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Stock exchanges turn to Centre, state govts to fund SME share sales

The plea comes at a time when coronavirus pandemic has crippled business activity, with SMEs being the worst-hit

Force majeure does not extend expiry dates in letters of credit: Expert

A bank will not, upon resumption of its business, honour or negotiate under a credit that expired during such interruption of its business

Hit by Covid-19 lockdown, start-ups and SMEs seek slew of sops from Govt

29,000 od participants in a survey offer a variety of responses, from one-time grants, to 50% staff pay reimbursements to two-year interest free loans

Coronavirus: Banks offer fresh lines of credit to SME firms amid lockdown

With the financial year ending on March 31, small- and mid-sized companies are likely to default en masse, while rating agencies will have to mark them in the 'default' grade

Coronavirus to cripple Indian start-ups, firms struggle to pay salaries

Firms say they are conserving cash and postponing expansion plans

Artisans, SMEs to get a boost with 21 common facility centres in UP

The CFCs will provide state of art machines, testing facility and finishing equipment for the artisans and SMEs

Davos 2020: Tariff wars now the new norm, disrupting global value chains

Tariff wars are among the three serious challenges to global trade.

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

MCX does away with large-lot metal contract following Sebi directive

All contracts to be in lot size of one tonne starting January 2020; Exchange also awaits regulator's nod to launch index-based derivatives

SMEs can call out big companies for dues, thanks to a tweak in IBC

Information utility National e-governance Services (NeSL) will now make public the names of companies which default on payments

FIIs trim their holdings in 12 private banks in second quarter of FY20

Within the BSE-500 universe, mid-sized private banks are the ones to see deeper cuts in FII stakes

Growth of MDF will keep peeling away profits of plywood SMEs: CRISIL

SME players are expected to be mostly restricted to the traditional plywood segment due to their limited financial flexibility

Indian SME beats global firms to offer command system to Malaysian warships

The sophisticated CMS software collaborates with friendly warships' command systems over a real time datalink

Sebi eases FPI norms, approves changes in rules prohibiting insider trading

The easing of FPI norms comes at a time when overseas investors have pulled out over $3 billion from the domestic markets since the Union Budget

Over half the SME universe in the red: Here're the top losers since 2012

BSE lists 300th SME; more than 500 such firms on exchanges

Lack of skilled labour make Indian SMEs deploy robots on factory floors

With high labour costs and skilled workers hard to come by, India's small enterprises are deploying robots on their factory floors, writes Peerzada Abrar

SME Landscape in India - Growth, Challenges and Opportunities

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40% SME companies that migrated to main board now trading in the red

Sixty-eight companies that listed on the SME (small and medium enterprises) platforms of the BSE and NSE have migrated to the main boards of these exchanges since 2012