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FIRSTAP – India’s First Sticker-based Debit Card

IDFC First Bank, in association with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), recently launched FIRSTAP – India’s...

📅 November 24, 2022

Kisan Sabha Application developed by CSIR launched

On May 1, 2020, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) launched Kisan Sabha...

📅 May 2, 2020

Common Service Centres of GoI to take over E-Commerce in rural areas

On April 29, 2020, the Government of India announced that the Common Service Centres will now take over...

📅 April 29, 2020

Punjab & Sind Bank sets up a centralized hub Cen-MARG to process retail and MSME loans

The Punjab & Sind Bank has set up the Centralised MSME & Retail Group (Cen-MARG) for credit facilities...

📅 July 8, 2019

India launches third IT corridor in China

India has launched its third IT corridor in China. The corridor will facilitate partnerships between Indian and Chinese...

📅 March 10, 2019

RBI launchs a ‘Survey on Retail Payment Habits of Individuals (SRPHi)’

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a ‘Survey on Retail Payment Habits of Individuals (SRPHi)’ to...

📅 December 29, 2018

Ramesh Abhishek to head panel of secretaries to look into issues raised on some proposals of draft e-commerce policy

The Government of India (GoI) has set up a group of secretaries to look into the issues raised...

📅 September 12, 2018

Union Cabinet permits 51% FDI in multi-brand retail and 49% FDI in Aviation

Cabinet allowed 51% FDI in multi-brand retail and also 49% FDI in the aviation domain. But the Govt...

📅 September 15, 2012

IKEA plans invest Rs 10,500 crore to set up 25 stores in India

Swedish IKEA, the world’s largest furniture manufacturer, has plans to invest about Rs 10,500 crore to establish 25...

📅 June 25, 2012

FDI in Multi-brand Retail- Background and arguments

Up till now, the successive Governments in India have kept denying the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand...

📅 January 9, 2012

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