New Delhi: To help micro and small enterprises belonging to Scheduled Castes & Tribes upgrade technology, the government has approved a scheme to provide 25 per cent capital subsidy up to Rs 25 lakh via banks for purchase of plant and machinery. The scheme – Special Credit Linked Capita…
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Egypt seeks India’s help to learn the ropes of SME financing
In an attempt to bring financial sectors of two countries closer to the other Egypt’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) organised a visit of their experts to India this May to learn about experience in financing SMEs. The visit to India was in collab…
State govts lend support to SME platforms
The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) platforms started in early 2012 by the two national bourses, BSE and NSE, to enable smaller companies to list and raise money, have found support from some state governments. The Gujarat and Rajasthan governments have announced subsidies to pay for the expe…
SMEs take big strides on bourses
Early four years after the equity exchanges launched trading platforms for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the segment is showing signs of maturity, with institutional entities like banks and mutual funds investing in them. Some of the bigger brokerages, once focussed only on the larger comp…