Startups
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Nibedita Mohanta Oct 11 2017 - 4 min readGone are the days when success was used synonymic with men, now women have taken over the command and match shoulders with their male counterparts. In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a programme for skills development and also set up a subsidised loan scheme for businesses led by women. Today, India boasts nearly ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readNIIT Limited, a global leader in skills and talent development, unveiled a first-of-its-kind programme to address the versatile talent requirements of the fast growing start-up sector – StackRoute, an NIIT initiative to produce the world's best full stack programmers. StackRoute aims to create multi-skilled and multi-disciplinary programmers who can become key ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readHaving diversified into FMCG and other businesses, tobacco giant ITC has got shareholders' nod to enter the healthcare sector and plans to set up multi- specialty hospitals across the country.The company had sought approval from its shareholders to alter Memorandum of Association of the company to include 'Healthcare' through a special resolution on January 27. ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 29 2017 - 2 min readThe Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified rules regarding equalisation levy, a tax which will be levied on income arising to companies like Google, Facebook, for providing services like online advertisements to professionals and businessmen of India.The rule comes into effect from June 1. Also known as "Google tax", equalisation levy was announced ...
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Nibedita Mohanta Sep 29 2017 - 3 min readPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ move has paved way for all the budding entrepreneurs and businessmen.A study by the market research firm Zinnov said, India, which is home to about 4.88 crore small and medium business ( SMB )s provides employment to 81.16 million individuals and is all set to become the largest ...