While big Indian IT companies bet high on BFSI (Banking Financial Service and Insurance) sector, Bangalore based IDS Next, a hospitality software solutions provider, is betting big on hospitality sector. Not only that, IDS Next unlike other IT behemoths that depends on Western market, gets its ma…
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3-Day MSME Expo under way in Vishakhapatnam
A national vendor development programme-cum-MSME expo began at Autonagar, Gajuwaka at Visakhapatnam on December 28. The three-day exhibition has over 100 stalls and the participants explained to visitors about the specifications of their products. Organised jointly by the MSME-Development Institu…
Exclusive | A Didar Singh, FICCI Secretary-General | Direct Selling driving SME Growth!
Direct selling, one of the oldest and traditional forms of selling, is today a successful industry operating in over 100 countries, with a market size of $180 billion. I call it old because the best example of direct selling is the ancient cycle Peddler. According to a recent FICCI-KPMG Report &#…
Mumbai to host ‘Make in India Week’ from Feb 13 | Will address issues pertaining to SMEs
Taking a cue from the biennial investor congregation — Vibrant Gujarat Summit — held every alternate year in Gujarat, the Center is organizing “Make in India Week” in Mumbai during February 13-18. The week-long event, being organised by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Un…
Quality Council of India & FICCI to create ‘ZED’ Cell
Quality Council of India and FICCI have joined hands to set up ZED cell to implement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme of Zero-Defect-Zero-Effect (ZED). The cell to operate at FICCI office here and a memorandum of understanding between QCI and FICCI was signed for this purpose. This endeav…
SMEs will prove to be a game changer in ‘Make in India’ pitch | Delcam
“There are thousands of SME’s in India which are highly contributing to the manufacturing sector. SME’s are slow adapters of technology, but they are very quick in implementation of these technologies. The industry is trying its best to come up with innovative solutions to fulfill the demands of …
Inclusion of MSMEs in start-up definition will boost ‘Make In India’
The government is considering a proposal to include Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in its definition of start-ups to help boost the Make in India campaign. Various government departments have held a series of brainstorming sessions to discuss the definition so that the policy can be …
SMEs to drive ‘Make In India’ in defence
It is imperative for Indian SMEs to integrate themselves into the supply chains of national and international defence majors to reduce dependence on foreign supplies and gain a foothold in the international market, Union MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra said today. “India, till the recent past, …
Less than 10 per cent MSMEs selected from Gujarat under ‘Make in India’
Gujarat, got only four out of the 25 lakh MSMEs selected under flagship programme ‘Make in India’. This accounts for less than 10 per cent of the 57 MSMEs across India which got Rs 106.30 crore as a boost to the sector. Rajasthan, Haryana and Tamil Nadu have got more share in MSMEs fu…
Alibaba plans to launch Hindi portal; Expected to tap 10 Million SMEs
Chinese e-commerce portal Alibaba is targeting small and medium scale space in Indian business to business segment. It is planning to empower the start-ups and to strike a partnership with the government for its signature projects like Make In India and Digital India. On Monday, Alibaba.com, a su…