The Quality Council of India plans to cover 26,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the next two years under Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) model of which 6,000 would be from defence sector, a senior official said today. “For two years, we have a target of 26,000 MSMEs out of which 6,0…
Tag: Make In India
PHD Chamber & Avian Media mull over skill enhancement for MSMEs
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector, considered a key player in the Make in India campaign, needs more funds and ‘hand-holding’ for greater Information and Communication Technology (ICT) push and skill enhancement, say a joint study by PHD Chamber and Avian Media. According to t…
50 Make in India projects in Maharashtra to get land 30 per cent cheaper
The MIDC will soon provide 50 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with land at 30% cheaper rates as part of the Make in India plan. According to a recent circular, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) will exempt the SMEs project from the new plot rates announced on Jan…
Emphasis on MSMEs, ‘Make in India’ focal point | New defence policy
India’s new policy on defence procurement is heavy on industry involvement – from roping in private sector companies from the feasibility stage itself to hiring professionals to draft tenders and starting off with a preamble that describes ‘Make in India’ as the focal poin…
German SMEs to invest Rs 3,000 crore to set up projects in India
German Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have pledged to invest over Rs 3,000 crore for the ‘Make in India’ initiative for setting up of new manufacturing plants and projects. The German SME’s (Mittelstand) have committed an investment of over Rs 3,000 crores for ‘Make I…
GIS can enable decision making be fast and transparent | Dr. Kamal Jain, IIT Roorkee
Whether yours is a small business or a multinational conglomerate, you can bank on two things: a lot of your information will be geographically referenced, and the more information you have, the harder it becomes to manage and interpret. In such complication, Geographical Information System (GIS)…
Vodafone Business Services bets big on SME segment
Vodafone Business Services (VBS), Vodafone India’s enterprise arm, unveiled its growth strategy to double its target of the Small and Medium Business segment (SME) in the country, specifically Karnataka. In line with government’s vision of Digital India and Make in India, VBS aims to …
3D printing makes rapid strides in India
An aspiring engineer gifted with an entrepreneur’s instinct, Manish Amin, was drawn towards 3D printing after reading about Stratasys and MakerBot, two companies setting benchmarks in the red-hot business back in early 2012. For India, it was a farm-fresh patch and Manish, along with three …
Amazon’s tatkal service for SMBs
Amazon has introduced Amazon Tatkal, an initiative aimed at transforming the way SMBs sell their products online. Rohit Kulkarni, Senior Manager (New Initiatives), Amazon India, said discussions with SMBs revealed high level of interest in getting online, but perception barriers of the process an…
Su-Kam | Transforming million lives with solar revolution
Once upon a time in Patewara, a small village in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh, darkness used to rule. With dusk lives came to a pause in the village and resumed only until the first ray of sun. At night, candle lights were all that these villagers had, until one fine day a team drove [&hel…