Get ready for an Insight Out discussion at the Third Edition of the India Mortgage Leadership Conclave, presented by IMGC & Business Standard.


Get ready for an Insight Out discussion at the Third Edition of the India Mortgage Leadership Conclave, presented by IMGC & Business Standard

India Mortgage Leadership Conclave 2024

A Canadian pension fund arm on Tuesday announced that it has co-led in a USD 180 million funding round in Indian supply chain finance platform Mintifi.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's arm Teachers' Venture Growth and South Africa's Prosus have co-led the Series E investment into the city-based Mintifi, as per a statement.
Premji Invest also participated in the funding round, which includes both primary and secondary transactions, the statement said.
Canadian investors, especially pension funds, have been present in India for many years and have backed a slew of entities and projects for handsome returns.
The fresh funding will deepen the company's presence across key sectors and consolidate its market leadership in the downstream supply chain financing space, it said.
The company, which works with entities such as Asian Paints, Varun Beverages, Parle Products, Honda, Shree Cement, TVS and Castrol, will use the funds to expand on its new offerings, including dealer management syst

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A Parliamentary panel has asked the power ministry to complete electrification of 9,35,688 households across the country in a mission mode under Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) and other schemes.
Under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) and thereafter, under SAUBHAGYA, all states declared all inhabited un-electrified census villages across the country, as electrified on April 28, 2018 and all willing households who sought electricity connection, as electrified on March 31, 2019, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy said in its report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday.
According to the report, while a total of 18,374 villages were electrified under DDUGJY, a total of 2.86 crore households were electrified under the aegis of SAUBHAGYA.
The committee lauded that the Centre's commitment to supporting all states for electrification of households.
Thus, electrification work of 8,00,552 left out households under SAUBHAGYA; 1,29,269 identified ...

The panel also noted that Aggregate Technical & Commercial (AT&C) losses have increased in Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Mizoram and Telangana during the last 5 years

About 1.8 crore students from state-funded higher education institutions, including universities and IITs, will have access to research papers published in top journals across the world from January 1 as part of the government's 'One Nation, One Subscription' initiative.
Addressing a press conference, the government's Principal Scientific Advisor AK Sood said more than 13,400 international journals covering science, technology, engineering, medicine, mathematics, management, social sciences and humanities would be made available to researchers under the 'One Nation, One Subscription' (ONOS) initiative's first phase.
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"Earlier, institutions such as IITs or central universities subscribed to a small se

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Stakeholders from the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sought a reduction in GST, technology upgrade, and production-linked incentive scheme benefits for various segments in a pre-Budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
The meeting aimed to seek inputs and suggestions for the Budget for 2025-26, expected to be presented on February 1.
Members from the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Karnataka (AWAKE); Karnataka SC and ST Entrepreneurs' Association; Plant-Based Food Industry Association (PBFIA); Ambala Scientific Instruments Manufacturers' Association (ASIMA); Rajasthan Footwear Manufacturers' Association were among the participants at the meeting.
The All-India Plastics Manufacturers' Association; All India Manufacturers' Association; Gujarat Chamber of Small Industries Association; Federation of Associations of Cottage and Small Industries (based in West Bengal); Federation of Andhra Pradesh Small and Medium Association; and Laghu Udyog 

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India Mortgage Leadership Conclave 2024

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