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.
Surabhi Agarwal
Government to fund 100 startups to use its translation platform
MeitY has started work on natural languages translation mission with government records as the initial database.
Want to see ‘Assembled in India’ on an iPhone: Ravi Shankar Prasad
"The biggest day for me will be to pick up an iPhone, designed by Apple in California, assembled in India."
MeitY to push for more sops to lure electronic makers
The incentives will help India wean manufacturers away from countries such as China.
More sops needed to boost electronic manufacturing: Top govt official
India may have to offer electronic manufacturers more sops such as cheap credit and incentive.
Government trying to balance privacy & security in draft IT intermediary norms
Apex court had asked the government to provide status of the guidelines in 3 weeks.
Electronics cos ask finance ministry to extend 15% tax rate to old units
“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.
New law needed for Aadhaar-social media linkage: UIDAI
Aadhaar Act only allows the use of Aadhaar for schemes and subsidies which are funded out of Consolidated Fund of India.
Tougher to get 800m who are not on UPI platform: Google VP, Next Billion Users & Payments
"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.
Google to launch AI Research Lab in Bengaluru
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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