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BRICS MSME roundtable 2016: FISME proposes linking MSMEs to Global Value Chains

BRICS MSME roundtable 2016: FISME proposes linking…

Agra, July 29 (KNN) Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in BRICS countries will have to make serious efforts to join Global Value Chains (GVCs) through…

Marginal power tariff cut for industries in Punjab fails to impress MSMEs

Marginal power tariff cut for industries in…

Ludhiana, July 28 (KNN) With the Assembly polls just few months away, the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has kept the tariff unchanged…

MSME Ministry issues guidelines for SC/ST hub

MSME Ministry issues guidelines for SC/ST hub

New Delhi, July 27 (KNN) Government has issued guidelines related to setting up of the National Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Hub to provide professional…

Payment delays by IVRCL push MSMEs to concrete wall!

Payment delays by IVRCL push MSMEs to…

New Delhi, July 25 (KNN) Infrastructure company IVRCL  whose tagline is “ Engi – visioning a new world” seems to be engineering the…

Advisory Committee on MSMEs formed by RBI to meet on July 28; FISME to take up BLR rating issue

Advisory Committee on MSMEs formed by RBI…

New Delhi, July 25 (KNN) The meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee (SAC) formed by the Reserve Bank of India to discuss issues concerning the micro,…

Germany based Steinbeis & premier Indian institutes jointly organizing practice oriented

Germany based Steinbeis & premier Indian institutes…

Bangalore, July 19 (KNN) Giving Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) an opportunity to enhance their innovation management capacity, a 7 days training programme…

All would be better off if the MSME could sell its claim on the large buyer in the market: Raghuram Rajan

All would be better off if the…

Hyderabad, July 18 (KNN) MSMEs get squeezed all the time by their large buyers, who pay after long delays. This was states by RBI Governor Dr Raghuram Rajan…

A Paradigm shift in the mindset required to turn ad hoc arbitration to institutional arbitration: ICA Chief

A Paradigm shift in the mindset required…

New Delhi, 15 July (KNN) With the view to promote ease of doing business in India there needs to be speedy settlement of commercial disputes. Any delay…

DICCI not excited by the idea of setting up the SC/ST hub under NSIC

DICCI not excited by the idea of…

Pune, July 14 (KNN) The Government’s idea of setting up a national hub for providing professional support to SC/ST entrepreneurs via  a cell…

Unrest in the valley takes toll on local traders and SMEs

Unrest in the valley takes toll on…

Srinagar, July 13 (KNN) Massive unrest in the valley for the fifth consecutive day has hit the local businesses very hard leaving all the industrial units…

P2P lending is a new platform exploring easy and viable options for lending to SMEs: Experts

P2P lending is a new platform exploring…

New Delhi, July 5 (KNN) Peer-to-Peer (P2P or Marketplace) lending which is the practice of lending money to individuals or businesses through online services…

MSME Secretary launches India’s first Commonwealth SME Association

MSME Secretary launches India’s first Commonwealth SME…

New Delhi, June 30 (KNN) In a first, India’s Commonwealth SME Association has been launched here today by Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Mr K K Jalan,…

Commerce Secretary inaugurates India’s Trade Symposium organised by FISME and Commonwealth Secretariat, London

Commerce Secretary inaugurates India’s Trade Symposium organised…

New Delhi, June 29 (KNN) Commerce Secretary, Ms. Rita Teaotia, expressed the importance of linking Indian MSMEs with the global value chains to reverse…

Government considering compulsory uploading of Enterprise information

Government considering compulsory uploading of Enterprise information

New Delhi, June 24 (KNN) Government is seriously considering compulsory uploading of enterprise related data by all MSMEs in the newly launched MSME data…

Fund of Funds can be a revolutionary measure if executed in a transparent manner: Expert

Fund of Funds can be a revolutionary…

New Delhi, June 23 (KNN) 'Fund of Funds for Start-ups’ (FFS) approved by the Government on Wednesday has been welcomed with open arms by the start-up…

Govt's plan to link regional airports would help SMEs directly as well as indirectly: Industry

Govt's plan to link regional airports would…

New Delhi, June 18 (KNN) Centre’s plan to link regional airports would not only directly benefit the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) but would…

MSME Ministry considering a separate MSME Export Promotion Council

MSME Ministry considering a separate MSME Export…

New Delhi, June 16 (KNN) At a time when the country’s exports are down for the 18th straight month in a row, the Ministry of MSME is planning to create…

RBI’s SMA 1 for clean-up of banks’ balance sheet or clean-up of MSMEs?

RBI’s SMA 1 for clean-up of banks’…

New Delhi, June 14 (KNN) Ever after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed Special Mention Account (SMA) norms on the banks, the lending to the credit hit-MSME…

UP Govt led Facilitation Council renders MSMEs crippled with delayed payments

UP Govt led Facilitation Council renders MSMEs…

New Delhi, June 13 (KNN) While the delayed payment cases pile up in Uttar Pradesh- home to largest number of MSMEs, its Facilitation Council has the dubious…

Delhi MSMEs approach AAP govt over conversion charges by MCD for transferring industrial areas to DSIIDC

Delhi MSMEs approach AAP govt over conversion…

New Delhi, June 9 (KNN) The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from across industrial areas in the national capital are urging the Delhi Government…