Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are suffering the most in landlocked state Madhya Pradesh due to recent hike in petrol prices.

Small industries in MP bear the brunt of fuel price rise

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The banks in Orissa are in the process of firming up plans to improve credit flow to the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) under cluster-based approach.

Orissa banks plan to improve credit flow to small units

Borgaon Food Park has failed to attract Small Scale and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

Borgaon Food Park fails to attract SMEs

For an industry that began with a humble start in the 1970s using low-tech mesh screens and gelatin films, the screen printing industry of Agra hasn't seen much change in technology till date.

Few takers for screen printing

The business is not as usual as it was earlier for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Varanasi engaged in export of fabric.

Silk exporters in Varanasi lose business

Construction companies approach the government to allow them to import unskilled labour as enough workers are not available domestically.

Small firms hit by labour shortage

Tractor ancillaries of the region are upbeat over the positive signals by the tractor manufacturers.

Mohali tractor ancillaries spot opportunity in PTL capex

Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs, or companies with up to 999 employees) will spur more than 20 per cent growth in server spending despite concerns of an overall server market slowdown in 2008.

Computing deployment to keep server market robust

Many exporters are being harassed for taking Cenvat credit on inputs (not procured under DFIA) that they used in the manufacture of goods exported under DFIA.

DFIA explained

Zebra Technologies, the $750 million on-demand printing solutions provider, has chalked out a roadmap to tap the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India this year.

Zebra Technologies pitches for SME space

The Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), which had kicked off measures to encourage manufacturing and service organisations to make sustained efforts to protect environment and control all types of pollution, recently picked the Palakkad plant of United Breweries (UB) Ltd for its State Pollution Control Award for year 2007.

UB`s Palakkad plant wins anti-pollution award

Xerox India, a part of the Xerox Corporation, has launched a channel strategy campaign covering 16 cities across India.

Xerox strategises for 16 cities

Relocated from College Street to Marcus Square because of the construction of the College Street Mall, traders in the market lose business to the extent of 80 per cent.

Unfinished mall hurts Kolkata SMEs

The Uttar Pradesh government has come up with a proposal to follow the cluster-based approach for selected crafts in the state.

Cluster-based approach for MSME crafts in UP

In a first-of-its-kind initiative in Kerala, a small enterprise promising cleaner work spaces, homes and cars has come up in Kerala.

An SME keen on cleanliness

Initially they faced labour shortage, subsequently rising steel prices led to a lot of them closing down and now the surging inflation.

Punjab steel units contemplate diversification

Soon after retiring as a scientist from the Forest Research Institute (FRI) in Dehra Dun three years ago, P L Soni wanted to give a practical shape to his experiments with Aloe vera, an ayurvedic herb.

Scientist extracts juice and gel from Aloe vera

The Central Tool Room and Training Centre (CTTC), Bhubaneswar, has tied up with United Nations Industrial Development Organisation ( UNIDO) and the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development Institute under the MSME ministry for cluster development initiatives (CDI) like diagnostic study, trust building and action plan implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

CTTC Bhubaneswar ties up with UNIDO

Growing demand in the SME sector in the state for sophisticated engineering equipment has led the state to send the proposals to the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

Orissa wants two mini tool rooms

State Bank of Patiala, headquartered in Patiala, Punjab will soon begin direct liaison with local industry associations at district levels to understand the needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

State Bank of Patiala to liaise directly with SSIs

The run-up to the Olympic games in Beijing has brought some good news and some bad news for the chemical and dyestuff SMEs of Gujarat.

Olympics: Displaced Chinese dyestuff units eye Gujarat

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