MSME Sector

The highest drop was in the private bank segment, from 2.8 per cent in Q2FY22 to 1.5 per cent in FY23-Q2

Union Minister Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma on Sunday said the central government will increase the number of technology centres to provide tools, trained personnel and consultancy to MSMEs for stimulating growth of industries. Verma, the union minister of state for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), inaugurated a two-day 'MSME Technology Centers Conclave' here, and highlighted the crucial role played by the sector during the COVID-19 crisis. "The MSME sector plays a major role in the development of manufacturing as well as services and contributes significantly to the growth of the Indian economy. MSMEs also generate the largest employment after the agriculture sector," he said. The technology centres, set up countrywide by the Ministry of MSME, offer stimulus for growth and integrated development of industries by way of providing quality tools, trained personnel and consultancy, Verma said. "The ministry is in the process of setting up more such technology centres across t

The industry has suggested that the Vivad se Vishwas scheme announced in the Budget for MSMEs should be made attractive in terms of reimbursements and interest rates, a senior government official said on Tuesday. They also demanded a robust grievance redressal system on digital portals and a mechanism to resolve disputes before the initiation of an arbitration process. These issues were raised during a post-Budget webinar on 'Ease of doing business using technology, especially for small businesses', organised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). To give relief to MSMEs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the 2023-24 Budget announced the 'Vivad se Vishwas-I' scheme. Under the scheme, in case of failure by MSMEs to execute contracts during the Covid period, 95 per cent of the forfeited amount relating to bid or performance security will be returned to them by government and government undertakings. DPIIT Joint Secretary Manmeet K Nanda, who ...

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The Centre has acknowledged MSMEs' contribution to the country's economic growth, and the Budget 2023-24 has given a boost to the fund-starved sector with higher credit flow and by simplifying compliances, an official said on Wednesday. Availability, accessibility and affordability of credit/funds are the main challenges of the sector, said B B Swain, Secretary to the Union Ministry for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). He was addressing a session at the launch of the three-day Indian Foundry Congress (IFC) and India Foundry Equipment Exhibition (IFEX), being organised by the Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF) at the India Expo Centre in Greater Noida. "The government has acknowledged the contribution of MSMEs to the economic growth of the country. Union Budget 2023-24 has given a boost to the fund-starved sector with higher credit flow and by simplifying compliances," Swain said. He said the launch of a revamped credit guarantee scheme worth Rs 9,000 crore for MSMEs .

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In a major relief for micro and small scale industries, the Uttarakhand High Court has exempted them from the mandatory extended producer responsibility (EPR) registration for disposal of plastic waste. The decision by the bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice R C Khulbe came after an organisation representing the industries informed the court that they had been kept in the ambit of the mandatory registration despite an exemption by the Central Pollution Control Board. The exemption was granted on Tuesday. Laghu Udyog Bharti, an organisation that works for small and micro industries, via its advocate informed the court that the CPCB, while amending its rules in February 2022, made EPR registration mandatory for all except the small and micro industries. However, the State Pollution Control Board has cancelled their consent to operate without EPR registration and bringing the industries in this category on the brink of closure. The court also directed the commissioners of

With the intent of deepening credit flow to small businesses and also helping lenders avoid loan losses on such bets, credit information company TransUnion Cibil on Tuesday launched a ranking system for MSME borrowers. The 'FIT Rank' launched by TransUnion Cibil in association with Online PSB Loans, will rate the over 6 crore micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) by drawing inputs from their current accounts, income tax returns and also Goods and Service Tax (GST) returns to arrive at a score between 1-10 to rate a borrower after taking consent to draw the relevant data. Cibil's managing director and chief executive Rajesh Kumar told reporters that the ranking will give lenders an idea about the capacity of an enterprise to pay, its creditworthiness and also intention to pay from past experience. Till now, the leading credit information company (CIC) had the Cibil MSME Rank model in the market which was taking inputs from past loans, but new to credit customers were left ...

MSME-focused shadow lender Trucap Finance has announced two deals -- buying out the retail MSME book of the Jalandhar-based EZ Capital in a share swap deal and a Rs 105 crore funding in a mix of equity and debt from the Mauritius-based fund Zeal Global. The city-based NBFC has a loan book of around Rs 500 crore spread across unsecured small-ticket MSME business loans (Rs 270 crore) and Rs 230 crore of gold loans. Its branches are spread across Maharashtra, Delhi-NCR, MP, Goa, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. The deal with EZ Capital involves taking over the Rs 65-crore MSME retail book along with over 100 people and 10 branches in Punjab and Delhi-NCR, in a share swap deal wherein the promoters of EZ will get 931 shares of Trucap for their every 711 shares. EZ will own 17 per cent of Trucap, Rohan Juneja, the managing director & chief executive of Trucap told PTI on Tuesday. On funding from Zeal Global, he said the fund is picking up an 8.25 per cent stake in the company for Rs 80 crore ...

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The government envisages doubling the contribution of India's micro, small and medium enterprises sector to the economy by realising its full potential, Union Minister Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma said on Wednesday. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector contributes one-third to India's gross domestic product (GDP). The Minister of State for MSME said the Ministry is working towards this objective by resolving bottlenecks. "Our vision is to double the contribution of MSME sector to India's economy by realising its full potential. We will resolve internal bottlenecks towards this objective," Verma said while addressing the Global MSME Summit here. The Global MSME Summit is being organised by CII in partnership with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to promote the visibility of Indian MSMEs and encourage international market linkages.

The Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has decided to offer MSMEs and start-ups training in marketing, and financial support

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The Uttar Pradesh government is set to leverage the Varanasi-Haldia inland waterway to boost exports, including those of farm commodities and manufacturing goods

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