Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu will hold a meeting with industry bodies on September 26 to discuss issues pertaining to industrial growth and the interventions required to resolve them, a government official said. Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian, financial advisers of all …
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SMEpost Comment #CabinetReshuffle | Continuity with room for decisive action
A dispassionate analysis beyond pure play ministerial number attached to the MSME Ministry shows that a focused Key Responsibility Area (KRA) approach is set to draw better dividends.
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Clean energy push will rescue global economy from falling into deceleration: Piyush Goyal
Power Minister Piyush Goyal today underlined the importance of quickening efforts to promote clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emission failing which the global economy will slip into deceleration. The minister spoke of 3Ds — De-carbonisation, more decentralisation and greater digitisation. …
Ravi Shankar Prasad urges start-ups to strive for digital inclusion of ‘Bharat’
New start-ups should think in line with National Optical Fibre Network programme for digital growth of villages, says the Union Minister for Electronics & IT
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Building company a marathon, not a sprint: Nandan Nilekani
Bengaluru: Values and perseverance, ambition and vision are attributes that entrepreneurs must possess in plenty, according to a galaxy of stalwarts who gathered to celebrate the spirit of enterprise at India’s de facto startup summit in Bengaluru on August 18. Even as they lauded the role …
Govt will encourage value addition in aluminium sector: Piyush Goyal
The government will encourage value addition activities in the aluminium sector and seek to enhance self-sufficiency in the industry which is facing a surge in imports, said Piyush Goyal, Minister for Power, Coal, Mines and New and Renewable Energy. Addressing industry executives at the CII Globa…
Government, industry to chalk out roadmap for Indian textile sector
Gandhinagar: Several Union ministers, key policymakers and representatives of the global textile and apparel industry will try to thrash out the issues facing the sector at a 3-day international conference here from June 30. It will suggest a 10 year roadmap for the sector’s growth. Union T…
Momentum Jharkhand: Vedanta Resources promises Rs 5k cr investment with focus on SMEs
Keen to get a strong foothold in Jharkhand, Vedanta Resources Group Chairman Anil Agarwal on February 16, at the first , said he had “big plans” for the state. The initial foray will be with a $1-billion investment that includes setting up a one-million tonne steel plant, he added. Dubbing Jharkh…
Centre, state go all out to make Vibrant Gujarat Summit a success
Ahmedabad: The Centre is leaving no stone unturned to make the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit a success. The five-day event is scheduled to kick off at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it is learnt, is personally monitoring arrangements for the summit. This apa…
Big boost for Make in India: Prayas plan for solar energy to get $3.1 bn package
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is planning a 210 billion-rupee ($3.1 billion) package of state aid for India’s solar panel manufacturing industry, according to two officials. The so-called Prayas initiative, short for for “Pradhan Mantri Yojana for Augmenting Solar Manufacturing,” a ce…