The exports of Handicrafts has grown from Rs. 13,460 crore, during April-December 2014 to Rs. 14,782 crore by 10% in rupee terms during April-December 2015. In dollar terms, the value of exports has increased by 3%, from US$ 2,215 million during April-December 2014 to US$ 2,282 million during Apr…
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IESA with DeitY to conduct Workshop on intellectual property rights
IESA, with support from Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), is conducting a half day workshop, with government representatives, industry veterans and academia expounding on various aspects of intellectual property rights such as IPR protection, commercialization and pate…
Karnataka to come up with ideal ecosystem for women entrepreneurs
The Karnataka Government is dedicated to advancing women through the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The diverse ecosystem set up by the government allows global investors to tap into the pipeline of talented women entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs usually face hurdles like limited access to finance,…
Russia, CIS countries a great opportunity to enhance exports: PHD Chamber
Bilateral trade with CIS countries could touch US$35bn by 2022 While apprehending about deceleration in India’s exports which have been declined for the 13th month in a row, President PHD Chamber, Mahesh Gupta expressed his view that there is enough scope to enhance our exports towards CIS countr…
Technotex to be held in April in Mumbai
Technotex 2016,India’s premier exhibition on technical textiles, is to be held in Mumbai from April 21-23 in a bid to make India a global manufacturing hub for technical textiles. Organised by the union government in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICC…
Softbank picks Brocade fabric-based new IP network to help increase business agility
Japanese telecommunication service provider Softbank Corp is streamlining its data center operations by deploying BROCADE VDX SWITCHES (NASDAQ: BRCD) to provide Ethernet fabrics as part of the company’s group-wide common service infrastructure network. The new infrastructure will greatly re…
India Facility Management Market is expected to reach $17 billion by FY’2020
Future growth of India facility management market is expected to be led by growth in real estate, rising personal disposable incomes of people, preference towards, safe, clean and secure environment and flourishing hospitality industry The market leader, JLL is expected to maintain focus on advan…
Pharma Cos to meet audit-readiness requirement
The Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) and UK based agency NSF have collaborated to start qualified pharmacists course from April this year to help quality control heads of Indian Pharma companies enhance audit-readiness and implement compliance in areas of good manufacturing practices …
FICCI & TSMG Study on plastic industry throws interesting insight
Organized retail and boom in e-commerce to fuel growth of plastic packaging, per capita consumption to be doubled in five years. Myth regarding the polluting characteristic of plastic needs to be addressed in a scientific manner. A report prepared by FICCI and Tata Strategic Management Group (TSM…
East has a lot of catching up to do| CRISIL Study
Credit rating agency CRISIL, which has analysed the performance of about 830 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the eastern region of the country, found that they lagged behind other regions in growth. The companies were rated on the basis of their 2013-14 (April 1-March 31) finan…