Japanese and Indian SMEs: East meets East

With the Indian economy going great guns, Japanese SMEs are making a beeline into the Indian market, more so to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal, where the economic development...

Karnataka and Japan share Info on Infra

Karnataka Udyog Mitra and Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Bangalore (JCCIB), an association of Japanese companies situated in Bangalore, have signed a MoU for information sharing on Industrial estates and Infrastructure development....

Solar Policy: Well begun is Half Done

Solar energy initiatives may get a big boost in the State with the Government proposing to introduce a solar policy, a step described to go a long way in promoting solar power generation....

NSIC-SBI inc pact

The National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) has stated that it is in the final stages of signing an agreement with State Bank of India (SBI) that will enable easy and affordable loans for...

SIDBI’s macro gift to Microfinance Units

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has always been the savior towards daring entrepreneurs. It has always lent to institutions with a good track record of transparency in its functioning. Plans are...

CII Karnataka powers, power seminar

India faces an energy crunch of about 10 per cent, inspite of having the fifth largest power generation capacity globally. Thus CII Karnataka has taken an initiative to organise a meet with the...

Pharma EXPO 2011 exposes latest technology

Mark your calendar for December 16- 18, 2011 when Bengaluru will be the host city for the PHARMAceutical EXPO 2011 scheduled at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Tumkur Road. Karnataka’s pharma sector, already one...

JSW Steel adds steel at Karnataka plant

JSW Steel, India’s No.3 steelmaker received a respite after the Supreme Court partially lifted an iron ore mining ban imposed in a key region of the state. There are plans to raise its...

Shimoga & Gulbarga to get air connectivity

Shimoga and Gulbarga districts of Karnataka are set to have a makeover with the Regional Airport Holding International Ltd (RAHI) pumping in Rs.490 crore to develop airports there. The two projects are part...

MSME Ministry finds double taxation taxing

The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) ministry has requested the finance ministry to resolve the double-taxation issue faced by private equity investors, who want to invest in the small scale business sector...