India’s first vernacular app – myITreturn – supports widening of tax base – supports English and 10 Indian languages. Addressing tax officials at the two day Rajasva Gyan Sangam in New Delhi, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi exhorted the importance of growing the tax payer base and gave …
FICCI calls for FTAs with EU and UK
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has called for restarting of negotiations for India’s Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the UK and the European Union (EU), citing the growing importance of the Indian economy to the world. “India today is a very strong and i…
Shopclues rolls out bidding platform AdZone
Online marketplace ShopClues on July 20 rolled out AdZone, a bidding platform for merchants to promote products using native and custom ads on it. This is expected to impact the company’s bottom line significantly and contribute to 35% of the overall revenue for the company, officials said. The s…
Next big thing in e-commerce, online grocery start-ups in India struggle
Once seen as the next big thing in online commerce, the euphoria surrounding e-grocery companies seem to have whittled. Online grocery start-ups such as LocalBanya, PepperTap and AAGAAR.com have already shut shop while Grofers continues to struggle to stay afloat, all of which point that the busi…
DriversKart partners with QuikrServices for on- demand driver service
Driver on Demand service DriversKart has partnered with QuikrServices to provide services in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai on the Quikr platform. As part of the tie-up, queries received for on-demand driver services on the Quikr platform will be redirected to Driverskart. As per Vinit Srivastava, …
StartUp India: 16 entities incorporated, tax sops rejected for 2
Only 16 applicants have been incorporated under the Start Up India programme after April 1 this year making them eligible for tax sops out of which two have already been disallowed, Parliament was informed. A total of 728 applications have been received till July 18, 2016 for Start Up recognition…
Now plan your taxes better with greytHR’s mobile app
Greytip Software, a leading HR and Payroll solutions provider to SMEs and enterprises across India, today introduced a new IT Savings feature on its mobile app. This powerful feature is available to employees of organisations using the company’s flagship cloud solution, greytHR. It allows users t…
KVIC launches vouchers to attract customers; increase sales
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) said it has launched gift vouchers to attract more customers and increase its sales. The vouchers are in the denominations of Rs 500, Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,000. KVIC Chairman V K Saxena said: “The scheme would particularly be helpful for corporate …
Madhya Pradesh govt signs MoU with CII to attract investors
With an aim to promote ‘Make in Madhya Pradesh’ as a brand to attract investment, an pact was signed between the state Trade and Investment Facilitation Corporation (MPTRIFAC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here. The agreement was inked on July 18 by TRIFAC MD D P Ahuja an…
NITI Aayog & Intel India sign statement of intent to kick-off Atal Tinkering Lab initiative for young innovators
NITI Aayog has introduced the Atal Tinkering Laboratories (ATL) initiative as a part of its flagship programme – the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM). As part of a crucial effort to efficiently implement the initiative, NITI Aayo signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with Intel India. The key objective…