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Commerce Secretary inaugurates India’s Trade Symposium organised by FISME and Commonwealth Secretariat, London

Commerce Secretary inaugurates India’s Trade Symposium organised…

New Delhi, June 29 (KNN) Commerce Secretary, Ms. Rita Teaotia, expressed the importance of linking Indian MSMEs with the global value chains to reverse…

Government considering compulsory uploading of Enterprise information

Government considering compulsory uploading of Enterprise information

New Delhi, June 24 (KNN) Government is seriously considering compulsory uploading of enterprise related data by all MSMEs in the newly launched MSME data…

Fund of Funds can be a revolutionary measure if executed in a transparent manner: Expert

Fund of Funds can be a revolutionary…

New Delhi, June 23 (KNN) 'Fund of Funds for Start-ups’ (FFS) approved by the Government on Wednesday has been welcomed with open arms by the start-up…

Govt's plan to link regional airports would help SMEs directly as well as indirectly: Industry

Govt's plan to link regional airports would…

New Delhi, June 18 (KNN) Centre’s plan to link regional airports would not only directly benefit the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) but would…

MSME Ministry considering a separate MSME Export Promotion Council

MSME Ministry considering a separate MSME Export…

New Delhi, June 16 (KNN) At a time when the country’s exports are down for the 18th straight month in a row, the Ministry of MSME is planning to create…

RBI’s SMA 1 for clean-up of banks’ balance sheet or clean-up of MSMEs?

RBI’s SMA 1 for clean-up of banks’…

New Delhi, June 14 (KNN) Ever after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed Special Mention Account (SMA) norms on the banks, the lending to the credit hit-MSME…

UP Govt led Facilitation Council renders MSMEs crippled with delayed payments

UP Govt led Facilitation Council renders MSMEs…

New Delhi, June 13 (KNN) While the delayed payment cases pile up in Uttar Pradesh- home to largest number of MSMEs, its Facilitation Council has the dubious…

Delhi MSMEs approach AAP govt over conversion charges by MCD for transferring industrial areas to DSIIDC

Delhi MSMEs approach AAP govt over conversion…

New Delhi, June 9 (KNN) The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from across industrial areas in the national capital are urging the Delhi Government…

Industrial consumers paying high power tariff due to inefficiencies of Utilities?

Industrial consumers paying high power tariff due…

New Delhi, June 3 (KNN) Are the inefficiencies of utilities making a big hole in the pockets of the consumers? This is what the leading MSME associations…

Un-ease of doing biz: MSMEs pay full service tax for Railway’s Work Contracts but are kept out of benefits of public procurement

Un-ease of doing biz: MSMEs pay full…

New Delhi, May 31 (KNN) On one hand the government is pushing for mandatory public procurements by MSMEs for PSUs, while on the other hand some of the big…

Government makes Apprentice programme more flexible for MSMEs

Government makes Apprentice programme more flexible for…

New Delhi, May 27 (KNN) Government has made further amendments in the Apprentice Act to make it more user friendly, particularly to the Micro, Small &…

Overnight ban on plastic “criminalized” us leaving 750 units closed with loan of Rs 3000 cr: Industry

Overnight ban on plastic “criminalized” us leaving…

Bengaluru, May 27 (KNN) Little knowledge of the officials about plastic made the plastic manufacturers “criminals” with around 750 units closed,…

Defence Minister ‘Talk Business’ in selection of Strategic Partners

Defence Minister ‘Talk Business’ in selection of…

New Delhi, May 26 (KNN) The Defence Ministry has set up five committees for making specific recommendations within 10 days on manufacturing defence equipment…

MSMEs suffered with unrealistic NPA norms, BLR ratings during Raghuram Rajan reign: FISME

MSMEs suffered with unrealistic NPA norms, BLR…

New Delhi, May 24 (KNN) A large swath of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India seems to be disappointed with RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan…

Revenue requirement of Discoms challenged before UPERC by Energywatch, FISME &  IIA combine; may lead to reduction in tariff

Revenue requirement of Discoms challenged before UPERC…

New Delhi, May 20 (KNN) For the first time, a consortium of industrial consumers has challenged the revenue requirement of Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam…

Assembly Elections: Amma, Didi, Sonowal……and MSMEs

Assembly Elections: Amma, Didi, Sonowal……and MSMEs

New Delhi, May 19 (KNN) Surely, it’s a day to cheer for Amma and Didi for retaining their powers in their turfs. Though BJP has failed to make it…

Railway official adopt dubious means to keep MSEs out of Government contracts

Railway official adopt dubious means to keep…

New Delhi, May 17 (KNN) Public Procurement Policy is an initiative to boost the employment generating MSME sector largely through mandatory Central PSUs.…

Roadblocks in transport of goods within India

Roadblocks in transport of goods within India

New Delhi, May 17 (KNN) Usually the commuters in the industrial areas or on the inter-city roads, express disappointment for getting stuck in heavy traffic…

Eligible MSMEs ignored in Railway Tenders?

Eligible MSMEs ignored in Railway Tenders?

New Delhi, May 12 (KNN) Despite the government’s clear instruction to follow the mandatory 20% procurement policy from the Micro, Small and Medium…

DIPP working to bring down timeframe for issuing First Examination Report for patents

DIPP working to bring down timeframe for…

New Delhi, May 10 (KNN) The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotions (DIPP) is aiming to reduce the time taken to issue the First Examination Report…

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