BSE Institute Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of BSE Ltd, announced the launch of a new accelerator for startups. This accelerator is housed in the iconic P.J.Towers the home of BSE, Asia’s oldest and the world’s fastest stock exchange. This has been setup as a technology based incubator under the…
Corporation Bank awarded for outstanding performance in financing MSMEs
Deputy General Manager and Zonal Head of Corporation Bank, Robert Menezes, said that MSME’s play an important role in industrial development and the purpose of the meet is to understand the problems faced by entrepreneurs to provide hassle free finance at the right time and at attractive rates. M…
Cognitive cloud computing can transform companies
Virginia Rometty, Chairman, President and Chief Executive of US information technology giant IBM, said India had the potential to grow at 10 per cent annually for the next two years. This century could, she felt, be India’s. Speaking at IBM’s flagship customer event, ‘Think Forum’, she spok…
Oil ministry readying to fuel start-ups | Dharmendra Pradhan, Oil Minister
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas plans to offer financial partnerships to start-ups in the oil sector to give a boost to the ‘Startup India’ initiative. “All oil Public Sector Undertaking units (PSUs) will invest and provide financial partnerships to start-ups engaged in exploration and …
Ratan Tata, US varsity to invest in Indian Start-ups
The private company of Tata Group doyen Ratan Tata will jointly invest with the $100-billion investment arm of the University of California, in start-ups and companies in India that focus on the segments of mobile telephony, energy, health care and emerging technologies. The investment cycle woul…
Karnataka sops for food processing, warehousing
Karnataka government is now wooing investors not just in the area of setting up industries in food processing, but also for the improvement of warehousing and logistics infrastructure. This was indicated to scores of investors during the three-day ‘Invest in Karnataka’ meet being held here from F…
Union Ministries to highlight ‘Make in India’ at Swadeshi Mela in Varanasi
Over a dozen Union Ministries will project “Make in India” programme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ten-day Swadeshi Mela that Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) is organising in PM’s Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi from February 6. SJM is the economic wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh …
Over 200 SMEs showcase products at Kochi B2B meet
Manufacturers in Kerala should come out with more value-added products if they want to compete in the global market, Minister for Public Works VK Ebrahim Kunju has said. Inaugurating the three-day Kerala Business-to-Business Meet 2016 at the CIAL Trade Fair & Exhibition Centre in Nedumbassery…
Kalraj Mishra reviews MSME Public Procurement Policy
MSME Public Procurement Policy to get fillip. Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises reviewed Public Procurement Policy by all the Central Government Departments and Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs), after it was reviewed in the PMO. He was unhappy to no…
Solar & Wind projects in India in to corner $20 bl of investments each year | K S Popli | CMD, IREDA
February 04, 2016 | $20 billion of investment is anticipated from fiscal 2016-17 for harnessing the potential of solar and wind energy in India from leading financial agencies world over at a consistent volume and quantum for next three years to enable it add solar and wind capacities to an estim…