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Sidbi VC funds disburse Rs 540 cr

The third fund - the India Opportunities Fund - which has a corpus of Rs 600 cr, has made a commitment of Rs 182 cr across 15 companies

KVIC to revamp scheme to revive older industries

The commission wants to develop khadi clusters across the country under the SFURTI project of the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises

'Micro units' surplus too small to fund growth'

Government policy has long focused on the employment generation ability of MSMEs rather than their scale of operation

ISB to roll out 'Big Leap Club' for SMEs

The SMEs have not always been able to take full advantage of the opportunities presented by fast pace of globalisation

New MSME policy to be finalised in four months

The policy would primarily seek to redefine the sector in terms of turnover, capital employed and labour

IT SMEs say skilled-hand crunch is hurting

Most engineering and IT courses are theoretical; SMEs don't have the infrastructure to train manpower according to their needs

CII to push for energy audits of industrial units

A typical solar power system recoups its cost in six to seven years if the company claims income tax benefits by disclosing its balance sheet

Textile MSMEs in North and South India spur sector growth

Engineering education? IITM also incubates firms

Students, faculty, and alumni of IITM funding ventures in domains such as e-mobility, energy, water, education, health care and transport

Skill development centre comes up in Udaipur

Northern-region SMEs upbeat over hike in defence FDI

Industrialists said that this would encourage MNCs to enter into co-development and co-production arrangements with Indian companies

Gujarat SMEs got just 2% of Rs 54,000 crore subsidy in 21 years: Study

The study is part of a recently-released book 'Growth or Development -- Which way is Gujarat Going?'

Govt proposes single labour law for MSME sector

Despite its contribution to the country's economy, the sector is disorganised largely due to lack of uniformity of laws across states

Single labour law proposed for MSME sector

The Ministry of Labour is preparing single law by merging all other existing labour laws regulating the MSME sector

Odisha MSMEs want 100% procurement by CPSUs

Currently, state-owned firms procure a minimum of 20% from MSMEs

GIDC estates to house small units

GIDC has already started work on developing an electronic manufacturing zone on over 100 Ha at Khoraj, about 17 km from Sanand

'Service tax refund can be claimed if Cenvat credit has not been availed of'

Snapdeal, Amazon to partner Karnataka for SME marketplace

Timeline for setting up platform not yet known, but state hopes to rope in 'several thousands of SMEs'

Karnataka govt partners Snapdeal, in process to do with Amazon too

The govt is trying set up a platform for SMEs in the state to sell their goods to the entire world

New industrial hubs to arise from Andhra Pradesh split