council at Vizag

Sitharaman lays foundation stone of Sub Office…

Vishakhapatnam, Aug 21 (KNN) Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today laid the foundation stone of Sub Office and Laboratory Complex of Export Inspection…
BSE slumps over 400 points but SME Exchange trades 0.02% higher

BSE slumps over 400 points but SME…

Mumbai, Aug 21 (KNN) Unlike the main board which was down over 400 points after the weakening rupee which hit a two-year low, the SME exchange of BSE was trading…
Panel recommends banning sale of junk food to children in and around schools

Panel recommends banning sale of junk food…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (KNN) An Inter-ministerial Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to look into the issues related to growing…
Govt approves guidelines for selection of MD & CEOs for smaller Public Sector Banks

Govt approves guidelines for selection of MD…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (KNN) Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has approved the guidelines for selection of MD & CEOs in Public Sector Banks (PSBs) other…
Seminar on Plastics and Chemical Industries to connect local and national players

Seminar on Plastics and Chemical Industries to…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (KNN) A Seminar on Plastics and Chemical Industries in Vidarbha Region of Maharashtra will be held on August 21, 2015 from 9.00 AM to 2.00…
Govt will revive postal segment and post payment bank is an indication to that: Ravi Shanker Prasad

Govt will revive postal segment and post…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (KNN) Government will revive the postal department by using over 1.5 lakh post offices for furthering financial inclusion, said Communications…
Larger of the SMEs are beginning to show less stress: SBI chairperson

Larger of the SMEs are beginning to…

Mumbai, Aug 20 (KNN) Stating that the stress in the mid-corporates in the recent past has come down, State Bank of India (SBI) chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya…
Govt approves promulgation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli VAT regulation

Govt approves promulgation of Dadra and Nagar…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (KNN) The government today approved the promulgation of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulation, 2005.
 
MSME Ministry revises guidelines for RGUMY

MSME Ministry revises guidelines for RGUMY

New Delhi, Aug 20 (KNN) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has revised the guidelines of the Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana (RGUMY) scheme…
Govt launches portal for students seeking education loans

Govt launches portal for students seeking education…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (KNN) A web-based portal, Vidya Lakshmi (www.vidyalakshmi.co.in), was  launched…
India approves MoU with Australia on cooperation in the fields of education, training and research

India approves MoU with Australia on cooperation…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (KNN) The Union Cabinet today approved the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Australia on cooperation in the…
All you want to know about Payment Banks

All you want to know about Payment…

What are Payment Banks?

Payment Banks are just like any other banks which can - take deposits, pay bills, issue cheques and drafts etc. The only…
Jeevan Pramaan, the Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certification system, for Pensioners

Jeevan Pramaan, the Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certification…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (KNN) The Government has asked banks to achieve weekly targets set for the purpose of enabling “Jeevan Pramaan” – an “Aadhaar-based…
India needs to strengthen its anti-dumping mechanism - DIPP Secretary

India needs to strengthen its anti-dumping mechanism…

Mumbai, Aug 20 (KNN) India needs to strengthen its anti-dumping mechanism and take care of its primary sectors such as steel so that it is able to tackle this…
Service sector boosts Andhra Bank's MSME growth

Service sector boosts Andhra Bank's MSME growth

Chennai, Aug 20 (KNN) Services sector is helping in growth of Andhra Bank’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) segment.

Managing…
Licences for small finance banks to be announced next month - Rajan

Licences for small finance banks to be…

Mumbai, Aug 20 (KNN) A day after RBI gave in-principle approval to 11 applicants for payment banks, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram G Rajan today…
Atal Pension Yojana modified to increase acceptability amongst informal sector workers

Atal Pension Yojana modified to increase acceptability…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (KNN) Atal Pension Yojana (APY) has been modified by the government to increase the acceptability of the scheme amongst informal sector workers…
Ashok Kumar KS is the new President of Karnataka Poultry Farmers & Breeders Association

Ashok Kumar KS is the new President…

Bengaluru, Aug 20 (KNN) The Karnataka Poultry Farmers & Breeders Association [KPFBA] on Wednesday announced the results of its Bi-Year elections of…
RBI gives 'in-principle' approval to 11 applicants for Payment Banks

RBI gives 'in-principle' approval to 11 applicants…

Mumbai, Aug 20 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India has decided to grant “in-principle” approval to the following 11 applicants to set up payments banks.
Pacific Island countries are a key factor in India's extended 'Act East' policy, says President

Pacific Island countries are a key factor…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (KNN) India believes economic linkages and co-operation with Pacific Island countries are a key factor in it’s extended “Act…

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