Life Insurers must aim to achieve a 13th month persistency of 90% within a year, says Irdai chairman
Buyers from 50 countries will be connected to the virtual platform, which will also promote the One District-One Product (ODOP) scheme
The FIDC has also asked the ministry to allow debt restructuring of all standard MSME accounts in the 0-90 day bucket
The scheme provides liquidity to stressed MSMEs without really burdening them with heavy debt obligations and the banks are guaranteed the loan amount so they don't have to worry about repayment
MSMEs in Uttar Pradesh will get marketing assistance of up to Rs five lakh under a new start-up policy, a senior official said here Tuesday. New start-up policy 2020, aimed at extending support and encouragement to start-ups and incubation centres in Uttar Pradesh has been notified, said Additional Chief Secretary (Electronics and Information Technology) Alok Kumar. Under the new policy, there is a window of up to Rs 5 lakh as marketing assistance to MSMEs," he added. Kumar gave this information while addressing a virtual conference on "Role of Information Technology in transforming MSMEs' future during COVID-19", a PHDCCI release said. The conference had been organized by the Uttar Pradesh Chapter of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Kumar also said the Department of IT & Electronics is working hand in hand with SIDBI to facilitate venture capital funding for new start-ups and MSMEs. Focusing on the important role that IT is playing these days, Additional Chief Secretary, ..
The minister for Road Transport, Highways and MSMEs said automobile and micro, small and medium enterprises are the two growth engines of the country's economy
Export promotion policy on anvil, seeks to substitute Chinese exports
Yogi Adityanath said that his government was working with full dedication to explore all possibilities to realise 'self reliant India'
Gadkari said the government is mulling over the idea where the finance of up to Rs 10 lakh can be availed by women entrepreneurs within three days
The measures will lower credit cost to some extent, but analysts are sceptical of asset quality of such loans
The Centre has also decided to include personal loans for business purposes under the scheme
A survey on micro, small, and medium enterprises showed that estimated 25-30 million people have lost their jobs by the end of June
The minister called India as the most favourable destination for foreign investment and urged foreign investors to reap rich dividends by investing in the country's infra, MSMEs, banks, NBFCs
Businesses from textiles to sports goods and furniture are shuttered or working at a bare minimum, and cows roam streets that would be normally packed with workers and vehicles
FIDC said the assistance to eligible individual borrowers under ECLGS is just limited to loans given under MUDRA scheme
Move taken to ensure timely payments particularly to MSMEs; buyer will have to pay interest at the rate of 1% a month
'Govt's recent notification on the MSME sector will enable large corporates and MNCs take indirect control of the manufacturing sector in India through their subsidiaries'
Some 1.5 million businesses in MSME sector will get liquidity and jobs will be saved as a result, says World Bank.
He also stressed the role of productivity in the transformation of any organisation
The bulk of the disbursed amount -about two-third- was contributed by public sector banks.