Microsoft India has believes in the Indian start-ups and has assisted more than 4,000 start-ups in India, conducting skill training for 30,000 people along with 26,000 teachers while working with several state governments and non-profit organisations during FY17 in India, as per its India Citizen…
Suresh Prabhu to hold meeting with industry bodies on Sept 26, discuss ways to boost growth
Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu will hold a meeting with industry bodies on September 26 to discuss issues pertaining to industrial growth and the interventions required to resolve them, a government official said. Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, financial advisers of all …
Investors interested in e-Commerce start-ups, but can’t get started
Bengaluru: In 2014 and 2015, investors rushed to fund dozens of new start-ups that were launched to deliver food, groceries, fashion and other products to Indian shoppers. More than three years later, even though most e-commerce start-ups are struggling, some investors are again looking to f…
Why taking an SME loan makes more sense than liquidating your savings?
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India have witnessed tremendous growth over the last few years. The SME sector accounts for more than 95% of establishments in India and is offering 80% of jobs in the manufacturing sector. Considering the pivotal role which the SME sector is playi…
50k small jewellery artisans render jobless in Diamond City
Surat: About 50,000 jewellery artisans in the Diamond City have been rendered without work as the Good and Service Tax (GST) Council is yet to provide exemption to small units on inter-state supply of finished jewellery manufactured on job work. Industry sources said there are around 20,000 small…
Reviving growth: ‘To solve jobs mess, boost entrepreneurship by easing processes to start up/shut down’
Start-ups find that even after they have shut shop, there are detailed processes that takes a couple of years before they can shut down
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Rafale International encourages production activities under ‘Make in India’ initiative
Rafale International met up with over 100 French small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to encourage investment and set up of production activities in India in the frame of the Rafale offset program under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make-in-India’ drive. During two-days Business to B…
The art & science of picking the best mentor for your start-up: A case study
This article will take you through how a young startup with a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product went about finding the right mentor for it
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3-D printing, AI & IoT have potential to define future course of MSMEs: Giriraj Singh
MSMEs are the backbone of Indian tourism sector and can drive significant employment, says K J Alphons
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Make in India a good initiative, but should focus more on SMEs: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said the Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ is a good initiative, but it should focus more on small and medium enterprises rather than on large businesses. Gandhi, who is in the US on a two-week-long tour, during his interaction with students …