प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने 10 जनवरी को 8वें वाइब्रेंट गुजरात शिखर सम्मेलन का उद्घाटन किया। उनहोंने इस दौरान एक कॉफी टेबल बुक और शिखर सम्मेलन से जुड़े नीतिगत दस्तावेजों का उद्घाटन भी किया। सम्मेलन में दिए भाषण में मोदी ने कारोबार को आसान बनाने, डिजिटलीकरण के महत्व और मेक इन इंडिया पर बात की। शिख…
CouponRaja ties-up with digital wallet mRUPEE to provide large
CouponRaja.in, owned and operated by Mumbai-based Logicserve Technologies Pvt Ltd., has entered into a partnership with digital wallet mRUPEE, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Teleservices Ltd. This partnership allows mRUPEE users to get discount coupons across multiple products across categorie…
Narendra Modi vows more reforms at Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit
Making a strong and impassioned case for reforms which have been initiated during his two-and-a- half years at the helm and those on the anvil, Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the platform provided by the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit to sell India as the fastest growing major economy in the wo…
e-Commerce funding falls to 3-yr low of $300 mn
Money raised by internet companies dropped to a three-year low in the December quarter, with less than $300 million coming in. In fact, funds were hard to come by in 2016 and the $2.7 billion that was invested was 50% lower than the amount invested in 2015. For a perspective on how cautious inves…
Micro-credit is a tool to create entrepreneurship: Muhammad Yunus
Kolkata: Nobel peace prize winner and Founder of Grameen Bank of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus said that micro-credit is a tool for fostering entrepreneurship among the poor. “Micro-credit is a tool to unleash energy for building entrepreneurship among the poor people. This will also stop the c…
SBI waives debit card charges for small shops
State Bank of India has waived debit card acceptance charges for merchants with an annual turnover of less than Rs 20 lakh. SBI — whose network of 4 lakh point of sale terminals (PoS) is the largest in the country — is currently adding 1,000 new merchants to its credit card acceptance network. Th…
Gujarat plans ‘biz for sale’ website for ‘sick’ MSME units
While the eight edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit is likely to witness the signing of over 16,000 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), it is ironical, that Gujarat has the highest number of sick MSMEs after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra…
Jaipur next destination for start-ups: Vasundhara Raje
Jaipur: Projecting Rajasthan on growth trajectory, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje said the state capital is emerging as the next destination for startups for which the government is providing supporting environment. “Bangalore (now Bengaluru) is a great place for startups but Jaipur is next…
FinMin sanctions Rs 425 cr to set up 120 digital villages
Pilot projects for ‘digital villages’ should be up and running soon, as the government has approved in-principle the setting up of around 120 such villages across the country at a cost of around Rs 425 crore. “The Finance Ministry has in-principle approved the project outlay of ₹423.26 crore for …
Gujarat rolls out Rs 200 cr fund for student start-ups
Ahmedabad: Gujarat government has come up with India’s first student startup and innovation policy, which aims to provide Rs 200 crore in the form of grants to ideas developed by them. The policy aims to support over 1,000 innovation per year and create pre-incubation support in all univers…