नए दौर के सामान जैसे स्मार्ट फोन, लैपटॉप और टैबलेट आदि को औद्योगिक उत्पादन सूचकांक (आईआईपी) की नई शृंखलामें शामिल किया जा सकता है, जो शुक्रवार से पेश किया जाना है। इसी तरह से चॉकलेट, नूडल्स, हार्मोनियम, गिटार, क्रिकेट बैट और बॉल को थोक मूल्य सूचकांक (डब्ल्यूपीआई) में शामिल किया जाता है। दोनों सूच…
Fintech firm Invoice Bazaar raises funds from former Citigroup exec
Invoice Bazaar Holdings Ltd, a Dubai-based fintech firm founded by IIM Kolkata alumnus Anand Nagaraj, has raised funding from Shirish Apte, former Asia-Pacific CEO and Chairman at Citigroup. Apte has joined the advisory board of Invoice Bazaar, the start-up said in a statement. It didn’t disclose…
A new centre to boost MSMEs launched at Sion in Mumbai
Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Equipment (IDIME), a new centre to boost small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs), at Sion in Mumbai on May 10. Fadnavis said the state government was working on comb…
Only MSMEs can provide maximum jobs, entrepreneurs & products for India: Kalraj Mishra
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) account for over 37 per cent of India’s GDP and a major chunk of employment. In an effort to push this segment as an engine of growth, the government recently launched an online portal and mobile app for tracking data from business-related schemes and t…
Awards: कालाअंब की पोडार टायर कंपनी को मिला राष्ट्रीय अवार्ड
हिमाचल प्रदेश के सिर्मूर जिले के इंडस्ट्रियल टाउन कालाअंब स्थित औद्योगिक क्षेत्र में ऑटोमोबाइल टायर और टॉयर रेट्रैडिग मैटिरियल निर्माता कंपनी पोडार टायर एंड रबर को सम्मान मिला है। भारतीय एसएमई की ओर से आयोजित कार्यक्रम में केंद्र सरकार मिनिस्ट्री ऑफ माइक्रो, स्माल एंड मीडियम एंटरप्राइजेज (एमएसएमई…
Cisco to work with Andhra to help SMBs take-off
Cisco Systems, a world leader in IT and networking, will work with Andhra Pradesh to make starting a small business easy. This was agreed when Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, currently on a visit to the US, called on John Chambers, Executive Chairman and former CEO of Cisco Systems, on May 9…
Karnataka govt grants Rs 10.7 cr to bolster 26 BioTech start-ups
The Karnataka Government said it has granted Rs 10.70 crore to 26 start-ups in the BioTech sector to bolster innovation. The 26 winners of the Idea2PoC (proof of concept), an initiative organised by the Karnataka Startup Cell, received cheques ranging upto Rs 50 lakh (each) in the first tranche f…
The story of start-ups has just begun in India: Polish Ambassador Tomasz Lukaszuk
The second day of the ongoing Women Economic Forum in New Delhi saw Polish Ambassador to India, Tomasz Lukaszuk, speaking on women rights and start-up culture in Poland, and what lies ahead for budding entrepreneurs in India. Edited excerpts: Q: How is the Polish start-up culture different from I…
FM meets Japanese businessmen, pushes to step up investments for ‘Make in India’
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on May 9 invited Japanese businessmen including Suzuki Motor Corp Chief Osamu Suzuki to participate in the “Make in India” initiative and step up investments in the country. Indian leaders have been actively engaged with their Japanese counterparts in the past few ye…
UClean inks Rs 35 cr partnership with Alliance Laundry Systems
Mumbai: Gurgaon based laundry startup UClean has partnered with US-based Alliance Laundry Systems – global manufacturer of commercial laundry equipment. The partnership will see Alliance Laundry Systems supply equipment worth Rs 35 crore to UClean over the next 3 years. “Alliance Laundry Systems …