West Bengal Investment and Industrial Policy 2013 In a bid to reduce the financial debt of over $37.88 billion in 2011, West Bengal government formulated Industrial and Investment Policy, 2013. The main agenda of this policy is to improve infrastructure to advance economic growth and also by adding another 4000 ...
Read More »Special Benefits for SC/ST Community in WB
Special Component Plan and Tribal Sub Plan are strategies for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes that were introduced in by the central government in the Sixth Five Year plan to give the people of SC/ST community their share of physical as well as financial benefits and dues. In the state ...
Read More »Self-Employment Schemes for Minority Communities in WB
Self-employment Schemes under West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (WBMDFC) are schemes launched by the state to provide loans to promising entrepreneurs from minority communities i.e. Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Farsi, etc to improve their finances as well as a social condition. Loan provided: A term loan is given ...
Read More »Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme (2014-19): What is there for MSME?
Last year, the government of Rajasthan launched a scheme to promote investment for creation of large scale of job opportunities. The RIPS scheme will promote investment made by enterprises in establishing a new unit, expansion of an existing unit and investment made in revival of a sick unit. This scheme ...
Read More »USKP-a Scheme by WB Govt. to Boost Entrepreneurship
Udiyaman Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Prakalpa is a scheme by West Bengal government to grant loan to unemployed youth by providing them with subsidized credit from commercial banks. The scheme launched in 2008 is provided to those youth who are registered with employment exchanges. Nodal Agency: Directorate of Employment, Labour Department, West ...
Read More »BSKP- a Scheme by WB Govt. for Unemployed Youth
Bangla Swanirbhar Karmasansthan Prakalpa is a scheme launched by Government of West Bengal to create self-employment by promoting micro industries, manufacturing, trade, service and other sectors except for direct agriculture industry through providing loans. Both urban and rural areas come under this scheme. This scheme is called “Atma Maryada” for ...
Read More »A Glimpse of West Bengal’s MSME Policy for 2013-2018
West Bengal not only has huge number of MSME units but also at the same time has diversified approach towards production and services. The various business sectors include but not only limited to food processing, agro industries, leather, gems and jewelry, iron and steel industries, mineral based industry, manufacturing, handicrafts, ...
Read More »Odisha chief minister to give free laptops to students next week
News: CM Naveen Patnaik, will be distributing free laptops to meritorious students of the 2014-15 academic year on Wednesday, at Berhampur. This scheme is modelled on similar earlier schemes in Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The Odisha scheme is under the Biju Yuva Shashaktikaran Yojana. The state government has ...
Read More »Special development programme for Maoist-hit blocks in Odisha
News: The administration is set to launch a special programme, Operation Blue Moon, in Maoist-hit Narayanpatna and Bandhugaon blocks of Odisha’s Koraput district, would be launched on August 4 and will span over eight weeks, Collector of Koraput district Jaya Kumar V said. During the period, people’s grievances will be addressed, surprise inspection of government ...
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