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| 16.09.2024 | India’s Economic Ambitions: A Roadmap to $7 Trillion | India stands at a crossroads. The nation is poised to double its economy to a staggering $7 trillion by 2030. This ambitious goal is not just a number; it’s a vision that requires strategic planning, collaboration, and unwavering commitment... |
| 16.09.2024 | PAFI's 11th Annual Forum "India@2030: Doubling the Economy to 7 Trillion Dollar" | New Delhi, Delhi, India
The Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI) will host the 11th Annual Forum, the flagship event for public affairs professionals in New Delhi on 18th and 19th September 2024.
PAFI’s 11th Annual Forum 2024
This year’s th... |
| 23.08.2024 | Zero Emission Trucks (ZET): Govt unveils 30 policy interventions
Axis Ecorp Enters Fractional Ownership Segment
Emperium Targets Rs.700 Crore from Projects
3PL Players Drive Logistics Leasing | ECONOMY & POLICY Zero Emission Trucks (ZET): Govt unveils 30 policy interventions
23 Aug 2024 3 Min Read CW Team
The government has introduced the "Bharat Zero Emission Trucking (ZET) Policy Advisory," which outlines 30 policy... |
| 22.08.2024 | NASSCOM Appoints Rajesh Nambiar as President Designate Nasscom has announced the appointment of Rajesh Nambiar, Cognizant India Chairman and Managing Director as the President Designate, succeeding De... | Nasscom has announced the appointment of Rajesh Nambiar, Cognizant India Chairman and Managing Director as the President Designate, succeeding Debjani Ghosh, upon the completion of her term later this year.
Rajesh Nambiar has led Cognizant ... |
| 21.08.2024 | Pioneering Change: MIT's NSS Units and Recykal's Vision for a Sustainable Future | In a world where social responsibility and environmental sustainability are paramount, two distinct stories emerge from India, each highlighting the power of initiative and innovation. The Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) National Serv... |
| 20.08.2024 | Electronics Circularity Expert ALN Rao Joins Recykal to Lead Electronics Circularity | Hyderabad: Recykal, a frontrunner in sustainability and the circular economy, announced ALN Rao’s appointment as Head of Electronics Circularity today.
Recykal is a tech startup headquartered in Hyderabad that formalises the circular econom... |
| 16.08.2024 | Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) NSS Units Honored with National Humanitarian Excellence Award for Exemplary Social Service | Manipal, Karnataka, India
The National Service Scheme (NSS) Units I & II of the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) were recently honored with the prestigious "Humanitarian Excellence Award 2024". The award, presented by the... |
| 15.08.2024 | Indian 78th Independence Special: A Journey Through Technology India is not behind at all, its homegrown startups are shining in global markets. But it was not an easy journey for India | India has once again registered itself as the world's fastest-growing major economy, with a growth rate exceeding 8 per cent for the fiscal year ending in March 2024. According to data presented by the Statistics Ministry, India's gross dom... |
| 06.08.2024 | Niti Aayog Virmani promotes Chinese investment in Indian manufacturing
ZF Develops Smart CV Technologies with Software
AAI Invests Rs.796 Crore in Airport Repairs
Tractor Sales Contract by 12% in July | ECONOMY & POLICY Niti Aayog Virmani promotes Chinese investment in Indian manufacturing
06 Aug 2024 2 Min Read CW Team
Arvind Virmani, a member of Niti Aayog, suggested that India should encourage Chinese firms to invest and manufacture... |
| 27.07.2024 | GVK Power's Insolvency: A Cautionary Tale for India's Infrastructure Sector | In the world of business, the rise and fall of giants often serve as cautionary tales. GVK Power and Infrastructure, once a beacon of hope in India's infrastructure landscape, now finds itself teetering on the brink of insolvency. This saga... |
| 27.07.2024 | The Silent Crisis: MSMEs in India Face Unprecedented Job Losses | In the shadows of India’s economic landscape, a silent crisis brews. The closure of nearly 50,000 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) over the past decade has left a staggering 300,000 people jobless. This figure is not just a numb... |
| 26.07.2024 | 300,000 people left jobless in 10 years post-closing of 49,000 MSMEs
India to reach 300 MT by 2030 in steel production; Deloitte & ISA | ECONOMY & POLICY 300,000 people left jobless in 10 years post-closing of 49,000 MSMEs
26 Jul 2024 3 Min Read CW Team
The closure of nearly 50,000 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) over the past decade has left over 300,000 pe... |
| 25.07.2024 | Vedanta Aluminium hosts session on red mud utilisation
India's Fuel Consumption Rises 2.6% in June with ATF, Petrol Surge
RIL and BPCL Anticipate Recovery in Product Cracks After Tough Q1
ONGC Videsh ... | ECONOMY & POLICY Vedanta Aluminium hosts session on red mud utilisation
25 Jul 2024 5 Min Read CW Team
Vedanta Aluminium, India?s largest aluminium producer, in partnership with NITI Aayog and leading national institutions, recently hos... |
| 24.07.2024 | IVPA Global RoundTable Conference 2024: Veg Oils Vision 2030: Opportunities and Challenges | New Delhi, Delhi, India
The Indian Vegetable-Oil Producers’ Association (IVPA) announced the successful commencement of the third edition of its signature event, ‘IVPA Global Round Table Conference @3.0 on Theme “Veg Oils Vision 2030: Oppor... |
| 19.07.2024 | Embracing a Green Future: The Renewable Energy Revolution in India | In the vast landscape of India, a revolution is quietly unfolding - a revolution powered by renewable energy. Companies like Waaree Renewable Technologies, NLC India, and L&T are at the forefront of this movement, making significant str... |
| 19.07.2024 | India Should Target $500 Bn In Electronics Manufacturing By FY30: NITI Aayog | SUMMARY
The government think tank said that the $500 Bn target will help create 5.5 Mn to 6 Mn direct jobs in the country by FY30
NITI Aayog also called for fiscal, financial, regulatory, and infrastructure interventions to ramp up the prod... |
| 18.07.2024 | NITI Aayog Proposes 60% Local Sourcing for Wind Energy Plants
HYLENR Unveils Cold Fusion Tech in Hyderabad, Eyes Global Markets
ADB OKs $240.5M Loan for Rooftop Solar Systems in India
Gujarat CM OKs R... | POWER & RENEWABLE ENERGY NITI Aayog Proposes 60% Local Sourcing for Wind Energy Plants
18 Jul 2024 2 Min Read CW Team
NITI Aayog has proposed a policy requiring wind energy projects in India to source at least 60% of their components lo... |
| 12.07.2024 | A New Era of Female Investors: Shaping India's Financial Future Despite the growing economic participation of women, be it investing in the market or funding for entrepreneurship, women face several o... | In a country like India where women are making great strides across various professional fields, the realm of investing remains fraught with unique challenges. Gender equality has been at the fore, especially as one of the crucial aspects o... |
| 25.06.2024 | Centre Monetizes Rs.3.85 Tn Assets in 3 Years: NITI Aayog
Pak Delegation and Experts Inspect Power Projects
Odisha Seeks Increased Funds for Infrastructure Development
Signify Expanding in India, Eval... | ECONOMY & POLICY Centre Monetizes Rs.3.85 Tn Assets in 3 Years: NITI Aayog
25 Jun 2024 2 Min Read CW Team
The Indian government has successfully monetized assets worth ?3.85 trillion in the past three years, according to NITI Aayog. Thi... |
| 20.06.2024 | TERI-UNOPS Initiative Empowered 27000 School Children in Uttar Pradesh on Climate Change, Health, and Hygiene Practices | New Delhi, Delhi, India
A TERI-UNOPS (The Energy and Resources Institute - United Nations Office for Project Services) collaborative initiative on “Capacity Building Programme Targeting School Children on Climate Change, Health, and Hygiene... |
| 13.06.2024 | Rural India runs dry as thirsty megacity Mumbai sucks water | NAVINWADI: Far from the gleaming high-rises of India's financial capital Mumbai, impoverished villages in areas supplying the megacity's water are running dry - a crisis repeated across the country that experts say foreshadows terrifying pr... |
| 10.06.2024 | India-Australia "Rise Accelerator" Program, Supported by NITI Aayog, SORR INDIA Drives Blue Economy with Bold Initiatives on World Ocean Day 2024 | Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar, India
On World Ocean Day 2024, SORR INDIA, a leader in the sustainable blue economy, organized a series of events at Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The organization integrates coas... |
| 31.05.2024 | Indian Companies Making Bold Moves in Various Sectors | Indian companies are making bold moves in different sectors, from aviation to real estate, cement, oil & gas, and renewable energy. Let's dive into the latest developments.
EaseMyTrip, a prominent player in the aviation industry, decide... |
| 27.05.2024 | Indian Oil buys oil & gas E&P firm for Rs 1.54 bn
Century Real Estate focuses on sales of Rs 21.00 billion
JLR India anticipates sales to grow faster than industry
UP-RERA expresses strong dis... | OIL & GAS Indian Oil buys oil & gas E&P firm for Rs 1.54 bn
27 May 2024 1 Min Read CW Team
Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) announced that it had acquired Mercator Petroleum (MPL) for Rs 1.54 billion. The acquisition was a continua... |
| 22.05.2024 | Why is India a developing, not developed nation? Amitabh Kant answers | - |
| 10.05.2024 | India’s technical textiles industry surges with double-digit growth, raising it to the 5th position globally | Image Courtesy: retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com
The Ministry of Textiles, in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Ahmedabad Textiles Industries’ Research Associations (ATIRA), planned a National Symposium ... |
| 07.05.2024 | Will the impact of rural-urban divide show as India enters its third phase of elections? | Listen to this article
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| 02.05.2024 | Chitkara University Honours Dr. Ajai Chowdhry with Honorary Doctorate for Technological Innovation and Philanthropy | Chandigarh, India
Chitkara University, bestowed the title of Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) upon Dr. Ajai Chowdhry in recognition of his outstanding contributions to technological innovation, academic institution building, and philant... |
| 06.04.2024 | ICE is 'dead technology', Indian two-wheeler makers should grab global EV market: G20 sherpa Amitabh Kant | Kant pushed for Indian EV players to make electric two-wheelers for the global market. He was speaking at Ather's community day event in Bengaluru on April 6
Amitabh Kant, the G20 sherpa and former CEO of NITI Aayog, said that the Internal ... |
| 03.04.2024 | Integrated framework | The government has made it clear that its plan is to create a “Viksit Bharat” — a developed India. Various dates have been suggested for the realisation of this ambition, though the one most often cited is 2047, the hundredth anniversary of... |
| 03.04.2024 | About 10 mn people at risk of slipping into poverty in Pakistan: World Bank | The World Bank has painted a grim economic picture of Pakistan in its biannual report, cautioning that over 10 million more people are at risk of descending into poverty in the cash-strapped country.
The Washington-based lender's apprehensi... |
| 03.04.2024 | CSIRO invests $20 million to help SMEs and startups unlock R&D potential | Canberra-based Goterra participated in CSIRO Kick-Start in 2019. Source: Supplied. article-article-body
Australia’s national science agency is looking to unearth the next Goterra, with a fresh injection of $20 million in funding for its SME... |
| 02.04.2024 | Coal Ministry targets asset monetisation worth around Rs 550 bn in FY25 | COAL & MINING Coal Ministry targets asset monetisation worth around Rs 550 bn in FY25
02 Apr 2024 2 Min Read CW Team
The Union Ministry of Coal revealed its aim to monetize assets worth Rs 547.21 billion in the financial year 2025, repr... |
| 27.03.2024 | Ministry of Rural Development Partners with J-PAL South Asia as it Expands 'Samaveshi Aajeevika' Across India | New Delhi, Delhi, India
The Government of India’s Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has brought the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia at IFMR on board as a knowledge partner on ‘Samaveshi Aajeevika’, a comprehensiv... |
| 25.03.2024 | BS Manthan: Finding common ground in ideologically divided farm sector | With almost 55 per cent of the country’s population engaged in agriculture and allied activities, according to the 2011 census, the road map for a developed India by 2047 has to pass through the farms. However, discussions and debates surro... |
| 19.03.2024 | Increasing ambitions | The micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) sector has the potential to emerge as a growth engine by increasing exports and contributing to the economic development of the country. However, its share in India’s export basket has been dec... |
| 14.03.2024 | UP govt aims to develop MSME export hubs to compete in global markets | The state government will develop local export hubs and nudge the e-commerce sector to double micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) shipments to Rs 3 trillion in two-three years, according to sources.
The sector contributes 60 per cent... |
| 07.03.2024 | 'NITI for States' digital platform to foster Centre-state synthesis | In an effort to strengthen cooperation between the Centre and states in achieving growth objectives, Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveiled the NITI for States (NFS) digital platform on Thursday.
Developed by the central ... |
| 05.03.2024 | India's perpetual sugar glut needs ethanol and export support | There is a supply crunch for it this season but sugar will be among the food commodities that will be in surplus in the country until 2047-48, as per recent projections.
The projections, made in a report by a working group of the NITI Aayog... |
| 05.03.2024 | Electric two-wheeler sales likely to miss NITI Aayog target for FY24 | Electric two-wheeler (E2W) sales in financial year 2023-24 (FY24) are likely to miss the NITI Aayog target of 2.3 million by a significant margin, as the industry has so far clocked around 800,000 units.
Industry insiders point out that the... |
| 10.11.2023 | India, China lead the AI fertility treatment race | Source: SmartCompany article-article-body
From robotic nannies for embryos to algorithms that determine the prime time for conception, AI is changing how we make babies.
In late 2021, Chinese scientists crafted AI systems or robotic nannies... |
| 04.06.2023 | U.K. top defense officials worry about AI creating teenage terrorists | Artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword that could do as much harm as it can do good. The U.K.’s MI5 and the Alan Turing Institute have come together to raise concerns about AI threatening national security. Top officials say that A... |
| 28.02.2023 | Tech companies in Japan collaborate for 'metaverse economic zone' | Sohini Bagchi 28 Feb, 2023
A group of Japanese technology companies, including Fujitsu and Mitsubishi, have agreed to work together to create a ‘metaverse economic zone’ in Japan to drive the country’s Web3 strategy forward.
Web3 is based o... |
| 15.02.2023 | India Bets on Digital Banking to Improve MSME Access to Finance | India, a world leader in digital payments and fintech innovation, is entering the next phase of its digital finance transformation, now eyeing the prospects of digital banking to address the credit gap faced by micro, small and medium-sized... |
| 25.01.2023 | India’s gig economy drivers face bust in the country’s digital boom | Suneeta Kohli, a female Uber driver in New Delhi, had her account suddenly disabled one evening while she was en route to pick up a rider in a southern part of the capital city.
“I was reaching the destination, but it took some time due to ... |
| 25.01.2023 | Omnivore achieves partial exit in Ecozen’s $25m Series C led by Nuveen for clean energy irrigation, cold chain tech | Ecozen, an Indian company that’s providing solar-powered irrigation and cold chain storage solutions, has closed a $25 million Series C in equity and debt from a pool of investors and banking institutions.
The equity round was led by the US... |
| 08.01.2023 | Sustainability Can Be About Operations And Services Not Necessarily Values: The Case Of SDG Goals For Mumbai City | When neither exit nor voice is ineffective, as is often the case with local governments, reporting and measurement that ESG offers as a governance mechanism can be invaluable. |
| 17.11.2022 | EV Startup Chargeup Raises $7 Mn In Funding To Expand To 20 Cities | The round was a mix of equity and debt and saw the participation of Capital A, Anicut Capital, Ekta Kapoor, Sunil Kalra, Sachin Mehra and Jiraaf
Chargeup plans to reach 50K+ drivers by 2023 and 1 Mn+ EV drivers by 2027
The EV startup curren... |
| 05.11.2022 | NITI Aayog Proposes Data Protection Norms For Facial Recognition Technology In India | The government think tank has proposed a codified data protection regime ‘at the earliest’ to govern facial recognition technology systems in India
Build Digi Yatra around principles of equality, non-inclusivity, privacy, safety, transparen... |
| 12.09.2022 | Foxconn In Talks With India For Introducing Its Battery Swapping Infra: Report | Foxconn is reportedly interested in entering the Indian market either with Taiwanese battery swapping platform Gogoro or individually
Foxconn’s battery swapping division executives met government officials to discuss its foray in the Indian... |
| 25.08.2022 | Gig Worker Platform Awign Raises $15 Mn To Help Businesses Better Employ Temporary Workers | Mynavi Corporation and existing investors - Unitus Ventures and Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) also participated in the round
Awign plans to deploy the raised funds in developing technological capabilities, expanding digital off... |
| 21.07.2022 | NITI Aayog Proposes Licencing & Regulation For Neobanks | NITI Aayog in its report stated that it intends to offer a level playing field to incumbents as well as competitors
The methodology for the licensing and regulatory template is based on an equally weighted ‘digital bank regulatory index’
Th... |
| 20.07.2022 | Fitterfly Raises $12 Mn To Launch New Verticals, Strengthen Tech Infrastructure | 9 Unicorns, Venture Catalysts, Nihar Parikh from of 4point0 Health Ventures and Sriram Natarajan from Molbio also participated in the funding round
Fitterfly will use the fresh capital to expand the reach of its product Diabefly; it will al... |
| 20.07.2022 | Govt To Notify EV Battery Swapping Policy In 15-30 Days | The public consultation process has been completed and the final comments from stakeholders have also been received
The government think-tank NITI Aayog released a draft battery swapping policy for the EV industry in April
In the final vers... |
| 14.07.2022 | Mental Healthtech Startup Wysa Raises $20 Mn To Offer Services In Vernacular Languages, Expand In International Market | This Series B funding round was led by HealthQuad, along with British International Investment
Ramakant Vempati, cofounder of Wysa, said that nearly 95% of Wysa’s business-to-consumer (B2C) users use its freemium model across 65 countries
I... |
| 14.07.2022 | Sexual Health & Wellness Startup Kindly Raises Funding To Enter Newer Categories | Kindly will use the fresh capital to accelerate growth and expand across domestic and international markets
The Bengaluru-based startup offers treatments for sperm health, sexual performance for men along with a slew of other treatments for... |
| 29.06.2022 | 100% Two-Wheeler EV Penetration In India By FY27 In ‘Optimistic Scenario’: NITI Aayog Report | Using a tool jointly developed by TIFAC and NITI Aayog, eight separate scenarios were developed for analysing the future penetration of electric two-wheelers in the country
The report predicted a penetration of 72% in a ‘technology driven s... |
| 28.06.2022 | NITI Aayog Calls For Providing Social Security, Paid Sick Leaves To Gig Workers | In its report, NITI Aayog estimated that more than 7.7 Mn workers were engaged in the gig economy in 2020-21 and the number would soar to 23.5 Mn by 2029-30
The report classified gig workers into two categories – non-platform and platform w... |
| 17.06.2022 | No Plans For Digital-Only Banks, Idea Came With Certain Risks: RBI Governor | The RBI had received suggestions on digital banks, but the central bank felt that the idea came with certain risks: Shaktikanta Das
There is no proposal on neobanks or digital banks because we feel that the existing banks and NBFCs can adop... |
| 15.06.2022 | Malabar India Fund leads $32 mn investment in Niti Aayog-founded Genesys International | Beena Parmar 15 Jun, 2022
Genesys International Corporation, a 3D mapping content and geospatial solutions, has announced a Rs 250 crore ($32 million) round of equity investment, to help accelerate the company's 3D Digital Twin Content Prog... |
| 15.06.2022 | Malabar India Fund leads $32 mn investment in Niti Aayog-founded Genesys International | Genesys International Corporation, a 3D mapping content and geospatial solutions company, has announced a Rs 250 crore ($32 million) round of equity investment, to help accelerate the company's 3D Digital Twin Content Program.
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| 22.04.2022 | Niti Aayog releases draft for new Battery Swapping Policy for EVs: Details here | India is moving towards its target of net-zero carbon emissions by 2070. In order to boost this process, Niti Ayog has come forward with a Draft Battery Swapping Policy. The battery swapping policy was first announced at the Union Budget 20... |
| 22.04.2022 | Tripura Leads The Country In Electric Vehicle Penetration: NITI Aayog Report | Government think tank NITI Aayog has released its comprehensive State Energy and Climate Index (SECI) report. The report throws light on the performance of various states in improving the climate and energy sector.
The report will serve as ... |
| 21.04.2022 | NITI Aayog Releases Draft Battery Swapping Policy, Seeks Comments From Stakeholders | Government think tank NITI Aayog on Thursday (April 21) released the draft battery swapping policy for electric vehicles (EVs) in the country. The policy aims to improve efficiency of the battery swapping ecosystem for electric scooters and... |
| 10.03.2022 | SBI To Roll Out Standalone Digital Bank ‘Only YONO’ To Serve Tech-Savvy Customers | India’s largest bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), is planning to create a separate digital entity. As part of the plan, it is completely overhauling its banking app, YONO, to create a digital bank called ‘Only YONO’.
The change will come... |
| 23.02.2022 | India’s Annual Battery Market Could Surpass $15 Billion by 2030: NITI Aayog Report | Rakesh Ranjan
Rakesh Ranjan is a staff reporter at Mercom India. Prior to joining Mercom, he worked in many roles as a business correspondent, assistant editor, senior content writer, and sub-editor with bcfocus.com, CIOReview/Silicon India... |
| 03.02.2022 | Priority Sector Lending Can Help Unlock EV Financing of ₹3.7 Trillion by 2030: NITI Aayog | Arjun Joshi
Arjun Joshi is a staff reporter at Mercom India. Before joining Mercom, he worked as a technical writer for enterprise resource software companies based in India and abroad. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Psychology... |
| 12.07.2021 | India is proposing a 2-child policy to keep its population under control | Migrants wait in queues with their families to board buses to reach Ghaziabad railway station as part of their journey to their hometowns during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdow in Uttar Pradesh, India, on May 18, 2020.
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| 12.07.2021 | India is proposing a 2-child policy to keep its population under control, and it includes cash benefits for couples who opt for voluntary sterilization | The northern Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Assam are tabling a slate of measures to encourage couples to cap the number of children they have at two. Reuters
India is taking a leaf from China’s population playbook with a proposed two-c... |
| 04.06.2021 | Alleviating the Impending Water Scarcity Through Sustainable Water Resource Management | June 4, 2021 5 min read
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In India, the compounded scarcity of water is affecting people's liv... |
| 28.05.2021 | Piramal Enterprises : Foundation to invest INR 100 crores towards COVID Relief in Aspirational Districts in Partnership with Niti Aayog | PRESS RELEASE
Piramal Foundation to invest INR 100 crores towards COVID Relief
in Aspirational Districts in Partnership with Niti Aayog
This initiative will reach over 1.25 lakh people in 4 Aspirational Districts of Maharashtra and 20 lakh ... |
| 12.05.2021 | How China is using blockchain and 5G adoption to win the ‘next stage of the internet’ | China is trying to set the global standards around blockchain as part of a larger strategy to lead the next generation of internet technology. One year after its launch, China’s government-run Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) has amas... |
| 15.03.2021 | India’s Open Banking Landscape Thrives on the Back of Digital Public Infrastructure | Pioneered by banking incumbents, India’s open banking ecosystem has grown to become part of the Indian financial landscape and is now among one of the most advanced in the world. The development of open banking in India has been facilitated... |
| 22.02.2021 | Innovator Takes Rural India And Africa “Mini” With New Grid Technology | Manoj Sinha, CEO and Co-FounderHusk Power Systems |
| 02.01.2021 | Startup Policy Rundown: NDHM’s Health Data Management Policy Gets Nod, SEBI Relaxes Startup Listing Norms & More | Infocus Startup Policy Rundown
With several new policies and measures being introduced every month for the benefit of the ecosystem and industries, Inc42 summarises all the latest policies and announcements and their impact.
In a bid to boo... |
| 10.09.2020 | India launches 15 challenges for Indian startups to solve for a grant of US$ 68K each | The Govt. of India has been pushing the Indian companies to lessen their dependence on imports by advocating for Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-sufficient India). |
| 10.09.2020 | Indian Government Solar Mandates Clash With Sacred Groves | 1 0
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| 19.11.2019 | India and the ESG challenge | The year 2019 is setting records and not the kind our planet would have liked. Not only will 2019 be among the hottest years recorded, but July was the hottest month in the 140 years that temperature records have been kept. |
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| 19.06.2019 | This popular tourist destination in India is experiencing a massive water shortage | Indian youths walk on the dry bed of a lake covered with dead fish, on the outskirts of Chennai on June 9, 2019.
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One of India's largest cities is running out of water, forcing residents to wait in long lines to ... |
| 18.06.2019 | Bose Audio Sunglasses Launch in India with Voice Support | Bose Audio Sunglasses Launch in India with Voice Support
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Six months after its U.S. debut, Bose Frames will launch in India Thursday. The audio sunglasses were “designed for sun a... |
| 04.03.2019 | India’s fintech cos are growing but cybersecurity fails to make the mark | Out of 2035 Indian fintech startups, only 58 focus on cybersecurity: India Fintech Report 2019.
This is a big problem as India currently ranks 15th in a list of world’s least digitally secure countries.
Lack of awareness and scarcity of tal... |
| 20.02.2019 | How shared electric mobility can benefit India | Facilitating shared mobility services through cyber-physical systems and IoT can transform the way India travels. (Image: Bloomberg)
By Nitish Arora and Aishwarya Raman
It took close to 60 years for the number of registered vehicles in Indi... |
| 05.06.2018 | NITI Aayog recommendation paper on AI: Advocates usages across sectors and curriculum in school | India think tank NITI Aayog has made recommendation framework for developing and implementing Strategy for Artificial Intelligence nation-wide.
A paper titled ‘National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence‘ identified sectors including educ... |
| 27.12.2017 | Atal Tinkering Labs: NITI Aayog selects 1,500 schools to promote entrepreneurship | With an aim to promote and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in schools, universities, and industry, NITI Aayog brainchild Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has selected additional 1,500 schools across the country for setting up Atal Ti... |
| 14.07.2017 | India should target 1 lakh startups in 5 years with a $75 bn valuation: NITI Aayog CEO | The need to focus on innovation and improving the ease of doing business took centre stage at the 16th edition of Young Turks here in Delhi.
In a session titled “Startup India 2.0,” government and private stakeholders came together to discu... |
| 16.03.2017 | How to Encourage the Adoption of Agtech Innovation in India | Editor’s Note: Hemendra Mathur is agribusiness investment lead and venture partner at Bharat Innovations Fund, a new $150 million early stage fund with a focus on agtech, cleantech, health-tech and enterprise-tech ventures. Mathur previousl... |
| 29.05.2016 | NITI Aayog under AIM scheme launches 500 Tinkering Labs for Schools and 100 Incubation Centres | The National Institution for Transforming India popularly known as NITI Aayog emerged on January 1, 2015, it helps to frame strategic policies and programmes, for the Government of India and along with it also offers technical advice to cen... |
| - | PhonePe Valuation Soars To $7 Bn After Split From Flipkart | Bengaluru-based digital payments company PhonePe has now been valued at $7 Bn by Morgan Stanley in its latest report. The company PhonePe could be worth as much as $20 Bn in the bull case.
Due to the growing potential of PhonePe beyond just... |
| - | By 2020, India Will Make Debit Card, Credit Card, ATM Machines Technologically Redundant: Amitabh Kant, NITI Aayog | https://twitter.com/amitabhk87/status/825247448788393988
“India is growing at the rate of 7.6% per annum and is an oasis of growth in the midst of a very barren economic landscape across the globe. But the challenge for India is to grow at ... |
| - | Blockchain This Week: Maharashtra Govt Launches Blockchain Sandbox; US Air Force Gets A Blockchain Boost & More | Infocus Blockchain This Week
Blockchain applications in different industries is the new frontier for startups & enterprises alike. Every week, Inc42 brings the latest developments from the Indian blockchain industry and how its disrupti... |
| - | Niti Aayog Suggests Operating Standards For Online Fantasy Sports Platforms | In a move to shore up the confidence of investors and gaming startups, the Indian government’s thinktank Niti Aayog has released a draft paper to discuss a uniform national-level regulation of online fantasy sports platforms in India.
In th... |
| - | Paytm Adds Transaction Fee On Credit Card Transfer To Digital Wallet | Paytm has started levying a transaction charge on users’ adding money to the wallet through credit cards. According to Paytm, for credit card transactions exceeding INR 10K per month, 1.75% + GST will be charged to the user.
However, transa... |
| - | Fintech Startup Recko Raises Funds From Clutch Of Angels For International Expansion | Bengaluru-based fintech startup Recko has raised an undisclosed amount of fresh funding from marquee angel investors. This includes Taavet Hinirikus (cofounder of Transferwise), Ashish Gupta (managing director, Helion Ventures), Vaibhav Pur... |
| - | UPI Digital Payments Cross $20 Bn But Transactions Fall | The digital payments industry in India continues to cross its growth targets month-by-month. In April 2019, the government-owned Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has recorded 781.79 Mn transactions with a total worth $20.42 Bn (INR 1,42,034... |
| - | Zomato Rolls Out Delivery On Bicycles In 12 Cities | Gurugram-headquartered food delivery and restaurant-discovery platform Zomato has taken a plunge at experimenting with mobility in the food delivery sector as it started delivery via cycles which include mechanical and electric bikes.
In a ... |
| - | Mobile Wallets Arrest Decline In Payments, Record 12% Growth In March | The digital payments industry in India has been registering healthy growth, driven in part by UPI. While transactions slowed in the last couple of months, mobile wallet-based transactions has finally shown an upsurge with 12% growth in Marc... |
| - | Niti Aayog’s Action Plan ‘Breathe India’ To Combat Air Pollution | With winter smog becoming a major health hazard every year in cities across India, Niti Aayog has developed a 15-point action plan called Breathe India for the 10 most polluted cities in India.
The cities that have been identified are Kanpu... |
| - | UPI Transactions Improve In Volume For June, But Fall In Net Worth | India’s ambitious real-time payment system Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has clocked in 754.54 Mn transactions in June 2019. This is barely 2.8% recovery from its last month’s fall reaching 733.54 Mn transactions from 781.79 Mn transacti... |
| - | Fintech Major Paytm’s Valuation Up 25%: Vijay Shekhar Sharma | Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of the fintech major Paytm has reportedly said that the company’s valuation was hiked by 25% to touch $15 Bn. “Esops (employee stock ownership plan) worth $150 Mn were sold by Paytm’s employees to New York-base... |
