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Education

Education Industry Expects Higher Allocation In Coming Budget

Priyanka Tanwer Jan 22 2024 - 10 min read

The education sector stands at the crossroads of technology. As we approach the brink of a new fiscal year, all eyes are on the upcoming interim budget, and the education industry is abuzz with anticipation and speculations. The imminent budget announcement is poised to shape the policies and initiatives that will define the ...

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MSMEs

FIDC Seeks GST Clarity For NBFC Co-lending Models Amid Regulatory Scrutiny

Opportunity India Desk Dec 01 2023 - 2 min read

The Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC), a non-banking lender body, has called upon the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs to provide clarity on the exemption of goods and services tax for the excess rate of interest retained by non-banking financial companies in a co-lending model with banks. The FIDC, ...

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Msme

Country’s First MSME Economy Monitor Index Based On GST Sales Data Launched

Opportunity India Desk Nov 15 2023 - 2 min read

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), in collaboration with Jocata, a financial advisory and technology firm, introduced an MSME Economic Activity Index called ‘Sumpoorn’. The index, based on consent-led and anonymized monthly sales data from over 50,000 MSMEs seeking credit, will utilize official GSTN returns from October 2019 to the present, ...

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Telecom

Govt To Simplify Licensing Regime After Telecom Bill Is Enacted: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Opportunity India Desk Oct 03 2022 - 3 min read

The Central government will come out with a second set of reforms to simplify the licensing regime after the finalisation and passage of the new Telecom Bill, Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The industry has long been demanding that the levies on it be reduced. Currently, various levies account for 30 per cent of the ...

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New India

Jan Samarth Portal To Improve Lives Of Students, Farmers And Entrepreneurs

Priyanka Tanwer Jun 06 2022 - 4 min read

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a National Portal for Credit Linked Government Schemes - Jan Samarth - on Monday in order to free people from rigmarole of doing rounds of government ministries and websites and help in improving the lives of students, farmers, businessmen and MSME entrepreneurs. ‘Jan Samarth’ provides single window facility for 13 ...

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