SME Matters | Time to celebrate & enable small!

Size does matter! Size brings scale and scale generally brings growth and profitability. This economic maxim is not only time tested and trusted but universally lauded. There, however, are other well bred but grossly ignored truths that define the handsome strides made by the Indian economy in re…

Growth through customer focus @ Eskay Speciality Chemicals

Set up in 2006, Eskay Speciality Chemicals is the latest manufacturing unit of the SK Group. SK group serves the pharma industry and was set up in the year 1932. It has a proven track record and expertise in manufacturing, importing exporting & distribution of Bulk Drugs, Fine chemicals and P…

For La Opala RG growth and innovation is the way of life

Nearly two and half decades ago, the Jhunjhunwala family began its relationship with the glass manufacturing industry, unaware of what the future beheld. In 1986 the then young Mr Sushil Jhunjhunwala, curious for things radically different and new, was enamoured by ‘opal glass’ on a f…

BSE SME index drops 8.59 points

The BSE SME index dropped to 776.41 points on Friday, a fall of 8.59 points over Thursday’s close. The drop in the BSE SME index synchronized with the fall 208 point drop in the sensitive index on the back of a institutional selling. The selling was also partly triggered by the statements a…

Exclusive | SMEs faces data and definition issues

By  K R Sudhamaan Inflation and frequent spurt in prices have created problems in defining what constituted micro, small and medium enterprises in the country. This is an issues that comes to the fore periodically, particularly government goes for new census on MSME in the country. Several econom…

Relive the era of Nawabs with Chef Soni’s Cookbook

The art of cooking flavoursome and aromatic melt-in-mouth meal that satiates your taste buds is the essence of Awadhi cuisine. The uniqueness of the cuisine lies in its deep-rooted traditional way of cooking. The khansamas in Awadh used to cook in special utensils for a very long duration. How ab…