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Indian government is all set to encourage entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem in rural India under the upcoming Deendayal Upadhyay Swaniyojan Yojana (DUSY). Rural Development Ministry is designing this scheme and it will be backed by Mudra Bank Loans, self-help groups and various other credit facilities. On the line of Startup ...

US networking giant Cisco has joined a long list of global technology biggies to invest in India to further nurture the booming startup ecosystem by confirming to invest $100 million over the next two years. The series of investment will include $40 million that will be utilized to financially assist ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the three-day ‘Krishi Unnati Mela’- the National Level Agriculture Fair-cum-Exhibition at the Pusa Campus of New Delhi. The prime focus of this mela or fair is to provide information on new farms, technologies and schemes/ policies of government including crop insurance scheme to ...

India’s new policy on defence procurement aims to involve industries like private sector bodies, MSMEs and it focuses on hiring professionals to draft tenders as well as keeping ‘Make in India’ as the focal point. The Ministry of Defence is preparing the policy which is going to be released at ...

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr. N Chandrababu Naidu has on Thursday launched AP FiberNet in Visakhapatnam with an aim to provide low-cost internet connectivity to every household and workplaces across the state. A broadband connection will be provided at Rs. 149 monthly with a speed of 15 Mbps and ...

The US has released an official statement claiming that the government will start accepting requests for H-1B visas from the 1st of April. H-1B visas are quite popular among Indian techies and is usually used by US companies to hire workers from foreign nations in the field that require highly ...

The central government is planning to restore new laws on loan defaulters thereby making wilful default a serious criminal offence under IPC (Indian Penal Code) as well as giving timelines and defining it to make sure that those who have not repaid bank loans on time will not be able ...

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday has passed the much awaited Aadhaar Bill (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) 2016 with a clear agenda of providing subsidies through the Aadhar unique identity number. The Aadhaar Bill is aimed at actively provide unique identity number to residents and ...

The central government has enforced a new norm on LPG subsidy as the government has now debarred LPG users those who earn above Rs. 10 lakh annually from receiving subsidy. This will be applicable from users’ next refill. People who are earning above Rs. 10 lakhs per annum are not ...

The central government is expected to start a worldwide campaign to project India as a startup friendly investment destination and at the same time has invited proposals from creative organizations. The global campaign will be launched across all platforms of media i.e. print, electronic as well as social and will ...