Startups should develop apps for society’s benefit to flourish: IT Secretary

Trivandrum: Startups should develop apps for society’s benefit and this would help them flourish. Well, that would be the mantra for success for Start-ups in Kerala, according to M Sivasankar IAS, IT Secretary, Government of Kerala. He gave this advice to start-ups while addressing the ‘Seeding Kerala’ event organised by the Kerala Startup Mission, with support from Lets Venture and Konglo Ventures.

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2016 saw over 69 million consumers shop online: ASSOCHAM study

New Delhi: In 2016, about 69 million consumers purchased online and the number is expected to cross 100 million by 2017 with the rise of digital natives, better infrastructure in terms of logistics, broadband and Internet-ready devices to fuel the demand in e-Commerce, according to a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), one of the apex trade associations of India, and Resurgent India, a consultancy firm.

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