The Indian government’s effort to ease burden and harassment faced by small businessmen and traders over filing good and service tax (GST) returns is beginning to bear fruit with the expansion of GST Suvidha Centres that are springing up across the country through a franchise model. These c…
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CII offers suggestions to Indian govt on GST rules
Praising various efforts for successful transition of businesses to the goods and services tax (GST) regime, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) director general Chandrajit Banerjee has urged the government to extend the provisional input tax credit period by six months from the current two fo…
Govt, industry to brainstorm on measures to boost exports
New Delhi: The export sector’s woes finally seem to have nudged the Centre into action. On September 29, when the GST Council meets to iron out the sector’s problems, three key Union ministers will hold a brainstorming session with officials, exporters and industry bodies to identify measures to …
PurpleYo looks to raise $15 m by year-end
Mumbai: PurpleYo, an online market place for commercial real estate in India, is looking to raise $15 million for its expansion. The data and analytics firm said it is also eyeing co-working space and lending opportunities to SME players. “Our attempt was to create a marketplace model for co…
Govt & GST Council open to reconsidering decisions: Revenue Secy Hasmukh Adhia
“It appears to us that there is some amount of normalcy because destocking had happened on the manufacturer side but now restocking has started”
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Small firms with poor financials in vulnerable position: RBI report
Bolstering funding sources for liquidity-starved small units important to arrest next NPA wave
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Here’s why India’s small businesses are sitting ducks for cyber criminals
A survey conducted by cyber security firm ESET in the Asia Pacific region in 2016, found that Indian SMEs have been the most vulnerable to cyber attacks in the past three years
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Charkha to provide jobs to 5 cr women in next five years: Giriraj Singh
Five pilot projects commissioned in Varanasi, Nawada and other places would ensure a regular income between Rs 6,000 and Rs 10,000 to each of the women
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From textiles to I-T: Wave of job losses hits new and old economy
This job distress comes when three of the key drivers of the economy — private investment, private consumption and exports — are not firing, with largely government spend driving growth
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Fintech start-up Chqbook raises funding from Startup Buddy, others
Gurgaon-based fintech start-up Chqbook has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Startup Buddy and a clutch of individual investors, the company said in a statement. Individual investors who participated in the round are Apurva Chamaria, head of corporate marketing at HCL Technologies; for…