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Seminar on 'Restriction of Hazardous Substances'

Seminar on 'Restriction of Hazardous Substances'

New Delhi, Aug 23 (KNN)  To revisit the rules that make restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) mandatory as also compliance testing and certification…
Govt relaxes minimum export price on onion to boost export

Govt relaxes minimum export price on onion…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN) In a bid to increase the export of onion, the government has relaxed the minimum export price (MEP) on onion to USD 300 per MT from…
MSME Ministry asks states to adopt Public Procurement Policy

MSME Ministry asks states to adopt Public…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN) The MSME Ministry has sought suggestions from the state representatives for tweaking the definition of MSMEs and asked them to adopt…
Import duty on sugar hiked to 25%; prices may go up but sugar mills likely to revive

Import duty on sugar hiked to 25%;…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN) With a view to reviving the cash starved sugar mills, the government has raised import duty on both raw and refined sugar to 25 per…
Modi asks IITs to provide innovative solutions to problems faced by common people

Modi asks IITs to provide innovative solutions…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN)  ‘Science is universal. Technology must be local,’ said Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling upon IITs to provide…
Financing is a greater obstacle for SMEs than it is for large firms, says RBI

Financing is a greater obstacle for SMEs…

Mumbai, Aug 22 (KNN) Obstacles to finance for small businesses due to information asymmetry and other frictions in the credit market and to individuals due…
4th National Conference on Agrochemicals coming soon

4th National Conference on Agrochemicals coming soon

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN)  Considering that agrochemicals are vital for ensuring food and nutritional security of the nation, a national conference is being…
Tourism Ministry delinks hotel classification from liquor service

Tourism Ministry delinks hotel classification from liquor…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN)  Considering the long standing demand of the hotel industry, the Ministry of Tourism has taken a progressive step for classifying…
Tiruchirappalli loan mela offers various schemes to entrepreneurs

Tiruchirappalli loan mela offers various schemes to…

Tiruchirappalli, Aug 22 (KNN)  A special loan mela is currently underway here, offering entrepreneurs various loan schemes for construction of commercial…
JRD Tata industrial estate to get Rs 7.70 cr infrastructure upgradation

JRD Tata industrial estate to get Rs…

Vijayawada, Aug 22 (KNN) The JRD Tata Industrial Estate has got a nod from the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for upgrading its…
Reduce cess-exemption limit for beedi mfg to 5 lakh beedis: advisory committee

Reduce cess-exemption limit for beedi mfg to…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN)  The Central Advisory Committee on Beedi Workers Welfare Fund has recommended that the cess-exemption limit for beedi-manufacturers…
Quality standards for industry associations to begin tomorrow

Quality standards for industry associations to begin…

New Delhi, Aug 22 (KNN) The Quality Council of India (QCI) will be launching tomorrow the accreditation standards for the industry associations and…
Quantity of input to be allowed under DFIA to be proportionate to quantity of input actually used in production: DGFT

Quantity of input to be allowed under…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (KNN) Quantity of input to be allowed under Advance Authorisation/DFIA (Duty Free Import Authorisation) shall be in proportion to the quantity…
e-Marketplaces help women, rural entrepreneurs build own brands without stepping out

e-Marketplaces help women, rural entrepreneurs build own…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (KNN) e-Marketplaces provide many benefits to the retail ecosystem like job creation and skills training, innovation ecosystem and access…
Jharkhand would benefit most from increase in royalty rates on minerals, says Modi

Jharkhand would benefit most from increase in…

Ranchi, Aug 21 (KNN) Jharkhand would benefit enormously by yesterday’s Cabinet decision to increase royalty rates on minerals, Prime Minister Narendra…
Those with sales, revenue of Rs 10 lakh likely under GST; MSEs to be hit

Those with sales, revenue of Rs 10…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (KNN) The empowered committee of state finance ministers has recommended a threshold of Rs 10 lakh revenue for levy of Goods and Services…
NBFCs cannot lend more than 50% of the value of shares pledged: RBI

NBFCs cannot lend more than 50% of…

Mumbai, Aug 21 (KNN) The Reserve Bank of India today issued norms for lending against shares by non-banking financial company (NBFC) and said that NBFCs cannot…
WB CM bags 13 business deals with Singapore; to set up nodal office there

WB CM bags 13 business deals with…

Kolkata, Aug 21 (KNN) West Bengal has bagged as many as 13 business deals with Singapore and is also planning to set up a nodal office there to promote global…
Tourism ministers to strive for women's safety, cleanliness, employment opportunities

Tourism ministers to strive for women's safety,…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (KNN)  State tourism ministers who are attending the Second National Conference of Tourism Ministers here today have adopted a resolution…
Indo-German SME forum to help SME clusters go international

Indo-German SME forum to help SME clusters…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (KNN) With a view to creating a platform to provide opportunities to clusters to go international and to lay a foundation for mutual partnership…

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