Marketing on e-commerce platforms opens a wide market for MSMEs. However, it is associated with significant transaction costs. To help micro and small enterprises market their products through ecommerce platform, and reach wider markets, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises launched a sub-scheme under RAMP namely “MSME Trade …

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has a network of Technology Centres(TCs) in various sectors like General Engineering, Electronic System Design and Manufacturing, Automobile, Leather and Footwear, Sports Goods etc. across the country. Some of the TCs have collaboration with academic institutions like Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), …

In view of the importance of collaboration between industries and academia for capacity building and enhancing industrial skills of the students/MSMEs in the country, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) is implementing MSME Innovative Scheme under MSME Champions Scheme to ensure industry-academia linkages for MSMEs. The scheme has …

As a sub-scheme under the Central Sector Scheme “Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance”, the Ministry of MSME launched a sub-scheme “MSME Trade Enablement and Marketing Initiative” (MSME-TEAM Initiative), which aims at assisting five lakh Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to onboard the Open Network Digital Commerce (ONDC) platform, through …

The PM Vishwakarma Scheme was announced by the Hon’ble Finance Minister in the Annual Union Budget 2023-24 on 01.02.2023 and launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on 17.09.2023. The Scheme aims to provide end-to-end support to artisans and craftspeople who work with their hands and tools. The Scheme components include …

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had released a Consultation Paper on ‘The Issues Related to Critical Services in the M2M Sector, and Transfer of Ownership of M2M SIMs’ on 24.06.2024. The last date for receiving written comments on the issues raised in the consultation paper from stakeholders was fixed …

India is effectively managing the delicate balance between increasing its coal mining output and strategically phasing down the polluting processes associated with coal mining. This approach aims to boost energy production while mitigating environmental impacts. Chhattisgarh-based Coal India subsidiary Southeastern Coalfields Limited’s (SECL) Gevra and Kusmunda coal mines have secured …

Water conservation through rainwater harvesting is one of the foremost priorities of the Government, stated Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Rajbhushan Choudhary, while giving a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today. Major steps taken by the Government for water conservation and rainwater harvesting to reduce water …

Department of Posts is advancing an initiative to establish a standardized, geo-coded addressing system in India, for ensuring simplified addressing solutions for citizen-centric delivery of public and private services. In this regard, the Department had collaborated with IIT Hyderabad for developing a National Addressing Grid, named as Digital Postal Index …

Census of India conducts enumeration of population in the country on decadal basis including homeless people. As per Census of India 2011, a total of 9,38,348 people were homeless in urban areas of the country. ‘Land’ and ‘Colonisation’ are State subjects. Therefore, schemes related to housing for their citizens including homeless …