When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Make in India’ campaign in 2014, the focus of the campaign was to compel national and multinational companies to manufacture in India—a vision which resonates with all of us. The focus is job creation and skill development and the end objective is t…
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Plagued by issues of money, men & material
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) are the backbone of India’s industrial landscape. With about 40 million units employing about 100 million people, directly and indirectly, the sector is the largest job provider in the country. It contributes about 8 per cent to GDP, has a share of 45 pe…
Make in India, don’t just ship from China: Aruna Sundarajan
New Delhi: Indian government is wooing Chinese component manufacturers to make in India, rather than just view the country as a large consumer market for imports of fully made products A top government official said that India and China have their strengths and the intent is to bring them togethe…
Festive season sales: Why brands & retailers must marry their physical & digital strategy
In the early days of e-commerce in India, the sector built itself on discounts as the primary proposition. Despite e-commerce being a very small part of the retail sector (2% of total retail spending), it gained outsized visibility due to the tantalising offers and discounts. And therefore, retai…
Why hiring the right person is the most important challenge before a start-up
Software engineer Aatmaprem Aarya was working on a deadline. He was building a website that could fetch information from a database. For an engineer like Aarya with three years of work experience in a large software product company, it was an easy task. But his future employer, Boomerang Commerce…
Cloud computing will help SME growth in India, over-regulation may hurt growth
Crashed servers, corrupted files, missing emails There is no dearth of issues that give nightmares to India’s SME businesses. Though India has around 47 million small businesses, only one percent are online mainly because of the huger upfront initial investment required to setup the IT infrastruc…
LinkedIn exclusive: Why SMEs have the advantage when it comes to talent
Start-ups and SMEs have become the hottest places to work. In fact, we at LinkedIn found a huge 87 per cent of the country’s professionals are attracted to the idea of working for a small business and this sentiment is even stronger amongst the youngest generation of workers. But, what can smalle…
Make in India: Finding the right balance
The Indian economy is at a crossroads. Despite advantages like a stable democratic, government and a large English speaking population, the country has lagged China in fulfilling its potential as a global manufacturing powerhouse. In recent times, many Indian leaders have found it tough to fulfil…
5 crucial aspects money lenders check before disbursing credit
Written exclusively for SMEpost.com by Harshvardhan Lunia, Co-Founder & CEO of Lendingkart Technologies The universal law of business states that ‘money makes money’. Every businessman is well-aware of the scope and opportunity that the influx of capital can bring to their business. This is w…
Start-ups in India: As ecosystem heats up, not many women entrepreneurs leading the pack
India is known for its start-up ecosystem and the emerging trend of entrepreneurship. Yes, BRICS is no longer the buzzword but on a global level there continues to be a ‘wait and watch’ around China and India. We have given the start-up world some unicorns and continue to do so with Paytm’s recen…