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President of India calls for skilling of India's large workforce through training & education

President of India calls for skilling of…

Kolkata, Dec 1 (KNN)  The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has called for the skilling of India`s large workforce, which accounts for two-third of…
Coir Board bags gold medal for best display at IITF-2014

Coir Board bags gold medal for best…

New Delhi, Dec 1 (KNN)  Coir Board has been awarded a gold medal for the best display and demonstration under category of public sector undertakings,…
MSME national expo cum vendor development programme

MSME national expo cum vendor development programme

New Delhi, Nov 29 (KNN) The Office of the Development Commissioner (MSME) is organising a national expo cum vendor development programme from December…
Industry body seeks concessions for steel sector

Industry body seeks concessions for steel sector

New Delhi, Nov 29 (KNN) Industry body urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to advise all commercial banks to extend the credit for payment of penalties due…
Parliament passes Labour Laws Amendment Bill, 2014

Parliament passes Labour Laws Amendment Bill, 2014

New Delhi, Nov 28 (KNN)  The Lok Sabha today passed the Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by Certain Establishments)…
CAG finds SEZs had no significant impact on economic growth

CAG finds SEZs had no significant impact…

New Delhi, Nov 28 (KNN)  The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) which tabled the report on the performance of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Parliament…
Govt implements measures to facilitate ease of doing business

Govt implements measures to facilitate ease of…

New Delhi, Nov 28 (KNN)  In an endeavour to facilitate ease of doing business, the government has taken various initiatives which are currently under…
ADB to support Kerala's skill programme; 2,34,000 students to benefit

ADB to support Kerala's skill programme; 2,34,000…

New Delhi, Nov 28 (KNN)  India has signed an agreement with the Asian Development bank (ADB) for a loan of USD 100 million to support Kerala’s additional…
RBI releases guidelines for licensing of payments banks

RBI releases guidelines for licensing of payments…

Mumbai, Nov 28 (KNN)   The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released guidelines for licensing of payment banks, a move which will promote financial…
Guidelines for licensing of small finance banks in the private sector

Guidelines for licensing of small finance banks…

Mumbai, Nov 28 (KNN)  The Reserve Bank of India has released on its website, the guidelines for licensing of small finance banks in the private sector.
MSMEs in Tamil Nadu should supply more to PSUs

MSMEs in Tamil Nadu should supply more…

Coimbatore, Nov 28 (KNN) Small industries in Tamil Nadu should come forward to supply more goods to public sector undertakings such as railways, defence and…
25 solar parks to come up in the next 5 years in various states

25 solar parks to come up in…

New Delhi, Nov 28 (KNN)  In a bid to ensure continuous and affordable power supply, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has initiated a scheme for…
Liftware spoon helps tremor patients to eat without spilling

Liftware spoon helps tremor patients to eat…

New Delhi, Nov 28 (KNN)  There's good news for people with movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease.  A spoon has been designed by…
International conference on innovative ideas, technologies & services begins

International conference on innovative ideas, technologies &…

New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN)  Minister of State for Textiles, Santosh Kumar Gangwar today inaugurated the second International Conference on the Convergence…
Workshop on the role of CSR in India's sanitation challenge

Workshop on the role of CSR in…

New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN)  To provide a framework to create sustainable corporate social responsibility (CSR) models focusing on sanitation services in…
RBI eases norms for lending towards infra & affordable housing projects

RBI eases norms for lending towards infra…

Mumbai, Nov 27 (KNN)  The Reserve Bank of India has permitted banks to extend loans to individuals against long-term bonds issued by them for financing…
Need to bring women to mainstream banking: Mahila Bank chief

Need to bring women to mainstream banking:…

New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN) Chairman and managing director (CMD), Bhartiya Mahila Bank (BMB) Usha Ananthasubramanian said that women entrepreneurs need to have…
Tourist VoA enabled with electronic travel authorization scheme launched

Tourist VoA enabled with electronic travel authorization…

New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN)  Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, along with Minister of State for Tourism and Culture and Minister of State for Civil…
68% SMEs have no independent directors: Survey

68% SMEs have no independent directors: Survey

Bengaluru, Nov 27 (KNN) About 68 per cent of small and medium enterprises have no independent directors and if not mandatory, 80 per cent of them do not want…
Arab investment crucial to complete India's growth story: Nirmala Sitharaman

Arab investment crucial to complete India's growth…

New Delhi, Nov 27 (KNN)  Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Nirmala Sitharaman has made an impassioned plea to the Arab public and private sectors…

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