Some major initiatives have been undertaken by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) during the last five years to improve the flow of credit to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday....
A delegation of the All India Kisan Coordination Committee (AIKCC) met the Union Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday and categorically said that ethanol is a big opportunity for the farm sector, provided its policy is "farmer-centric" and a remunerative price of the crop is paid to the farmer...
The Centre has released Rs 16,172.95 crore for the Industrial Corridor Development Scheme under which 20 industrial cities have been approved through the Centre-State partnership model across the country, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday....
An FIR has been registered against a contractor for allegedly submitting a forged bank guarantee to secure four construction packages under the Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Company (MPUDC), officials said....
The TVK-led Tamil Nadu government will present its maiden Budget for 2026-27 in the Assembly on Wednesday, setting out its fiscal priorities and development agenda at a time when the state is grappling with significant financial constraints....
India has achieved near-universal banking coverage, with 99.92 per cent of inhabited villages (6,00,868 out of 6,01,328) now served by a banking outlet, which includes a bank branch, business correspondent or India Post payments bank, within a radius of 5 km, as per the data uploaded by banks on Jan Dhan Darshak (JDD) App, the Parliament wa...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Monday intensified its enforcement drive against food safety violations by suspending the licence of Matri Drinking Water in Tripura and issuing a prohibition order against Noble Healthcare, Mohali, Punjab, over serious violations of food safety regulations....
A Joint Committee of Parliament has backed the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, while recommending further decriminalisation of procedural lapses, as well as compliance relief and easier corporate social responsibility (CSR) norms for small businesses....
Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia will convene an investors’ meet and roadshow here on Tuesday to mobilise greater industry participation and investments for India’s first Telecom Manufacturing Zone (TMZ), which was launched last week in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior, according to an official st...
Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) on Monday reported a sharp 47.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter ended June 30 (Q1 FY27), even as the hospital chain posted strong double-digit growth in revenue and operating profit, supported by network expansion and higher patient volumes....
