India will adopt its most comprehensive indirect tax reform—the goods and services tax (GST)—on July 1. As the deadline draws closer, there is a mad rush to get ready for a revamp which most find too complex and tedious. From the government to small businesses, all stakeholders are anxious for a …
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‘E-way bill will be a litmus test for Indian logistics industry’
Indian logistics players concerns over the imposition of e-way bill (an electronic way bill), as the policy determines the validity of the bill depending upon the distance the goods are to travel. Adding to the woes is a rule that every change in the medium of conveyance will require generating n…
What are the scopes for start-up companies in modern India?
Being merely over 65 years of an independent country, it won’t be entirely wrong to say that India is a young nation. With the drastic changes in the economy, the budding generation of the country has a lot of opportunity to not only establish themselves but also contribute for a holistic develop…
More states join Startup India campaign; Here are the start-up policies of 15 states across India
In order to promote the startup culture in the country the central government had launched the Startup India campaign about a year ago. Now, influenced by the move, state governments have also started promoting the same across the country. While some have set up funds in the states, others are al…
Govt working on new industrial policy to enhance domestic products
The government is working on a new industrial policy with a view to promoting and developing frontier technologies, innovation and enhancing competitiveness of domestic products. “With the changing manufacturing scenario, introduction of new technologies, innovation, R&D, artificial int…
GST Impact: Small business owners feel jittery over e-way bill, sales tax rule
In a move to protect interest of small business owners from the government’s implementation of GST, industry owners have urged the government for relaxed procedures and revised policies. “India is a huge market out there, a sale of Rs 50,000 per consignment is not an occasional incide…
#GST: ClearTax unveils billbook software to assist SMBs
ClearTax, India’s largest income tax returns e-filing and enterprise compliance service provider, has launched a billbook software to assist small and medium businesses (SMEs) in the country get GST-ready. The GST Billbook is a free of cost software platform that works both online and offline and…
Rubique launches TAB solution to make financing simple for MSMEs
For MSMEs, raising capital so far has been a herculean task with all the tedious paperwork, evaluation of credit history and high rejection rates due to various reasons. But, things are now set to change as the leading fintech player Rubique is making a strong headway in the country’s lendi…
Google to digitally unlock 41m SMBs under its umbrella
Google India aims to bring some 41 million Small and Medium Businesses under its umbrella, those which are still alienated from the digtial world through their Digital Unlocked programme. “According to a government estimate, there are 51 million SMBs (small and medium businesses) in the cou…
Google My Business: Eyeing small businesses, Google India launches free website builder
Search giant Google in India has announced that it is introducing a new tool to build websites through Google My Business, free of cost. According to the company there is no cap for the size of companies that can use this tool for website creation. Interestingly the company claims that using Goog…