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Cabinet approves Rs.5,000-crore equity infusion into SIDBI

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved an equity infusion of Rs.5,000 crore into the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). The move is aimed at strengthening the l... Read More


New lift standards for PwDs to force redesigns for India's property, infrastructure developers

NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 -- India is set to notify revised and stricter national standards for elevators used by people with disabilities, designed to make buildings safer for them, more accessible and easi... Read More


Sensors and AI key to MSME digital upgrade

New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- India is planning a massive digital upgrade of its micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as part of a broader push to align domestic manufacturing with global quality, and ... Read More


Cabinet boosts credit for small businesses with Rs.5,000-crore SIDBI infusion, extends Atal Pension Yojana to FY31

New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- New Delhi: The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved an equity infusion of Rs.5,000 crore into the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). The move is aimed at strength... Read More


Mint Explainer: What RBI's unified foreign exchange rules mean for India's service exporters

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- India's foreign exchange rules governing trade have long evolved through a patchwork of regulations, circulars and banking practices, especially as services exports expanded rapi... Read More


China seeks WTO panel against India over PLI schemes, flags local content norms in autos and clean tech

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- China has escalated its trade challenge against India at the World Trade Organization (WTO), seeking the establishment of a dispute settlement panel over New Delhi's production-l... Read More


Govt increases Central Silk Board approval limit to Rs.1 cr

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The government has increased the Central Silk Board's financial approval limit to help cut delays in clearing projects and improve implementation of schemes in the sector, with o... Read More


Sensors, AI at core of India's plan to modernise MSMEs, cut export rejections

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- India is planning a massive digital upgrade of its micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) as part of a broader push to align domestic manufacturing with global quality, and ... Read More


Centre adds aluminium cookware, beverage cans to quality control import list

New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- Even as the government has begun pruning its quality control orders to improve compliance costs, it has notified a fresh one-this time covering aluminium cookware and beverage ca... Read More


RBI brings services under unified Fema, eases import-export compliance

New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- The Reserve Bank of India overhauled decade-old foreign exchange rules, bringing exports and imports of goods and services under a unified regulation to simplify procedures, ease... Read More