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Restricted launches will hurt EPC real estate players: CRISIL SME Tracker

Competition from large players, exposure to business cycles, and high working-capital intensity are key risks in the EPC segment

After initial hit, health-care units likely to recover: CRISIL SME Tracker

With the working capital cycle stretched, financially weaker hospitals may have to resort to short-term loans to stay afloat.

Steel traders, re-rollers face weak domestic demand: CRISIL SME Tracker

A moderate demand revival is expected in the second half of this fiscal, led by improving auto sales and pick-up in construction activity.

Auto-component units face 14-16% fall in revenue: CRISIL SME Tracker

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which make up a third of the sector, have been badly hit.

High gold prices, weak demand hit gems, jewellery units: CRISIL SME Tracker

The sector is expected to contract by 35-40 per cent in value terms in FY21, as both domestic and export demand get impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic

Small, medium shipbreakers face contraction in revenue: CRISIL SME Tracker

Shipbreaking volumes are expected to remain under pressure in the current fiscal year too

Shadow of ITeS contraction over small, medium units: CRISIL SME Tracker

Exports constitute more than 85 per cent of the industry's revenue, and due to Covid-19 induced slowdown around the world, they are at risk

Courier SMEs' cup of woe spills over, shows CRISIL SME Tracker

CRISIL Research expects their revenue to decline 30-35 per cent in FY 2021

Local demand to prop up crop protection SMEs: CRISIL SME Tracker

Exports, which account for 55 per cent of the pie, are likely to decline by 3 per cent due to lower demand from key importing nations such as the US, Brazil and France

Mixed spread ahead for packaged-foods SMEs: CRISIL SME Tracker

The extended lockdown to stem the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted supply chains and hampered factory operations.

Home furnishing units will recover faster than garments: CRISIL SME Tracker

While demand for the home furnishings segment (SME share is 70-80 per cent of Rs 700 billion) is expected to decline as well, we expect the segment to pick up sooner than garments

Aatmanirbhar Bharat offers MSMEs short-term respite: Crisil SME Tracker

3.5 trn Atmanirbhar Bharat package for SMEs can increase credit to MSMEs by 18-19% which can address the short-term liquidity crunch. Here's a closer look at the measures announced, and their impact

Coaching classes take online route amid Covid-19 spread: CRISIL SME Tracker

CRISIL's interactions show that most players, even SMEs, have managed to reach students amid the lockdown by switching to online channels.

Lockdown will dent road contractors' sales, margins: CRISIL SME Tracker

Construction was gathering pace after a protracted monsoon when the pandemic halted all activity

Crisil SME Tracker: Profitability of dairy units will rebound in FY21

Retail milk prices rose by 3-4 per cent during April-December 2019

RBI manna for MSME sector can spur demand, says CRISIL SME Tracker

The benefit would be available to MSME loans that were in default but "standard" as on January 1, 2019

Budget's much-needed leg-up for small units: CRISIL SME Tracker

An evaluation of 13,000 MSMEs using the CRISIL Quantix database shows that working capital comprises over half of their need for debt

Higher 'dal' prices spoil the broth for millers: CRISIL SME Tracker

In kharif 2019, sowing was delayed due to late arrival of the south-west monsoon

CRISIL SME Tracker: Small EPC contractors stuck in the realty rut

Over the past three years, the real estate industry has been affected by regulatory changes such as the Goods and Services Tax, Real Estate Regulatory Act, and the thrust on affordable housing

EPC road contractors face slower revenue growth: CRISIL SME Tracker

This is mainly due to lower investments in rural roads via the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) and moderation in awarding by the National Highways Authority of India