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Private organisations, corporates should develop fund to support disables:
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 21 (ANI): While the government is doing its bit to empower the persons with disabilities under the Accessible India Campaign, the private sector should also develop a fund to help such people gain sustainable employment or become entrepreneurs, Union Minister of State
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ASSOCHAM-Crisil study suggests three pronged strategy to deepen bond marke
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 20 (ANI): A three pronged approach based on facilitating larger institutional investment in corporate bonds together with weaning companies away from bank loans and ensuring facilitative policies and infrastructure from perspective of both issuers and investors is impe
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New UP Govt. should ensure adequate power supply: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 19 (ANI): After the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) astounding victory in the recently-concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017, apex industry body ASSOCHAM has said that the need of the hour in the state is ensuring adequate electricity supply in the comin
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Science and Technology Ministry to virtually reproduce all monuments using
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): The Union Science and Technology Ministry will reproduce all monuments, Buddhist Circuit using three dimensional (3D), cyber physical systems and other technologies with a view to virtually promote architectural heritage, a top official said at an ASSOCHAM eve
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Import of electronics rising contrary to 'Make in India': ASSOCH
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New Delhi [India], Mar. 5 (ANI): An ASSOCHAM analysis revealed that the success of its flagship programme would boost the manufacturing sector in India, provided the government directs the 'Make in India' initiative towards import intensive items like electronic goods, machinery, s
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NU named best 'Institution for Promoting Industry-academia Interface&
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 28 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): NIIT University (NU) has been recognized as the "Best Institution for promoting industry-academia interface" at the 10th ASSOCHAM Higher Education Summit 2017. The award ceremony was felicitated by Prakash Javadekar, Union HRD Mini
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ASSOCHAM's proposal receives lukewarm response from States
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 25 (ANI): Expressing concern over a lukewarm response on allowing small and medium scale shop-keepers to remain open for all seven days, ASSOCHAM persisted to the Centre to persuade states to approve and adopt the Shops and Establishments Bill draft, in order to promo
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Job creation through growth: New ASSOCHAM President
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New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): Welcoming various steps taken by the Government to curb black money and corruption, new ASSOCHAM President Sandeep Jajodia today said, as economy is still in the stage of remonetization, the people should be encouraged and not discouraged to start spending ag
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MEA has asked all missions to promote Ayush, Ayurveda: V.K. Singh
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New Delhi [India], Feb. 21 (ANI):The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has asked all chairs and missions to to promote Ayush and Ayurveda, said Minister of State for External Affairs, General V.K. Singh (Retd), at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.
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Food processing sector to generate 9 million jobs by 2024: study
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New Delhi [India], Feb. 19 (ANI): Indian food processing sector has the potential to attract USD 33 billion of investment and create nine million jobs by FY 2024, revealed an ASSOCHAM-Grant Thorton Research paper.
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Constant improvement in ease of doing biz and robust infrastructure develo
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New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The government needs to continuously invest in improving the ease of doing business environment, develop sound infrastructure, and ensure availability of trained workforce as India is set on a growth trajectory that promises all-round development, economic we
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Retail inflation in Delhi, J&K more than double national average,
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 16 (ANI): The retail inflation may have been hovering at quite a reasonable level of 3.17 per cent for January, 2017 on an all-India basis, but there is no respite for people right in Delhi along with a couple of other states, suffering the price rise at double the nat
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