Tag: MSMEs

Indigenisation, Make in India, major thrust areas for BEL

Public sector defence electronics major Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on June 8 announced the ‘Make in India’ programme and indigenisation as major thrust areas. “We are positively contributing to Make in India and our turnover from indigenous technology is 86 percent. We are…

Bihar tops in MSME registrations using UAM

More than 7.9 lakh MSMEs have registered themselves using Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM) out of which maximum are from Bihar and minimum from the north eastern states. According to the data available on the UAM website, 794,886 MSMEs have registered themselves through UAM. Out of the total units …

Centre to relax labour laws for MSMEs to boost job creation

After start-ups, the Labour and Employment Ministry has moved to relax labour-related compliance measures for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), a sector that can play a significant role in boosting manufacturing and making Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India mission a success.…

Arpwood, Indostar vie for $400m Karvy NBFC

At least two bidders — Arpwood Capital, and Indostar Capital Finance (which is jointly owned by Everstone Capital and Goldman Sachs) — are in the fray to acquire the non-banking finance company (NBFC) Karvy Finance, people directly familiar with the matter said. Karvy Finance is a lender to micro…

Cabinet nod to capital goods policy to cut reliance on imported parts

The Cabinet has approved a first ever national capital goods policy that seeks to reduce reliance on imported equipment by incentivising domestic production and in the process creating crores of jobs The policy seeks to increase production of capital goods from Rs  2.3 lakh crore to 7.5 lakh cror…

State govts lend support to SME platforms

The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) platforms started in early 2012 by the two national bourses, BSE and NSE, to enable smaller companies to list and raise money, have found support from some state governments. The Gujarat and Rajasthan governments have announced subsidies to pay for the expe…

India moots framework for SME sector cooperation in BRICS

India is working on a mechanism to boost cooperation amongst Small and Medium Enterprises in the five-nation BRICS to promote joint ventures and share expertise on strengthening the sector. New Delhi, which holds the Presidency of the BRICS this year, is drafting a framework for a joint growth st…