केरल सरकार ने राज्य में खादी को बढ़ावा देने के उद्देश्य से इस साल कोट्टयम में खादी मॅाल को शुरु करने की योजना बनायी है। सरकार का कहना है कि यह उसके राज्य में खादी को प्रोत्साहित किये गए प्रयासों में से एक है। गौरतलब है कि केरल सरकार लम्बे समय से राज्य में खादी […]
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Software lobby group Nasscom is looking at expanding the number of start-ups in India, incubating and nurturing them to grow at its centres. While the target is to reach 10,000 start-ups, the focus is also to build specialised start-ups in emerging technology areas. “So one of the outputs o…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured all possible assistance for the development of coir industry in the country. Appreciating the active participation of stakeholders from coir-producing states, especially Kerala and Tamil Nadu, in the India International Coir Fair 2016, and the efforts of the C…
The government has asked the country’s top 50 companies to fund incubators as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) spend, a move meant to strengthen the startup ecosystem. Large companies have to allocate 2% of their profits towards CSR but have competing demands -from buildi…
The NDA Government at the Centre has given a major thrust to the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). This is one of the core areas for “Make in India” programme launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. KK Jalan, Secretary of the Ministry has been piloting vari…
An analysis of about 5,500 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) which are engaged in manufacturing activity and which approached CRISIL for renewal rating between 2009 and 2015 shows that employment generated by these units grew at 73 per cent over these seven years. In 2009, the MSMEs pro…
The National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) has signed a MoU with South Indian Bank (SIB) on 11th January 2016 at the head office of South Indian Bank at Thrissur, Kerala. With this MoU, South Indian Bank becomes the 33rd bank to come under NSIC’s unique umbrella of tie up arrangements with …
Women entrepreneurs will soon be able to market their products globally using an accessible online platform to be created by the Women and Child Development Ministry in collaboration with ebay. The Ministry along with the e-commerce giant is all set to launch a new brand called ‘Women of In…
On January 7, the Government announced: “MUDRA (Micro Units Development Refinance Agency) loans amounting to Rs 71,312 crore have been disbursed to 1.73 crore borrowers as on 1st January, 2016.” A closer look at these numbers reveals the government refinanced loans of only Rs 2,000 crore under th…
There are about 10 thousand Micro, Small & Medium coir manufacturing units in Alappuzha district which are involved in husk collection, coir fibre extraction, spinning & rope making, coir matting, coir carpets and more. Coir processing at Alappuzha (Kerala) is a traditional hand-loom acti…
