Budget 2024: FM Sitharaman proposes to abolish angel tax for all investor classUnion Budget 2024-25: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday proposed to abolish the angel tax for all investor classes while prese...
23 Jul, 2024, 05.28 PM IST
DPIIT officials, Flipkart, toy makers to meet on Wednesday on ways to increase sourcingSenior officials from the Commerce and Industry Ministry, Walmart group firm Flipkart, and domestic toy makers will discuss ways to enhance...
11 Jun, 2024, 09.34 PM IST
Maharashtra attracts highest FDI for second consecutive year: FadnavisMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that the state has attracted the highest foreign direct investment (FDI) in I...
31 May, 2024, 04.31 PM IST
Govt mulls survey to estimate cost of logistics incurred by businessesGovernment plans a survey with NCAER to estimate logistics costs accurately for businesses. DPIIT aims to improve World Bank Logistics Perf...
04 May, 2024, 12.08 AM IST
Navigating India's entrepreneurial ecosystem: Insights for foreign startupsThe Indian ecosystem offers an attractive opportunity for emerging entrepreneurs globally, providing an extensive consumer base, advantageo...
08 Mar, 2024, 10.28 AM IST
Easing startup tax benefits; Piyush Goyal to meet unicorn bossesThe government has an internal target of March 31, before which about 1,500 pending eligibility certificate applications would be cleared, ...
16 Jan, 2024, 07.45 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh: A business ecosystem tailored for success of MSMEsThe state is a vibrant destination for a wide range of businesses and industries, particularly for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
09 Jan, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
India to pitch for changes to West Bengal Logistics IndexOfficials said the present perception-based methodology captures India's reforms such as Logistics Data Bank and Unified Logistics Interfac...
09 Jan, 2024, 12.40 AM IST
View: Leverage Big Data to improve logistic efficiency — it’ll cut costs, unclog chokepoints, boost productivityEfficiency becomes particularly salient when applied to logistics. For logistics, efficiency translates into reduced costs, which have far-...
24 Dec, 2023, 11.12 PM IST
FASTag slashes average waiting time by 93% to 47 seconds: India to World BankAt a meeting with World Bank officials this week, the government said it plans to add 30,000 km of additional railway tracks by FY31, incre...
09 Dec, 2023, 12.27 AM IST
Targeted action plan shared by departments to improve India's logistics efficiency, global rankingA meeting to showcase ongoing and upcoming initiatives and reforms to improve India's logistics efficiency to the World Bank team was held ...
07 Dec, 2023, 02.35 PM IST
Indian patent office hiring 900 professionals: DPIIT secretaryPatent filing has increased by ten times and trademark application filing by six times since 2016, according to Secretary in the Department...
13 Oct, 2023, 10.59 PM IST
India wants World Bank to change how Logistic Performance Index is calculatedThis index helps countries identify the challenges and opportunities countries face in their performance on trade logistics. Rankings are b...
14 Sep, 2023, 08.29 PM IST
LPI rankings: India wants World Bank to include PM GatiShakti, ULIP in calculationsIndia improved its ranking by 6 places to 38 out of 139 countries in the Logistics Performance Index (LPI 2023) of the World Bank. The last...
14 Sep, 2023, 05.52 PM IST
India’s startup ecosystem continues to be strong, resilient: DPIIT officialAllaying fears of the Indian startup ecosystem, Manmeet Nanda, joint secretary in the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Tra...
11 Apr, 2023, 10.30 PM IST
Working on second phase of single window approval system for existing businesses: DPIIT SecyThe secretary also said that the government is working on further improvement in ease of doing business. Earlier, India was ranked low in t...
14 Oct, 2022, 04.57 PM IST
DPIIT starts exercise for next round of doing biz ranking for states, UTs; aims to release by March 2023According to the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) 2020, which was released on Thursday, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Telangana are among t...
30 Jun, 2022, 10.54 PM IST