India plans to establish a high-level, inter-ministerial panel that will act as the fulcrum of the Modi government’s plan to create an ecosystem to nurture innovation. The panel will evaluate startup proposals to see if they qualify for incentives. Modi is planning a big-bang announcement d…
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Mumbai to host ‘Make in India Week’ from Feb 13 | Will address issues pertaining to SMEs
Taking a cue from the biennial investor congregation — Vibrant Gujarat Summit — held every alternate year in Gujarat, the Center is organizing “Make in India Week” in Mumbai during February 13-18. The week-long event, being organised by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Un…
‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ | Boosting entrepreneurs at grass-root level
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, on Sunday a full action plan of the ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ programme, aimed at providing fresh impetus to entrepreneurship at the grass-root level, will be announced on January 16. In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio programme, Modi said, “A structure …
Quality Council of India & FICCI to create ‘ZED’ Cell
Quality Council of India and FICCI have joined hands to set up ZED cell to implement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme of Zero-Defect-Zero-Effect (ZED). The cell to operate at FICCI office here and a memorandum of understanding between QCI and FICCI was signed for this purpose. This endeav…
On start-up ecosystem, Centre constitutes team for policy directives
The government has constituted a team which will assist in policy formulations for creating a conducive ecosystem for start-ups. Besides, the Centre has also appointed a consulting agency to help the team in its work, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a written reply to th…