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      <title>ATIRA launches incubation center for technical textiles</title>
      <description>Ahmedabad Textile Industry  s Research Association  ATIRA  today launched an incubation center for technical textiles at its existing premises in Ahmedabad  The incubation center encompass state-of-the-art machineries from Germany and Switzerland to devel</description>
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      <title>PayMate launches PayPOS  a smartphone app for card payments</title>
      <description>PayMate  country s leading mobile payment company has launched PayPOS  first of its kind smartphone application that allow small businesses to accept and process electronic transactions using credit and debit cards directly on their mobile phones at the p</description>
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      <title>Winners of Accenture s Innovation Jockeys announced</title>
      <description>Accenture in partnership with Yahoo announced the winners   of the Innovation Jockeys contest in a glittering award ceremony held at The Leela Palace Hotel in Bangalore  </description>
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      <title>Kerala spreads red carpet for investment from SMEs</title>
      <description>Seeking investments to propel its economic resurgence  Kerala rolled out a red carpet for small and medium enterprises  SMEs   corporate honchos and business tycoons from across the globe  promising them single window clearance  lucrative returns and dura</description>
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      <title>SBI cut lending rates on SME and retail loans</title>
      <description>State Bank of India  SBI  has decided to go for a cut in lending rates for loans to SMEs and retail sector including the loans for automobiles to benefit lenders in these segments</description>
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      <title>Government to launch portal to help setting up new businesses</title>
      <description>The government is in the process of launching a portal that will provide entrepreneurs the opportunity to apply for all clearances to start a business at the click of a mouse</description>
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      <title>NIT-T with UK varsity to develop SMEs management capacity</title>
      <description>National Institute of Technology Tiruchi  NIT-T  and Brunel University  UK  have embarked on a project called  Management Capacity Development of Small and Medium Enterprises  SMEs   under the UK-India Education Research Initiative  UKIERI </description>
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      <title>India s first PPP telecom startup village inaugurated</title>
      <description>The country s first telecom incubator based on the public-private-partnership  PPP  mode was inaugurated in Kochi on Sunday by Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan to support new product initiatives so that they can be turned into successful businesses</description>
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      <title>RBI proposes rehabilitation fund for sick MSMEs</title>
      <description>In the wake of rising number of sick micro  small and medium enterprises  MSMEs  in the country  the Reserve Bank of India  RBI  has suggested the government for setting up a rehabilitation fund for reviving such units</description>
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      <title>Bankers address challenges to SMEs at ASSOCHAM workshop</title>
      <description>Industry body  Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India  ASSOCHAM  and Ministry of Micro  Small and Medium Enterprise  MSME  brought the bankers and small medium entrepreneurs vis a vis to discuss the problem areas for SMEs  especially the in</description>
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      <title>India Factoring to boost SMEs across Maharashtra</title>
      <description>Aiming for expansion across Maharashtra  factoring major  India Factoring   Finance Solutions Pvt Ltd  a joint venture of the state-owned Punjab National Bank  PNB   along with Malta-based FIM Bank Group  Italy- based Banca IFIS  and Blend Financial Servi</description>
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      <title>Tally Solutions target SMEs over greater IT adoption</title>
      <description>Bangalore-based business solutions software provider  Tally Solutions Pvt  Ltd  has now aimed at persuading the Small Medium Enterprises  SMEs  in the country to increase its adoption of Information Technology  IT  in the business  In order to capitalize </description>
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      <title>Smesauda com- India s first group buying portal for SMEs</title>
      <description>Exploiting the large yet untapped Small Medium Enterprise  SME  sector in the booming Indian eCommerce space  Smesauda com  a recently launched first of its kind web portal focuses on providing deals and discounts to across a wide range of IT and business</description>
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      <title>Narendra Modi sets iCreate to promote entrepreneurship </title>
      <description>Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone of International Centre of Entrepreneurship and Technology  iCreate   The incubation centre  to be headed by Infosys Chairman N R Narayan Murthy  aims to promote next generation entreprene</description>
      <link>http://www.entrepreneurindia.com/news/Narendra-Modi-sets-iCreate-to-promote-entrepreneurship-4142/</link>
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      <title>SBI to cut lending rates for SME</title>
      <description>State Bank of India  SBI  today said it would cut lending rates on loans given to small and medium enterprises  SME  this month</description>
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      <title>Snapdeal com acquires eSportsbuy com</title>
      <description>Snapdeal com  India s leading e-commerce company has acquired Delhi based eSportsbuy com  which is India s largest e-retailer of sports goods and fitness equipment</description>
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      <title>Myntra com appoints Ganesh Subramanian as CMO</title>
      <description>Myntra com  the largest online retailer of lifestyle and fashion products has appointed Ganesh Subramanian as its Chief Merchandising Officer  </description>
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      <title>MSMEs seek technology transfer from Ministry of Defence</title>
      <description>The Ministry of Micro  Small and Medium Enterprises  MSME  has sought collaboration with the Defence Ministry to facilitate transfer of technology to small units for enabling them to manufacture defence products</description>
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      <title>Government roots for SMEs participation in defence sector</title>
      <description>Addressing on the occasion of annual Defexpo India 2012 inauguration  Minister of State  MOS  for Defence  Dr  Pallam Raju said that the government would encourage the participation of Small Medium Enterprises  SMEs  in the country s defence sector by bro</description>
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      <title>SMERA Assigns 15 000th SME Credit Rating </title>
      <description>SME Rating Agency of India Ltd  SMERA  has assigned its 15 000th SME Credit Rating to M s Magnum Pigments   Polymers Pvt Ltd  </description>
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