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Corporate Affairs Ministry has assured Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of taking up the pending payment issue of cash-strapped e-commerce firm on priority basis, ET Tech reported. Representatives of All India Online Vendors Association (AIOVA) recently met Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the issue of pending payment from askmebazaar.com. Since the issue raised by AIOVA pertained to Ministry of Corporate affairs, Sitharaman has sought intervention of Corporate Affairs Secretary to resolve the matter. “Corporate Affairs (Secretary) assured Sitharaman that he shall take up the issues raised by AIOVA on a priority basis,” the...

The India International Innovation Fair 2016, the first of its kind in India, will begin from 9th to 11th September,2016 at BIEC, Bangalore. Organized by the Indian Innovators Association and supported by the International Federation of Inventors Association (IFIA), a Geneva based body. The Department of science and technology, GOI has also extended their support. 25 member countries of IFIA will be participating at IIIF 2016. Bangalore, the ‘Silicon valley of India’, has emerged as the tech capital and innovation hub of India, is rated among the top 10 cities...

To provide a level-playing field to stakeholders, the government believes there has to be a single policy for both offline retail business and e-commerce. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said while interacting with CEOs at FICCI’s annual Retail, FMCG and E-Commerce Convention that in today’s globalized world, it has become essential for India to become a part of the global supply chain. For this, India has opened up its economy and liberalized the FDI regime. Now India features as the number one nation in attracting FDI, which has given the...

Kaspersky Lab recently conducted a Customer Pitstop in Thiruvananthapuram. The event was held in association with its B2B distributor eCaps Computers India Private Limited, and its B2B partner Infocalix Technologies Private Limited. The Pitstop aided a dialogue between the customers’ needs, the distributors’ and partners’ in-depth knowledge and Kaspersky’s cutting edge solutions. Altaf Halde, Managing Director – South Asia, Kaspersky Lab, briefly touched upon Kaspersky’s wide portfolio of security solutions. Halde explained how Kaspersky Labs’ enterprise services and solutions have changed the security landscape for numerous organizations across the continent....

The Education Department under the Government of Rajasthan today announced a unique initiative to promote digital learning across the state using virtual digital rooms through Cisco’s Connected Learning solution. This initiative aims to enhance the quality of education through digital learning for academia to connect, collaborate, create, and share content across 12 centres of State Institute for Education Management And Training (SIEMAT) in the state. The initiative was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, in an interaction with educators and students...

Govt Mulls Strict Action Against Errant E Commerce Firms Taking a note of the complaints of consumers, the government has asked the States to initiate an action against the E Commerce companies that are selling inferior products. The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) will work with the Consumer Affairs Ministry and States on complaints filed by consumers against E Commerce firms. Read More R Jio To Commence “Datagiri” From Sept 5 Mukesh Ambani’s ambitious $20-billion Reliance Jio service is set to disrupt the telecom industry in the country. What...

ASSOCHAM has suggested the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government to improve the level and extent of digitization of processes to ensure smooth operations in shorter timeframes which will minimise contact with government agencies and reduce scope for corruption. “The UP government should conduct a detailed study using primary research methodologies to quantify total results of government initiatives in improving ease of doing business in the state,” suggested an ASSOCHAM-Thought Arbitrage Research Institute (TARI) study titled ‘Ease of doing business in Uttar Pradesh.’ “The administration should constantly monitor systems and processes of...

MAIT, has partnered with Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals (DGS&D) to facilitate training of its member companies on Government e-Marketplace (GeM) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Going forward, the portal GeM.Gov.in has been created for completing transactions online. In this context, it is for the first time that the Government of India is training industry on usage of the online GeM e-procurement platform. The GeM portal has been developed jointly by DGS&D, National e-Governance Division (NeGD) and National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) in a record time, to enable...

MAIT recently organized a sensitization workshop on ‘Good Procurement Practices for Information Technology’ in Jharkhand. The event was organized to highlight the importance of good IT procurement practices for government and semi-government organizations. The workshop featured a presentation on ‘Good Procurement Practices for e-Governance Projects’ in which Ankur Malhotra, VP-GR & PP, Accenture emphasised on preparation of new IT procurement procedures based on model RFPs, incorporating amended GFR rules, and other relevant regulations such as those related to energy consumption or e-waste. The goal behind revamping existing procurement practices is...

Taiwanese multinational computer hardware and electronics company, Asus intends to capture the seven percent market share in India with sales of around one crore smartphones in the next two years, a top company executive said on Tuesday. “The company has seen good performance in Indian market and hopes to secure seven per cent market share with sales of around one crore smartphones in next two years,” the company’s Regional Head (South Asia and Country Manager) PTI report published in Business Standard quoted Peter Chang as saying. Chang was in Bengaluru to unveil...