The General Budget in February end is likely to tweak Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme for more job creation in MSMEs, provide more access to formal finance to the sector and step up cluster development. The MSME Secretary Anup Pujari told SMEpost.com this will be in addition to e…
Budget 2016
ACMA looks forward to a growth oriented Budget
The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA), the apex body for the Indian auto component industry has stressed on the need for an early implementation of GST in its recommendations to the Government for the forthcoming Union Budget for the year 2016-17. The auto component sector is …
‘Zero Effect, Zero Defect’ to get Budget push
The Budget might see allocation to the Zero Effect, Zero Defect (ZED) model, which aims to rate and help one million Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) deliver top quality products using clean technology. This will facilitate the government’s ‘Make in India’ campaign to boost manufacturing…
Budget 2016 should facilitate business friendly Tax Admin | Dr A. Didar Singh, Secretary General, FICCI
In a candid conversation with SMEpost.com Editor K R Sudhaman, FICCI Secretary General Dr A. Didar Singh expressed that the forthcoming budget should strive to create an eco system wherein tax administration is more structured and conducive to business. This actually impacts SMEs more than anybod…
MSMEs can expect a number of enabling initiatives in Budget 2016
The significance of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to India’s economic growth and prosperity is well established. They provide the critical depth to the manufacturing and service sectors, foster entrepreneurship and generate substantial employment. Close to 45 per cent of the tot…
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 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…
FISME pre-budget suggestions to Finance Ministry
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met the representatives from the industry bodies yesterday to hold pre-budget consultation with them. Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) wanted inter-state GST should precede full-fledged roll out of the game changing indirect…