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Secondary Steel Profitability Seen Improving on Backward Integration, Margins to Reach 6.6% in FY27: Crisil Ratings

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- India's secondary steel industry is expected to see a modest profitability recovery this fiscal, driven mainly by backward integration and captive power investments, according to ... Read More


New CAQM Mandate To Install PTZ Camera In Industries To Add Compliance Burden On MSMEs: FISME

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has directed industries in Delhi-NCR to install Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras at fuel storage and charging points to enable real-tim... Read More


Finance Ministry Asks Private Banks To Step Up Financial Inclusion, MSME Lending

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The Finance Ministry on Tuesday urged private sector banks to increase their participation in financial inclusion schemes, including the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana and Stand-Up I... Read More


IFSCA, ADB Discuss GIFT IFSC Role In Bridging Trade Finance Gap For MSMEs

Gandhinagar, Oct. 7 -- The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), convened a high-level workshop at GIFT City on October 1 ... Read More


UNDP, Generali Central Launch Challenge To Boost Insurance For Indian MSMEs

New Delhi, Oct. 7 -- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Generali Central on Wednesday launched an Insurance Innovation Challenge to identify and scale solutions aimed at strengthening... Read More


FISME, Google and Qualcomm Launch AI Centre to Help MSMEs Adopt Practical AI Solutions

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME), in association with Google and Qualcomm Technologies, on Tuesday launched an AI & Digital Technologies Centr... Read More


Coal India's Coal Offtake Rises 7.6% YoY to 384.2 MT in H1 FY27

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Coal India Limited (CIL) recorded coal offtake of 384.2 million tonnes (MT) in the first half of FY 2026-27, up 7.6 Percent from 357 MT in the corresponding period last year, whil... Read More


GST Council May Propose Single Application For Multi-State Registration, Standardised Documents

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The GST Council is likely to consider allowing businesses to apply for GST registration across multiple states through a single application and standardising the documents tax off... Read More


Indian Exporters May Face Higher Compliance Costs From Oct 17 as Indonesia Tightens Halal Certification Rules: GTRI

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- Indonesia's mandatory halal-certification requirements, coming into effect from October 17, are likely to increase compliance costs and procedural burdens for Indian exporters, th... Read More


RBI Rate Hike Cycle Could Take Repo Rate To 6% By FY27: Union Bank, ICICI

New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to begin a rate-hike cycle that could take the repo rate to 6 per cent by the end of FY27, as rising inflation, elevated global yields ... Read More