Actor Kunal Kapoor, who along with Varun Sheth cofounded crowd-funding platform Ketto, has been busy attending regional film festivals at Vishakhapatnam , Kolkata and Kerala. “We are trying to educate regional language movie-makers about this avenue of fund-raising,” said Sheth, Chief…
Startups nudge staff to change work culture
Employees at startups, which were once fledgling firms but are now established in their fields, are being given challenging KRAs, key result areas to measure performance outcomes. A highly competitive operating environment is driving this shift towards a new work culture. While Bigbasket has told…
Sitharaman takes startups’ tax holiday plea to Finance Ministry
To make Startup India more lucrative, the Ministry of Commerce & Industry has approached the Ministry of Finance with an industry proposal to widen the income tax exemption period from the current three years. “I have been interacting with the startups and a lot of them are in touch wit…
KVIC targets to increase sale of Khadi products by 35%
Encouraged by a 29 per cent jump in the sale of khadi products during 2015-16, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has set a target of 35 per cent in the current fiscal. “The sale of khadi products has recorded a quantum jump even in the face of economic slowdown and we aim t…
Infosys partners with MTDC to open a tourism pavilion at its Pune Development Center
Infosys announced the inauguration of Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation’s (MTDC) Tourism Pavilion at its Pune Development Center (DC). The company has partnered with MTDC with the objective of promoting tourism and cultural understanding of Maharashtra amongst its employees in Pune. The…
Bahrain wants India to mentor its financial technology & gaming startups
Startup India has struck a chord with Bahrain, so much so that the West Asian country wants to have its own version of the programme initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bahrain wants Indian startups working in areas of financial technology and gaming in particular to expand base in the cou…
Legal-tech start-ups make a case for entrepreneurs
The Indian start-up world is growing and so are the legal issues associated with it. However, most of the start-ups can’t afford a team of lawyers and are also quite unaware about issues they have to deal with. For example, a Bengaluru-based start-up (name withheld) resorted to legal aid after an…
CII to launch knowledge and finance forum for helping MSMEs in Mysuru
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru is launching a knowledge and finance forum on Friday to facilitate the growth of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the district. In a press release issued, CII Chairman N Muthukumar said the main objective of launching the SME kn…
Specific stress on ‘Skill, Scale, Speed’ to power the growth of Handicrafts Sector
The handicrafts sector is one of the largest employment generators and accounts for a significant share in the country’s exports. The Indian handicrafts industry is fragmented, with more than 7 million regional artisans and more than 67,000 exporters/export houses promoting regional art and craft…
Ola redefines travel with a brand new luxury offering – ‘Ola Lux’
A superior luxury experience takes center stage with Ola introducing its newest category, ‘Ola Lux’ in Mumbai. Sensing the immense potential in the luxury segment for in-city travel, Ola, India’s most popular mobile app for transportation, has introduced luxury sedans like Jaguar, Mercedes, Audi,…