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Stand Up India Scheme Allocates Rs.500 Crore For SC ST and Women

New Delhi, Feb.29: Sharing his nine pillars for what he called a transformational budget for fiscal 2016-17, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced that under the Stand-Up India scheme, a sum of Rs.500 crores has been allocated to people belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC and ST) and women entrepreneurs. The […]

Government Provided 55,000 Loans under Stand-Up India Scheme

The Ministry of Finance announced yesterday that it had already provided about 55,000 loans under the Stand-Up India (SUPI) Scheme. The public sector provided the most loan grants with 51,888 loans. The private sector granted only 2,445 loans while the regional banks provided 1,009 loans to support the Stand-up India Scheme. Regional rural banks also […]

Startup India, Standup India- What India can learn from Israel

If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day dream of India succeeding as ‘startup’ country has to kick start, there is a lot to learn from the original ‘startup nation’ Israel. The tiny country of Israel mushrooms almost two new startup companies every day and today houses some 5000 startups. New Delhi of course is just […]

Nepal Bans TikTok, Citing Disruption of Social Harmony

In a recently held meeting, Nepal banned the immensely popular social media application, TikTok. The move comes in response to concerns regarding the app’s impact on “social harmony” within the country. Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud has announced the immediate enforcement of the ban. Minister Saud emphasized that the decision was crucial in order to […]