The SME Times

MSMEs are keen on investments in the design and marketing of khadi products during the 12th Five Year Plan period (2012-2017) and aim to transform them into internationally-saleable commodities. The strategy in the...

Small and medium enterprise (SME) manufacturers have kept their eyes open for industrial designs that are cost-effective, energy-friendly, sleek and portable, under the Design Clinic Scheme -- a government design and arts intervention...

Skill development and sustainability among micro and small units has become the focus for the MSME Ministry. Thus the Ministry is planning to establish more than 50 new training centres for MSME units....

The SME-dominated textiles industry one of the critical sectors of the Indian economy has done well with the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), which has provided support to sectoral players through interest reimbursement...

Lenovo has strategized to achieve growth in the highly promising SMB segment. The company looks to double its present four per cent SMB market share by 2012. SMBs in India contribute about 20...

Union Cabinet Minister for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Virbhadra Singh, said as per RBI data, loans outstanding against the MSME sector has gone up to Rs. 4,85,771 crore in March 2011...

The Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) has raised concerns that the manufacturing sector is not growing because of the burden of corruption on small businesses. FISME has indicated...

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) will set up a task force to help micro and small enterprises (MSEs) take advantage of the new procurement policy being framed by the...

The Government has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Rwanda for the cooperation in MSME sector. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) of India and Ministry...

ACCESS Development Services and HSBC in India are inviting nominations for the Microfinance India Awards 2011. The Awards will be presented on the inaugural day of the Microfinance India Summit – December 12-13,...