Calcutta: Vedanta Resources Plc, the world’s sixth largest diversified mineral resource conglomerate, will launch a Rs 5,000-crore venture capital fund for mineral-based manufacturing start-ups in India. Vedanta will partner top policy making body Niti Ayog and consulting firm Accentur…
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German media group Bertelsmann plans to invest $200-250 m in Indian start-ups
Mumbai: German media group Bertelsmann, which targets to invest $50-60 million each year in India, is looking to deploy $200-250 million in the country’s startup ecosystem over the next four years. Three years after it made its first investment in India, Bertelsmann India Investm…
Varanasi holds seminar to educate exporters and help boost in global market
Exporters should assess the challenges which they have come across during the last two months at ground level.
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KVIC creates over 3k additional sustainable jobs for women under PMEGP
New Delhi: KVIC, the nodal agency for implementing the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), has said it has created over 3,000 additional sustainable jobs for women in the past two years. It said these jobs were created by providing charkhas to women. They were in addit…
Punjab Govt to launch ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’; ‘one job to one family’ initiative
The programme will also include skill councils, skill training agencies and representatives from various universities.
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C’garh govt handpicks 36 start-ups under ‘Startup Chhattisgarh’ programme
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government has shortlisted 36 promising startups under its ambitious initiative launched last year to foster entrepreneurship and promote innovation. Chief Minister Raman Singh today felicitated the startups selected under the first phase of the &…
Fintech players helping banks disburse more loans
Two years of fintechdriven reach has helped banks grow about 15-20 per cent indicating that banks’ dependence on `feeton-street’ to campaign for loans may recede in a few years. Bankers said nearly a third of their customers below 30 years were on-boarded through the digital platform.…
Fosun plans to invest in Indian start-ups; focuses on fintech, healthcare technology & travel
The company is actively searching for potential start-ups in the logistic and fintech space in order to invest in early stage opportunities.
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A peek into SME vision of Giriraj Singh, the man now in overall command at the MSME Ministry
A compilation of initiatives, views, and perspectives of Singh as MoS MSME Ministry
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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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