
MeitY builds a startup hub for stakeholders
The ‘social media platform for startups’ will bring together existing programmes & connect firms to the right talent, mentor or VC fund.
The ‘social media platform for startups’ will bring together existing programmes & connect firms to the right talent, mentor or VC fund.
MeitY has started work on natural languages translation mission with government records as the initial database.
"The biggest day for me will be to pick up an iPhone, designed by Apple in California, assembled in India."
The incentives will help India wean manufacturers away from countries such as China.
India may have to offer electronic manufacturers more sops such as cheap credit and incentive.
Apex court had asked the government to provide status of the guidelines in 3 weeks.
“We are in consultations with the Ministry to find out the applicability of various incentives enjoyed by the manufacturers in the 15% concessional tax regime,” an official of the Indian Cellular and Electronics Association, an electronics industry body, told ET.
Aadhaar Act only allows the use of Aadhaar for schemes and subsidies which are funded out of Consolidated Fund of India.
"We are so early in this game (that) we are really not focused on the competition. We are focused hard on our users," Caesar Sengupta said.
The slew of new initiatives in India also include a tie up with state run BSNL for expanding Wi-Fi hotspots in villages in Gujarat, Bihar and Maharashtra.
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