India has suffered numerous terrorist attacks, which resulted in significant loss of life and the disruption to a thriving economy. With growing urbanization and half the country’s population expected to live in cities, there is need to secure urban infrastructure against acts of terror. India re…
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Exclusive | All eyes on Budget to empower & enable MSMEs | Ravindra Nath, NSIC MD
If one organization truly believes in the motto ‘Small is big’ it is the National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC). NSIC has worked untiringly towards making a success story of the small and medium enterprises. The ‘Mini-Ratna’ public sector enterprise under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterpr…
Exclusive | Steel Import Duty not to impact Sponge Iron Industry: SIMA
Deependra Kashiva, pioneer in making sponge from scrap has truly put into practice of converting waste into wealth. Kashiva who is Executive Director of Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association (SIMA) outlines the challenges of the industry and shares his thoughts to SMEpost.com correspondent on how…
Exclusive Interview | Kalraj Mishra sees big thrust to MSMEs in the Budget
For a man who has built a reputation being a hard core Hindi heartland politician, he deals with complex matters of business and economy with equal ease. Driving the fortunes of India’s fledgling Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector, Kalraj Mishra has many aces up his sleeves. Mish…
Exclusive | UAM, Funding & Skill Initiatives to be key drivers of MSME growth | MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to pursue inclusive growth with renewed vigor in the New Year so that India shines for all especially those living in six lakh villages. The key to success of this initiative is promotion of MSMEs across India in view of its huge potential for job creation…
Hospitality industry leveraging technology to automate processes | Binu Mathews, CEO, IDS Next
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…
Employee engagement critical at small enterprises | Raj Narayan, COO, CDS Development Centre
Motivation, training, employee engagements is no longer associated only with large corporate houses. Even a 10-member company is today looking for an employee engagement activity. Raj Narayan, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CDS Development Centre says unavailability of skilled resources and poa…
Indian SMEs are second to none; have to be recognized as brands | Anup Pujari | Secretary, MSME Ministry
‘State governments also need to enforce 20% procurement quota for SME sector’ The Indian small and medium enterprises are second to none but they have to sustain standards and be recognized as brands to reckon with, says MSME Secretary Anup Pujari in an exclusive sit down interview with SMEpost.…
Govt needs to incentivise defence exports | Neeraj Gupta, MD, MKU
India’s defence industrial policy needs to be in line with the objective to boost defence exports. The government should interact more with vendors and look towards making the procurement process faster, says Neeraj Gupta, Managing Director, MKU Pvt. Ltd, in an interview to H. Siddiqui of SMEpost…
Govt. policies must boost small entreprenurs| Vivek Agarwal, CMD, GPA Group
New Delhi Head-Quartered GPA group was set up in 2010 and it commenced operations as small construction company with a small investment. At present the group is a business conglomerate — ranging from mobile phone manufacturing to tea estate – which has an annual turnover of Rs 200 cro…