Articles, tagged with "chambers of commerce and industry", page 1
Real India Property Aspects
The real estate market in India continues to remain inactive as relative transaction volumes are at an all-time low due to the elevated property prices. Usually, property sales in the city go up between February and April, with March recording the highest...
Current affairs in Bihar, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh
The current affairs in Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, with the major development in these states, their growth economically, the political fights and much more.
Current Affairs in Bihar
In order curb the corruption in Bihar and using i...
Corporate agreements and business current affairs
There have been new launches and business agreements in the corporate world. Various goals have been achieved in current business news. Some of them are given below.
A corporate agreement between India and USA, which shows the new SME initiat...
Union Budget 2011: ASSOCHAM expects addressing of macro issues
IN THE wake of escalating inflation, scandals, tight liquidity and rising current account deficit, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is presenting the sixth union budget 2011.
With challenges galore, Mukherjee's need of the hour is to satisfy the comm...
India Inc calls for continuation of stimulus packages
India Inc feels that the government should continue the stimulus packages it had offered, especially to the MSME sector, even during 2010-11. This was revealed during a survey conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHA...
Commonwealth as a booster for travel industry in India
According to a survey by World Travel and tourism Council (WTCC), India will be a tourism hotspot between now and 2018 followed by China, Libya and Vietnam. After Olympics, Common Wealth Games are the biggest global sports event. India is anticipated to u...
Funding still an issue for MSMEs
A recent study conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) revealed that micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are suffering severely due to lack of adequate credit availability and late payments, with most of them opera...
India-ASEAN to resume negotiations over open service trade
With a view to enhance the scope of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between both sides as well as open service trade, India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are likely to initiate second round of negotiations very soon. This was revea...
Indian SMEs to explore Afro agriculture sector
A recent paper released by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) revealed that bilateral trade between India and Africa may grow by 22% by 2012, reaching an estimated US$55 billion.
Growing trade volumes between India and...
Anand Sharma calls for greater credit support for rural SMEs
In a bid to facilitate an all-inclusive development of the SME sector in India and integrate rural areas with the country's economic processes, the Union commerce and industry minister, Anand Sharma has sought more credit facilities to be made available b...
IP facilitation centres to be set up for MSMEs
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) plans to set up several Intellectual Property (IP) facilitation centres with support from the Ministry of MSMEs in order to create more awareness about the importance of protecting IP amon...
Call for extension of 2% interest subvention for garment exporters
The Ministry of Textiles has sought the extension of concessional export finance scheme to the beleaguered garment export sector in India, which has been excluded from availing the 2% interest subvention benefit in the Union Budget 2010-11.
Speaking on...
Tax structure transformation boosts SMEs
Although the Union Budget 2010-11 may not have conceded all the demands of the various small-scale industry associations in India, a few budgetary proposals have provided enough reason for celebration to the SME sector in India. The SME sector as well as ...
Indian herbal industry set to bloom
Buoyed by the popularity of ‘Made in India' herbal products and upsurge in medicinal treatments across the world, the Indian herbal industry is growing significantly. With the tremendous growth of the sector, SMEs dominating the segment are also witness...
National conference on capital markets
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), is organising a conference on ‘Capital Market - Growth with Governance' on February 11, in New Delhi. The focus of the summit will be to promote the development of the Indian capital ...