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Opportunity India Desk Jan 10, 2024 - 1 min readAt the 10th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Zerodha Founder Nikhil Kamath spoke about entrepreneurship and how for him, India has already arrived. The Vibrant Gujarat Summit was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with UAE president Mohamed Bin Zayed attending as the Chief Guest. Several other world leaders and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jan 10, 2024 - 2 min readJapanese carmaker Suzuki Motor on Wednesday announced its plan to invest INR 35,000 crore to build a second car plant in Gujarat, aiming to raise production capacity in one of its key markets. Suzuki will also invest INR 3,200 crore to add a new production line in an existing plant in the state, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 16, 2023 - 1 min readPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced the launch of ‘Vishwakarma Yojana’, in the coming days to benefit individuals skilled in traditional craftsmanship. Addressing a gathering at Red Fort on the occasion of Independence Day he said, “In the days to come, we will launch a scheme on the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti, benefiting individuals ...
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Opportunity India Desk Aug 16, 2023 - 2 min readPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the government has helped eight crore youth to establish their own business by granting 20 lakh crore under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. Addressing from the ramparts of Red Fort on the 77th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “INR 20 lakh crore have been given to ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jun 08, 2023 - 4 min readThe Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday decided to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent, the Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said after three days of deliberation. “MPC also decided by a majority of five out of 6 members to remain focused on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure inflation aligns ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 15, 2023 - 2 min readLeads Connect Services-the premier Agritech data, risk management, and financial services company has launched the game-changing Agrani platform at Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023. Agrani is an end-to-end SaaS based platform developed for all stakeholders of Agriculture and Disaster Management. It aims to connect all dots spanning from Farm to Table in the agricultural ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 14, 2023 - 2 min readThe inflation based on Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has come down to 4.73 per cent for the month of January, 2023 against 4.95 per cent recorded in December, 2022. Decline in the rate of inflation in January, 2023 is primarily contributed by mineral oils, chemicals & chemical products, textiles, crude petroleum & natural gas, textiles, ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 08, 2023 - 4 min readThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday announced the increase in the repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6.50 per cent after the three-day Monetary Policy Committee Meeting. The central bank had raised 35 bps. The RBI has increased the rate by 250 basis points since May last year ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 03, 2023 - 4 min readFinance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman yesterday presented the Union Budget 2023-24 in the parliament. 'Green Growth' being one of the seven priorities of this budget called ‘Saptrishis’ has been full of allocations and promises. The minister, in her budget speech, said, “We are implementing many programmes for green fuel, green energy, green farming, green mobility, green ...
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Opportunity India Desk Feb 02, 2023 - 3 min readIn order to give boost to the agriculture sector of the country, the Union Budget for 2023-24 on Wednesday proposed to set up digital public infrastructure for agriculture and creating an accelerator fund for agriculture start-ups in rural areas among other new initiatives for the sector. The digital infra will be built as an open ...