Tripura attracts Rs 1,322 crore investment interest at Guwahati roadshowTripura's government held an investors' roadshow in Guwahati. The event aimed to boost investment in the state. It showcased Tripura's indu...
08 May, 2026, 10.14 AM IST
India–New Zealand $20 billion FTA: List of sectors set to gain ground as the deal kicks inIndia and New Zealand have signed a Free Trade Agreement. This pact offers zero-duty access for most Indian exports. Key sectors like texti...
28 Apr, 2026, 06.46 PM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma inspects Numaligarh Bio-Refinery before PM Modi's visitChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inspected the Numaligarh Refinery. He reviewed the progress of the bamboo-based ethanol plant. This plan...
30 Jun, 2025, 09.11 PM IST
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd signs MoA with IIT Guwahati to develop sustainable materialBamboo dust will be generated while preparing bamboo chips for the 2nd Generation Bio-Refinery being set up by NRL through its JV company A...
30 Aug, 2023, 08.54 PM IST
Assam state budget 2021-22: CII sought waiver of Property Tax and Fixed Electricity Charges for hospitality sectorIn a submission to Ajanta Neog, Finance Minister of Assam CII suggested to give relief to the hospitality sector which is one of the worst ...
02 Jul, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
Draft scheme to provide jobs to 25 youth in every tribal village: Gadkari to officialsThe minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Road Transport & Highways said five crore jobs should be created by the MSM...
19 Jan, 2021, 06.34 PM IST
Enhanced import duty to give a big boost to agarbatti and bamboo industries in India: KVICKVIC said that the decision was taken by the Finance Ministry on the initiative of Union Minister for MSME, Nitin Gadkari, who had urged Pr...
11 Jun, 2020, 07.02 PM IST
CBI books former senior officials of Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd in Rs-64 cr scamThe scam pertains to alleged irregularities in the procurement of bamboo by Cachar Paper Mill (CPM) from the DHAC. Bamboo pulp is used for ...
05 Mar, 2020, 04.00 PM IST
Jaitley 'looks East' in Budget 2018-19 as states go to pollsJaitley's announced to allocate Rs 1,290 crore to promote bamboo sector, calling bamboo the green gold.
01 Feb, 2018, 11.46 AM IST
Annapurna Microfinance raises Rs 61 crore from Bamboo Capital and existing investorsAnnapurna is India's ninth largest MFI in terms of loans outstanding and grew loan books 34% year-on-year to Rs 1235 crore as on March, 201...
19 Jul, 2017, 05.42 PM IST
- West Bengal government is training Adivasi women to create organic colours for Holi
Presently, 60 Adivasi women from seven gram panchayats of Purulia have been selected for the project.
21 Feb, 2017, 12.25 PM IST
Greenlight Planet raises Rs 34 crore in debt-financing from OPICGreenlight has also raised seed funding from Prabhat Sinha, cofounder of ZS Associates, followed by a Series A funding led by Bamboo Financ...
24 Feb, 2016, 05.18 AM IST
Greenlight Planet receives funding of $10 millionGreenlight Planet was founded in 2007 by a team of student engineers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
04 Feb, 2015, 03.59 PM IST
Power of Ideas 2012: Adding more value to affordable educationIt was a desire to try something new that led Indian Institute of Technology -Delhi and IIM-Ahmedabad alumnus, Parikshit Jain, to quit his ...
07 Jul, 2012, 01.00 PM IST
- Share of direct tax to touch 12 per cent of GDP: Pranab Mukherjee
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the share of direct tax in the overall tax basket has increased considerably and would r...
27 May, 2012, 03.21 PM IST
- Orissa Finance Commission recommends devolution of Rs 4480 cr to local bodies
The Orissa State Finance Commission on Thursday recommended a total devolution of Rs.4480.85 crore to the local bodies in Orissa for five y...
28 Jan, 2010, 11.06 PM IST
- NEDFi bags special commendation prize for pavilion
North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFi) has been awarded a special commendation prize in the PSU category for its pavili...
28 Nov, 2007, 10.30 PM IST