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Banks sanctions Rs 25,586 cr to 114,322 Stand-Up India accounts in 5 years

The Finance Ministry on Sunday said banks have sanctioned Rs 25,586 crore to about 1,14,322 beneficiaries under the Stand Up India Scheme in the last five years for promoting entrepreneurship among women and SC & STs. The objective of Stand-Up India is to promote entrepreneurship amongst women, Scheduled Castes (SC) & Scheduled Tribes (ST) categories, to help them in starting a greenfield enterprise in trading, manufacturing and services sector, by both ready and trainee borrowers, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. Under the scheme, bank loans between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore are provided to at least one Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe borrower and at least one woman borrower per bank branch of Scheduled Commercial Banks. Started in April 5, 2016, the scheme has benefited 93,094 women entrepreneurs with outstanding loan of Rs 21,200 crore as of March 23. This scheme, which has been extended up to 2025, covers SC/ST and/or women entrepreneurs, above 18 years of age, ..

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Entrepreneurship and the pandemic

Though business for majority of entrepreneurs is yet to return to pre-Covid levels, has the country's indomitable entrepreneurial spirit gotten over the Covid bump?

Industry must live up to expectations: India Inc after PM's remarks

India Inc on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's acknowledgement of the private sector's role in India's growth and enhancing the country's prestige globally is a much-needed shot in the arm

Proud Bihari Entrepreneur, Renowned Strategist, Policymaker,Social Activist & Philanthropist Krishan Varun Kumar Recommended For Padma Shri 2021

Dr. Krishan Kumar belongs to a family lineage of honest & dedicated persons, many of whom serve the country in different capacities, including as successful bureaucrats.

Sarthak Sharma of AutoForSure on life beyond work

AutoForSure enables users to find the nearest cab or auto to their location.

Khatabook rolls out app for micro-entrepreneurs to manage staff, payments

Khatabook is looking at leveraging its user-base to push the new app as it targets 1 million users over the next two months.

The successful entrepreneur's playbook

Book review of How I Built This: The Unexpected Paths to Success from the World's Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs

J&K LG sanctions over 10,000 loan cases for budding entrepreneurs

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday announced sanction of over 10,000 loan cases for the union territory's budding entrepreneurs under various programmes. Sinha said his mantra for Jammu and Kashmir revolved around 'four Ps' -- peace, progress, prosperity and people. The sanctioning of over 10,000 cases under B2V3 (back to village-3) self employment programme, economic package and 'My Town-My Pride' highlights the UT government's commitment to empower the youth which is one of the foremost priorities of J&K government, he said. Sinha said 15,309 applications were received, out of which 10,828 have been sanctioned and an amount of Rs 100 cr has been disbursed to 6,734 applicants, identified under B2V3. We had taken up a target of covering at least 2 persons in each Panchayat who were in need of financial assistance for self employment, he added. He said the administration is committed to cover every single aspirant within the UT, who wishes to set up ...

With digital driving changes, people must improve skills: Entrepreneurs

With digital technologies changing the way people live, shop and learn, individuals need to continue focussing on enhancing their skills

India's women entrepreneurs quickly changed business for survival: Survey

Women-owned businesses saw a sharp decline in revenue: 73 per cent reported being negatively impacted by the pandemic, and almost 20 per cent were nearly wiped out

This Entrepreneur From Bangalore Has 300+ Employees And 5 Companies

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Odisha govt's agricultural push to boost entrepreneurship among youth

The webinar titled ''Agri-Business: Scopes and Opportunities'' was organised on Saturday by Odisha Corporate Foundation (OCF), a non-profit organisation

IndiaFilings to launch 10,000 start-ups under 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' mission

The government has streamlined various services and simplified the forms to make same-day incorporation of the company possible in India

Covid-19 crisis: PM Modi says growth will return, more reforms in the works

He said the pandemic might have applied the brakes on the speed of the economic growth, but the country had left behind the phase of lockdown and entered the first phase of unlocking.

How a 20-yr-old in Bhopal is bringing nature closer to urban living spaces

Paradise Gardens has completed 100 such projects so far in the past one year

Coronavirus outbreak: Start-up entrepreneurs call for lockdown across India

The group claims that India could have between 600-2,500 positive coronavirus cases as compared to the current 137 reported in the country

Coronavirus crisis adds to risks as India battles slowdown, unemployment

New risk in the form of the Covid-19 virus only adds to the economic cholesterol that India has accumulated over the past few years

Tally launches Release 6.6, aims to improve accessibility for entrepreneurs

The release empowers entrepreneurs with business information like business reports and invoices

Find mentor with right attitude and skill sets

In the concluding part, the author talks about how mentoring can impact the growing-up process