Tamil Nadu second most preferred for foreign investments: Jayalalithaa

Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on June 23 said Tamil Nadu is one of the three most preferred states for business investments in the country and  the state ranked second behind Maharashtra in the gross domestic product turnout, besides being the first in the number of factories. Replying to the di…

Jammu MSMEs submit memorandum to Nirmala Sitharaman

Jammu MSMEs have requested the Centre to extend incentives to them under DIPP packages and other Central packages of incentives for a period of ten years to woo investors. In this regard, a delegation of Federation of Industries, Jammu led by its Chairman Lalit Mahajan, submitted a memorandum to …

States making all efforts to fare well on ease of doing business

The second edition of the ranking of states on ease of doing business has triggered a fierce contest that has turned many Chief Ministers into zealous monitors of the real-time scorecard and mounted pressure on the bureaucracy to pip the competition. Chief Secretaries of various states are not le…

Nasscom aims to make India a force in big data, analytics

With a view to making India one of the top-3 global destinations for big data and analytics in the next three years, Nasscom has launched an online community to pep up the analytics industry in the country as part of its Mission ‘Three-by-Three’. The National Association for Software and Services…

Industry hopes Textile Policy will create more jobs, boost exports

The new Textile Policy announced by the government is expected to give a major fillip to the debt-ridden textile industry which has been reeling under rising cost and falling exports. Rahul Mehta, President, Clothing Manufacturers Association of India, said the policy has removed some of the majo…

Paytm to assist sellers in six more local languages

In a move aimed at consolidating its seller marketplace, digital payments and ecommerce platform Paytm has created local language-based services that will help sellers in cataloguing, documentation and loan applications. While automation and providing end-to-end seller services worked well for ma…