Coimbatore: Tamil Nadu stood on top in the country in availing loans through micro-finance, accounting for 10-12 per cent of total lending portfolio of Rs 1 lakh crore, an official of credit information firm CRIF High Mark said. A total of 72 lakh women and their households had availed Rs 12,000 …
Partnerships fasttrack your start-up, don’t be afraid to link up across community
With the Indian government acknowledging the huge potential of the flourishing Indian startup sector and corporates waking up to their unique capabilities, the startup ecosystem is moving towards the adequate support required to foster growth of startups, as we have witnessed in other successful …
Month-long Khadi Utsav at Freedom Park
The 60th annual ‘Khadi Utsav’ organised by the Karnataka state Khadi and Village Industries Commission, was inaugurated on April 24 at Freedom Park. The month-long exhibition has more than 100 stalls, selling handwoven shirts, sarees, towels, bedsheets and other clothing. Societies and associatio…
Will India’s MSME sector ever grow up?
Units that begin their lives in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector must want to grow up and leave the nursery one day. If they forever remain small that would defeat the purpose of supporting them in the first place. Yet most of them live and die trailing a toy truck without rea…
Taking advantage of Big Data: A way forward to becoming big from small
There is a famous Chinese phrase, which says “May you live in interesting times.” We are indeed living in interesting times full of opportunities and possibilities for individuals and businesses, alike. Only a few years ago, the ability to have access to information or data across an …
बिहार: जीएसटी से राज्य को 10,000 करोड़ रुपये का होगा फायदा
बिहार विधानमंडल के दोनों सदनों ने बिहार माल और सेवा कर विधेयक, 2017 (जीएसटी) को सोमवार को ध्वनिमत से पास कर दिया. प्रारंभिक अनुमान के मुताबिक बिहार के टैक्स कलेक्शन में 8 से 10 हजार करोड़ की बढ़ोतरी होगी. मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार ने विधान परिषद में कहा कि यह ऐतिहासिक क्षण है. जीएसटी के पक्ष [&hell…
Planning to raise funding for your start-up? Here’s what VCs look for
Now that you have your startup idea materialising, you can proudly refer to yourself as a founder (or co-founder). As exciting as running your own business is, it’s no walk in the park. Going forward, you’re going to be plugged in with the latest technology, hiring the best possible team and most…
Looking to be a mass market bank in 5 years, says Ujjivan Small Finance Bank MD
New Delhi: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB) is aiming to become a “mass market bank” in the next five years, its Managing Director and CEO Samit Ghosh said. It also plans to — after five years — apply to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to become a full-fledged universal commercial bank, Ghosh sa…
मध्य प्रदेश: छोटे उद्योगों को बड़ी राहत, 15 मई को लगेगी औपचारिक मोहर
इंदौर: लंबे समय से चली आ रही छोटे व मझोले उद्योगों की मांग पर सरकार उद्योगों की जमीन को फ्री होल्ड करने जा रही है। अगले महीने सरकार इस बारे में नीति बनाकर निर्देश जारी कर देगी। संघ से जुड़े उद्योग संगठन लघु उद्योग भारती की राष्ट्रीय कार्यकारिणी की बैठक में इस बारे में एलान […]
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