Opportunity India Desk

Amidst the exponential rise of e-commerce and the digital revolution, an encounter with a paradox within the country’s last-mile logistics management sparked an entrepreneurial spirit inside Ratnesh Verma, Founder and CEO, Pidge. Armed with a deep understanding of business literature and a global perspective, Ratnesh questioned the prevailing norms in the logistics sector. ...

The Bihar government has given its nod to the state Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy-2023, with the target of achieving a 15 per cent share of EVs in all vehicle registrations by 2028, as announced by a senior government official. The primary goal of this initiative is to accelerate the adoption of ...

In the latest sectoral deployment data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), scheduled commercial banks extended a gross bank credit of INR 23.15 lakh crore to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) under priority sector lending in October. The figure reflects an increase of 22.8 per cent compared to the INR ...

Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has announced government’s plan of propelling the economy by adding USD 30 trillion in less than 30 years, harnessing the potential of under-30 population. Addressing the Bahrain Chapter of Chartered Accountants of India, Goyal highlighted India's status as a global investment hotspot, with market capitalization recently reaching USD ...

India and Sweden have jointly introduced Lead IT 2.0, an initiative dedicated to co-developing and transferring low-carbon technology while providing financial assistance for industry transitions in developing nations. Recalling the commitment of Global Net Zero and forging a partnership between governments and industries to achieve the target, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...

Ed-tech firm Physics Wallah (PW) has launched a tech-enabled new offline centre, PW Vidyapeeth, in Bengaluru. According to the platform, students have the opportunity to secure scholarships of up to 100 per cent through the PWNSAT 2023 phase II (Physics Wallah National Scholarship cum Admission Test). PW aims to allocate scholarships ...