Initiative emerges Bengal as 1 out of only 2 States offering free GST software; CM assures complete support from govt officials to address concerns
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GST Timeline: A look at the 17-year journey of historic Goods and Service Tax
GST rollout: India is all set to rollout the historic Goods and Services Tax (GST) during a special joint midnight session of Parliament today. For 17 years, the idea of ‘One Nation, One Tax’ witnessed several delays, heated politics and more. But the time of GST has now arrived. Prime Minister N…
GST Rollout: P Chidambaram says India underprepared for new tax regime
While the Centre is ready to launch the ambitious Goods and Services Tax (GST) on a grand note on July 1, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram feels that the country is underprepared to come up with this new tax regime. A day ahead of the special midnight June 30-July 1 meeting convened by the N…
Mamata Banerjee appeals Dutch investors to invest in Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on June 21, appealed to Dutch investors along with Italian and German industrialists to invest in the state. “Come to Bengal and ride the growth because the state has the sustainable development in every angle. The state has improved a lot after the 34 y…
Cattle Trade Ban: Leather industry claims exports will decline by $3.5 b
The Centre’s ban on the sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter would adversely affect the leather industry, leather exporters in Kolkata said and demanded that the decision be either revoked or amended. If nothing is done, the leather exporters threaten to take to the…
WB seeks review of measures to boost entrepreneurship
Kolkata: Starting an outcome audit of sorts, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has begun to question the impact of initiatives taken by her government to promote the state as business-friendly. She has asked the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) department to explain how …
West Bengal to revive football manufacturing
The state that has given the country some of their finest footballers is taking a step ahead to come up with the finest footballs too. Mamata Banerjee, after promoting sports at various grass root levels she is now trying to revive the football manufacturing industry in the state. In a tie up wit…
Bengal marches ahead with glory in MSME sector | West Bengal Govt
West Bengal Government said that the MSME (Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises) is one of the sectors in the state which has done particularly well. There are about 50,850 MSME units in the State, employing about 5,45,000 people. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee created the Biswa Bangla brand and s…
RIL to partner small entrepreneurs in West Bengal | Mukesh Ambani
Speaking at the Bengal Global Business Summit held in Kolkata on 8-9 January 2016, RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani said the company would partner small entrepreneurs of West Bengal by providing them connectivity. Reliance Jio has invested nearly Rs 5,000 crore in Bengal in the last three years for dev…
West Bengal Business Summit focus on SMEs
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had announced after the Global Business Summit last year that the state had got investment proposals worth Rs 2.43 lakh crore. The state is once again poised to hold a two-day Bengal Global Business Summit on Jan 8-9, with a vision to establish an image …