Paytm on February 8 announced that its QR code based payment solution is now powering over 35 lakh merchants to accept digital payments. The solution is actively used by consumers to pay at a wide range of merchants that include large organized retailers, hospitals, tolls, food courts to neighbor…
ExportersIndia clocks 25 lakh merchants on its B2B platform
India’s largest searchable B2B marketplace and exporters directory that connects manufacturers, exporters, suppliers and buyers ExportersIndia has announced that it has registered 25 lakh merchants on its platform. The company plans to raise that figure to 32 Lakh by the end of this calenda…
देश में कारोबार पर विदेशी निवेशकों का बढ़ा भरोसा: नवंबर में एफडीआई 60% बढ़ा
केंद्र की मोदी सरकार ने सत्ता में आने के बाद से ही विदेशी निवेश बढ़ाने के लिए पुरजोर कोशिशें करनी शुरू कर दी थीं और इसका नतीजा भी दिखाई दे रहा है। पिछले कुछ समय से एफडीआई यानी प्रत्यक्ष विदेशी निवेश-फॉरेन डायरेक्ट निवेश में काफी अच्छी बढ़त देखी जा रही है। इस बार आए आंकड़ों […]
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3D design tech firm Autodesk reboots business, eyes start-ups, SMBs in India
Inspired by the successful transition of Adobe, Intuit and Microsoft’s business model—from sale of licenses to an ongoing subscription model—US-based technology firm Autodesk, which has been selling standalone perpetual licences for its popular software products, has moved to a subscription-only …
MSME बिजनेस में अपनाएं इंटेलेक्चुअल प्रॉपर्टी के राइट्स
पीएचडी चैंबर ने सूक्ष्म, लघु एवं मध्यम उद्यम मंत्रालय (MSME Ministry), भारत सरकार और जर्मन फाउंडेशन कोनार्ड एदेनौर स्टिफटुंग के सहयोग से ‘इम्पॉर्टेंस ऑफ इंटेलेक्चुअल प्रॉपर्टी राइट्स फॅार एमएसएमई’ नामक विषय पर दो दिवसीय वर्कशॉप आयोजित की। इसमें करीब 100 लघु क्षेत्र के उद्यमियों ने लाभ उठाया। पीएच…
Amrita University commits for $350,000 in seed funding for five start-ups
Kochi: Amrita University’s Technology Business Incubator (TBI) has committed $350,000 in seed funding for five promising start-ups, which were shortlisted out of 720 startups from across the country that participated in the fifth edition of annual PitchFest organised by it. The five winning start…
Move over, IT: IIoT is the next big thing for MSMEs
Historically, the manufacturing industry and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have played important roles in the economic development of major economies of the world and in job creation. The report “Growing the global economy through small to medium enterprise: The G20 SME confe…
ERP implementation: Top five challenges for SMEs
Today, there are a wide variety of automation tools and techniques designed and devised to help SMEs and their employees produce their products better and more efficiently. There are excellent tools like Six Sigma Quality, Factory Automation, Design for Manufacturability etc with enormous potenti…
India to soon have a National MSME policy: Kalraj Mishra
New Delhi: The country will soon have a comprehensive policy for micro, small and medium enterprises, Union Minister Kalraj Mishra said. The country does not have an MSME policy till date. A one-member panel of former Cabinet Secretary Prabhat Kumar had submitted a report on formulation of a Nati…
Indian SMEs can emulate Germany’s Mittelstand
In Delhi’s Okhla Industrial Area, Sahil, a former tech executive, now runs a medium-size enterprise, manufacturing parts for air-conditioners. Even though his customers include all the well-known Korean and US manufacturers selling in India, life for the tier-1 B-school graduate is never easy giv…