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Running of three Government e-procurement portals confusing MSMEs

Running of three Government e-procurement portals confusing…

New Delhi, Mar 2 (KNN) While the Modi Government is promoting e-business even at the retail traders level, there is utter confusion in e-procurement by…

Even after a decade, banks especially PSBs and SCBs are yet to achieve targets of the PM task force for MSMEs

Even after a decade, banks especially PSBs…

New Delhi, Mar 2 (KNN) The target set by Prime Minister’s Task Force on MSMEs for lending to micro and small enterprises (MSE) sector was 20% year-on-year…

Provide ‘addl working capital limit’ to MSE borrowers to overcome difficulties due to cash flow mismatches: RBI to banks

Provide ‘addl working capital limit’ to MSE…

New Delhi, Feb 28 (KNN) RBI has advised the banks to use their facility of providing ‘additional working capital limit’ to their micro and small…

Don’t burden the transformer industry with dual certification from BEE & BIS, choose one: ITMA urges Govt

Don’t burden the transformer industry with dual…

New Delhi, Feb 25 (KNN) The Distribution Transformer Manufacturers of the country, who now have to obtain dual certification from BEE & BIS  for …

FISME to collate feedback for MSME Public Procurement Policy

FISME to collate feedback for MSME Public…

New Delhi, Feb 21 (KNN) The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MoMSME) is planning to review the Public Procurement Policy. For this, the…

FISME-SIDBI organizes Roundtable on GST Implications for MSMEs in Ahmedabad

FISME-SIDBI organizes Roundtable on GST Implications for…

Ahmedabad, Feb 21 (KNN) In continuation of their joint efforts towards “Identifying implications of GST and facilitating adoption by MSMEs”,…

Maharashtra Govt should have increased threshold to atleast 100 for contract workers to function without registering: MSMEs

Maharashtra Govt should have increased threshold to…

Mumbai, Feb 20 (KNN) Making an amendment to the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970, the Maharashtra Government has allowed factories employing…

Advisory Committee for MSMED Act reconstituted; FISME on board

Advisory Committee for MSMED Act reconstituted; FISME…

New Delhi, Feb 17 (KNN) The Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises  has reconstituted the Advisory Committee.   

The…

MSMEs demand National Steel Policy facilitate steel at competitive prices to downstream producers

MSMEs demand National Steel Policy facilitate steel…

New Delhi, Feb 16 (KNN) The Ministry of Steel, Government of India has recently issued the draft national steel Policy for public discussions.

The…

Muzaffarnagar based MSME successfully installs rooftop solar generator; first of its kind in Western UP

Muzaffarnagar based MSME successfully installs rooftop solar…

Muzaffarnagar, Feb 14 (KNN) Muzaffarnagar based MSME entrepreneur successfully installed a grid connected rooftop solar generator in his factory, which…

UP Election: 24x7 power supply- a promise no political party committed to keep

UP Election: 24x7 power supply- a promise…

Lucknow, Feb 10 (KNN) While the major contending parties are assuring 24X7 power supply with different verbiages, the real situation is really gloomy, at…

UP Elections: MSME entrepreneurs highlight ground reality of doing business in UP

UP Elections: MSME entrepreneurs highlight ground reality…

Lucknow, Feb 10 (KNN) Industrialization, which is a base for development of a particular region, is considered to be the main agenda for winning or losing…

UP Elections: Congress promises a New Industrial Policy with focus on MSMEs, improved credit facilities for SSIs

UP Elections: Congress promises a New Industrial…

Lucknow, Feb 9 (KNN) Congress, in its manifesto for UP Assembly Elections, has promised to come up with a New Industrial Policy with emphasis on micro,…

FISME warns against WTO push for e-commerce negotiations

FISME warns against WTO push for e-commerce…

New Delhi, Feb 7 (KNN) The discussion on e-commerce has suddenly gained momentum in the World Trade Organization (WTO) which has alarmed many stake holders…

UP Elections: Development charges in UP 22 times than Gujarat for industries

UP Elections: Development charges in UP 22…

Lucknow, Feb 6 (KNN) Hard to believe, but the development charges for setting up industries in Uttar Pradesh is 22 times than that of Prime Minister’s…

UP Election -  will they ‘win’ without industrialisation

UP Election - will they ‘win’ without…

Lucknow, Feb 3 (KNN) Uttar Pradesh the largest state of India is going to polls.

Having almost 20% of India’s population and equal parliamentary…

Surging NPAs within MSME sector – who is responsible??

Surging NPAs within MSME sector – who…

New Delhi, Feb 3 (KNN) The Economic Survey 2017 has brought out, may be inadvertently, a glaring glitch in the MSME credit policy of RBI.

The survey…

Promises were not a problem during Samajwadi Party’s tenure, only implementation was: UP MSMEs

Promises were not a problem during Samajwadi…

Lucknow, Feb 3 (KNN) As battleground UP is all set for the Assembly Elections in February, KNN spoke to industry representatives across sectors…

Do Economic Survey & Budget signal a movement towards labour reforms in 2017?

Do Economic Survey & Budget signal a…

New Delhi, Feb 2 (KNN) A remark made by a senior bureaucrat in the Government sums up the dilemma of all political parties when it comes to labour reforms.…

MSMEs a tad disenchanted from a politically correct budget

MSMEs a tad disenchanted from a politically…

New Delhi, Feb 1 (KNN/ FISME) Walking on a tight rope and warding off the potential ire of demonetisation critiques and election commission, Finance Minister…

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