MSMEs

Through reforms and e-commerce innovation, India must supercharge its MSMEs

Empowering MSMEs for export success

Business Standard

Chaotic India is an archetype for most other emerging markets, and multinationals that wait for the country to fit their business models will find themselves losing out in the next big wave of globalisation, argues Ravi Venkatesan in this essay ahead of the launch of his forthcoming book, Conquering the Chaos: Win in India, Win Everywhere.CEOs of multinational companies are generally souring on India and moving their attention and investments to other emerging markets like Indonesia, Africa and even Myanmar. They cannot be blamed. India was never an easy place to do business but in recent years, it has become a lot harder. Corruption is getting worse, not better and it is not limited to the government alone; even company employees are increasingly on the take. Bureaucracy is stultifying with routine approvals and decisions taking months if not years. With economic growth at its lowest in a decade, lack of clarity on many policy matters, harassment by the tax authorities and media headl

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Ravi Venkatesan

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