Sai Kiran was about to launch his first product offering – Teewe, a media streaming device. He knew setting up a hardware start-up would be challenging, given India’s limited resources for hardware manufacturing, but went ahead anyway. He ended up losing US$100,000 when he sought to make a protot…
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Full FTA with India to give an impetus to two-way trade says Israeli President
Reuven Ruvi Rivlin, President of the State of Israel, today expressed his firm commitment he and the Israeli business delegation accompanying him “are here to make in India and make with India” and hoped that his visit will open the way for a full Free Trade Agreement between the two …
Israel willing to cooperate with India in defence & homeland security
Speaking at the ‘Roundtable on Indo-Israel Cooperation in Defence & Homeland Security’, organised by FICCI, Brig. Gen. (Retd) Mishel Ben Baruch, Director, SIBAT, Ministry of Defence, Israel, observed that the meeting was a historic event for India-Israel collaboration in Defence a…
Support MSMEs for setting up enterprises in medical field: IIA
A three-day exhibition of medical, surgical and lab equipment organized by Indian Industries association (IIA) ended with an educative workshop on the topic ‘support to MSMEs for setting up of enterprises in medical field.’ The workshop was attended by the industrialists from the vari…
Defence sector pitches for aggressive MSME participation
The Army, Air Force and Navy on November 11 pitched for aggressive participation of the MSME sector in defence equipment manufacturing to tap a huge USD 9.6 billion market. “The whole Indian defence budget is around USD 40 billion, of which a USD 9.6 billion market can be accessed by the MSME sec…
Creating a skilled workforce
Prime Minister Modi shares the dreams and aspirations of a billion plus people of the country “to make India a global economic leader”. To make this dream a reality, Make in India, Digital India, Smart Cities, Startup India and Swachh Bharat programmes, among others, have been launche…
Why SMEs co-operation between India & UK is need of the hour?
Great Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May’s much hyped 3 day visit to India is likely to be most watched for SMEs from both sides. As expected, India and the UK inked two MoUs on increasing cooperation in fields of intellectual property rights (IPRs) and ease of doing business. The priority ini…
IIT Kharagpur & Ministry of Heavy Industries join hands to boost Make in India
West Bengal: In a move to step-up the Make in India initiative, the Department of Heavy Industries has partnered with IIT-Kharagpur to set up a proposed centre of excellence on advanced manufacturing, a Union Minister said. The centre of excellence would undertake extensive research in the area o…
Achhe Din: SMEs now get a new life via services
The focus has invariably been on the manufacturing space among SMEs since the government took it upon itself to increase its share in the economic pie. Since it announced its flagship programme Make in India to boost manufacturing in India, the sector has seen a renewed interest among stakeholder…
India pitches for Chinese investment under ‘Make in India’
India has made a strong pitch for Chinese investments under the Make in India initiative in a range of sectors like infrastructure development and solar energy at two events in the booming eastern Zhejiang province. Nagaraj Naidu, Director-General of Investment Trade and Promotion Division of Min…