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इंडियन स्टार्टअप्स को सरकार के समर्थन की जरूरत, सीधे वेबसाइट से खरीद को मिले मंजूरी: रिपोर्ट

उद्योग संघठन फिक्की की एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार भारत में स्टार्टअप को फंड जुटाने, संपर्क बनाने व काम पर लोगों को रखने के लिए कई चुनौतियों का सामना करना पड़ रहा है। रिपोर्ट के अनुसार स्टार्टअप को इन विफलताओं को कम करने के लिए पर्याप्त समर्थन की आवश्यकता है। फिक्की की रिपोर्ट में कहा गया […]

Indian start-ups need govt support to minimise failures: Report

New Delhi: Startups in India face numerous challenges at different stages in terms of incorporation, fund raising and hiring and they need adequate support to tide over these difficulties and minimise failures, says a report. The government should provide incentives to investors in startups and d…

Chikankari & SMBs in Lucknow to get a digital push from Facebook

The city’s traditional art of embroidery – ‘chikankari’ and other small businesses would soon get a digital push. Social networking giant Facebook has lent a helping hand to Lucknow’s women entrepreneurs, motivating them to use its digital space as a platform to reach out to consumers. Experts fr…

Flipkart, Amazon & Snapdeal join hands, flag concerns over GST

In a rare sight, top bosses of country’s major e-commerce players – Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal shared dais to raise their concerns over the draft Model GST Law. The draft proposes a clause called ‘Tax Collection at Source’ (TCS – Section 56). Under this, e-commerce marketplaces will have to de…

GDP growth to be 7% plus in 2018-19, says Economic Affairs Secretary

New Delhi: The 2017-18 Union Budget charts a story that is consistent with the policies of Government in the last couple of years, is predictable in its approach and is shorn of unnecessary surprises for the industry and society, said Ashok Lavasa, Finance and Expenditure Secretary, Ministry of F…

स्मृति ईरानी ने किया पहली नॅार्थ-ईस्ट इन्वेस्टर्स समिट का उद्घाटन

केंद्रीय कपड़ा मंत्री स्मृति ईरानी ने 29 जनवरी को पहली नॅार्थ-ईस्ट इन्वेस्टर्स समिट का उद्घाटन मेघालय की राजधानी शिलांग में किया। समिति का आयोजन मिनिस्ट्री आफ टेक्सटाइल वा मिनिस्ट्री ऑफ़ डेवलपमेंट ऑफ़ नार्थ-ईस्ट (DoNER) और इंडस्ट्री एसेशिएसन फिक्की द्वारा संयुक्त रूप से किया गया। सम्मेलन का आयोजन प…

Make in India needs better execution to succeed

Only 17% of India’s GDP comes from manufacturing as against 29% for South Korea and 34% for China. The gap has widened in the last decade. The BJP Government is attempting to correct the same with its Make in India initiative. However most of the initiatives taken up by PM Narendra Modi have real…

Need to address lack of manpower in technical textiles: Smriti Irani

The government will support the technical textiles sector in bridging the manpower gap but the industry needs to define the requisite skills, Union Minister Smriti Irani said. The issue of lack of manpower in the technical textiles sector needs to be addressed, the textiles minister said, adding …