Tag: Make In India

Centre to relax labour laws for MSMEs to boost job creation

After start-ups, the Labour and Employment Ministry has moved to relax labour-related compliance measures for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), a sector that can play a significant role in boosting manufacturing and making Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India mission a success.…

Cabinet nod to capital goods policy to cut reliance on imported parts

The Cabinet has approved a first ever national capital goods policy that seeks to reduce reliance on imported equipment by incentivising domestic production and in the process creating crores of jobs The policy seeks to increase production of capital goods from Rs  2.3 lakh crore to 7.5 lakh cror…

Single tax across India will promote local manufacture | MAIT

The Manufacturers’ Association for Information Technology (MAIT) has suggested that the government should have proper taxation system within the country to promote local manufacture. MAIT, India’s premier ICT hardware industry association, unveiled their report “Policy Interventions f…

Cost of Microcredit will decline soon | PSN Murthy, AGM, MUDRA

Mumbai, May 9: “The Past models of microfinance companies were all brick and mortar based on branches and self-help groups. The future could be disruptive with past success being no guarantee of future survival. Interest rate (for microcredit) is expected to fall to 15% in the next five years fro…

Maharashtra Govt partners with Autodesk to offer free design tools to MSMEs

3D design company Autodesk on May 5 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Maharashtra to provide advanced design technology to – local MSMEs from the manufacturing sector in the state. As per the agreement the company will offer Fusion 360, Autodesk’s cloud-based…

MSMEs seek access to patented tech through licensing of SEP on FRAND terms

The Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME), has told the Department of Industrial Promotion and Production (DIPP)  that to realize Make in India, the setting-up of uniform standards, sustainability and access to patented technology are vital for technological advanc…