A survey conducted across 540 SMEs by the Firstbiz and Greyhound Knowledge Group in 2016 reports, that over 500 SMEs in this country found ‘lack of easy finance and credit instruments’ to be their most critical challenge.
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Tag: SME News
Startup India Hub to pave a direct path for fund seeking start-ups
The virtual hub to soon function in 6 more languages, will host an all-stakeholders event in August, 2017
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‘GSTN & UPI will extend lending hands to finance starving MSMEs’
GSTN will bring online seven million organizations and five billion invoices every month, while street-side micro-entrepreneurs will soon be able to leverage their transaction data through Unified Payment Interface (UPI) apps to access micro-loans
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FISME & SIDBI lay track to accelerate MSE procurement in Railways
FISME urges for 100% reservation on development orders for new firms with reduction in registration fee, SIDBI to jointly work with industry associations to disseminate information about the opportunities for MSMEs to work with Railways
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Arvind Ltd to showcase Khadi Denim globally with KVIC certified mark
Arvind engages rural artisans for hand-spun, woven and dyed Denim collection, plans to buy 1 million metres of Khadi Denim per year
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10 start-ups graduate as first batch from Nexus Incubator
Programme features mentorship under Industry leaders from India and the US, Nexus to bring together strongest players in Indian ecosystem to help start-ups commercialise
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Edugild showcases start-up innovations at ‘Aurora 2017’
This is the biggest start-up summit in the central and northern India, and it was the first time for the entire edtech start-up ecosystem to come together under a roof.
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FM releases National Trade Facilitation Action Plan for ease of doing biz
The National Action Plan aims to transform cross border clearance ecosystem by reduction in cargo release time through efficient, transparent, risk based, co-ordinated, digital, seamless and technology driven procedures which are supported by state-of-the-art sea ports, airports and land borders.…
Startup India Hub to take up issues of unaware start-ups in accessing govt schemes
The Startup India Hub, recently launched by Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is working on a new initiative in order to help start-ups get accessed to government schemes and venture funds directly from the platform. The initiative is taken by the government, as start-ups had bee…
Odisha Export Policy 2017: State targets Rs 1L cr export turnover by 2025
Focusing on the promotion of exports from both traditional and non-traditional sectors in the state, Odisha Export Policy 2017 has been drafted in line with Foreign Trade Policy of India (2015-2020), the Secretary informed.
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