हैंडीक्राफ्ट एक्सपोर्टर्स को एक्सपोर्टर करने के लिए बार कोड और ‘वृक्ष सर्टिफिकेट’ लेना होगा। दरअसल, इंटरनेशनल बॉडी सीआईटीईएस ने वुडन हैंडीक्राफ्ट के लिए नए नियम जारी किए जिसकी वजह से देश के 4,000 करोड़ रुपए के वुडन हैंडीक्राफ्ट कारोबार पर सवालिया निशान लगा गया। इंडियन गवर्मेंट के दखल देने पर सीआई…
Start-ups see M&A wave in 2017: Survey
Startups in India see a flurry of merger and acquisition (M&A) deals this year as both raising funds and staying afloat turn harder in what is increasingly becoming a highly competitive, profitability-focused market, shows a survey of startup entrepreneurs. The survey, based on responses fro…
New textile policy seeks special focus on handicraft
New Delhi: The new textiles policy will focus on a three-pronged approach to boost the growth of Indian handicraft sector, which is facing tough competition from international players. According to sources, the approach involves incentivising expansion of production base for quality manufacturing…
Marketing automation start-up Wigzo raises funds for expansion
Bengaluru: Marketing automation platform Wigzo has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a bridge round that was led by existing investor 3one4 Capital. The round also saw the participation from Aarin Capital, Advantedge Partners and a bunch of angel investors, including Arjun Sharma of Sele…
Banks & fintech start-ups see more value in cooperation than in rivalry
In 2011, ICICI Bank was confronted with a unique problem. Most of the frontend staff of India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets were reasonably fresh, and had to be quickly trained to interact online with customers. A lot of time was wasted toggling between multiple screens to …
Autodesk to help rural start-ups fine-tune products, business
Hyderabad: An employee of AquaSoul, a Hyderabad-based incubation-stage start-up, is busy explaining a small robot boat system that consists of two devices. While the first device gauges the temperature and quality of water and sends information to the Cloud, the other roams around an aqua farm to…
As a small finance bank, Disha to offer MSME loans to rural borrowers
Micro-finance platform Disha plans the formal launch of its small finance bank (SFB) in the next quarter, followed by 30-40 branches in the next three months. The SFB, under parent Fincare Business Services, also looks to offer products such as gold loans and micro-enterprise loans to rural custo…
GST असर: CBIC का नया नाम सेंट्रल बोर्ड ऑफ इनडायरेक्ट टैक्सेज एंड कस्टम्स होगा
पूरे देश को एक बाजार बनाने वाली व्यवस्था वस्तु व सेवा कर यानी जीएसटी के मद्देनजर अब सेंट्रल बोर्ड ऑफ एंड एक्साइज कस्टम्स यानी सीबीईसी का नाम सेंट्रल बोर्ड ऑफ इनडायरेक्ट टैक्सेज एंड कस्टम्स यानी (सीबीआईसी) होगा. सरकार की योजना पहली जुलाई से जीएसटी लागू करने की है. नया बोर्ड पूरे देश में जहां इनडाय…
Rs 9,803 cr credit support to small Odisha firms
Bhubaneswar: Credit of Rs 9,803 crore has been advanced to micro, small, medium, khadi and village industries in the State by various banks against the target of Rs 14,554 crore during 2016-17. This was informed by Convenor of State level bankers’ committee (SLBC) Anil Kumar during the meeting o…
Goa Budget: Rs 169 cr boost for IT industry, start-ups to get financial aid
Porvorim: While Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar appeared to have addressed all the demands of the industry lobbies, the state budget was quite spartan in its mention of Goa’s industrial and manufacturing sector. Though Parrikar gave his commitment to improve Goa’s performance on the e…