Market Development Assistance to KVIC | Boost to MSMEs

The government will provide Market Development Assistance to Khadi and Village Industries. Aimed at boosting Khadi, the government will provide rebate at the rate of 20% of their actual production against sanctioned target. of this, 25% will be earmarked for the payment to spinners and weavers as…

MSME Year end review : 2015

During the year 2015, MSME Ministry launched various initiatives to improve the ease of doing business and to make Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises more globally competitive. These initiatives include ease of registration of the business in the form of Udyog Aadhar Memorandum, Framework to rev…

S C Ralhan | FIEO President| MSMEs need doles to tackle falling exports

Exports have registered a decline for November 2015 for the 12th consecutive time and the fall this time has been the steepest at 24. 43% and spread across sectors save 7 as against 9 sectors in October 2015 leading to concern on whether this is a temporary cyclical phase or due to deeper structu…

Big industries must support MSMEs | Kalraj Mishra

With large industries and banks not expressing enough interest for the growth of medium and small enterprises, the atmosphere across the country for MSMEs has not been favorable. To ensure that there are zero impediments for small and medium scale industries to flourish, the Central Government ha…

MSMEs to get infra push | Allotment of coal blocks to PSUs

In a move aimed at enhancing energy security, the government on December 17, 2015 cleared allotment of coal blocks to PSUs for the sale of the fossil fuel mainly to medium, small and cottage industries and a policy for developing Underground Coal Gasification in coal and lignite areas. “The Cabin…

ASPIRE | Scheme for the promotion of agro-industry

The government has no proposal to launch new schemes for promotion of agricultural and rural industries in the MSME sector for uplifting  the rural population as it has already launched a scheme named ASPIRE (A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship) to boost agro-in…