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New quality standard for polyethylene will hurt domestic producers: PLEXCONCIL’s Arvind Goenka

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: India’s BIS has set a new standard for the domestic producers of LDPE, LLDPE and HDPE to adhere to.

Sonal Khetarpal - Apr 21, 2021
Polyethylene, PLEXCONCIL Arvind Goenka, PLEXCONCIL, Arvind Goenka, MSMEs, SMBs, SMEs, Plastics Export Promotion Council, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, government, Bureau of Indian Standards , BIS, polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, LDPE, linear low-density polyethylene, LLDPE, high-density polyethylene, HDPE, trade, import export, cheap plastic, competitiveness, Specification of Polyethylene Material for Moulding and Extrusion, petrochemicals, polymers

Mandatory hallmarking rule will disrupt the jewellery business affecting livelihood of millions, says jewellery association

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Gems and jewellery industry body GJC said that only 33% of India’s districts have Assaying & Hallmarking (A&H) centres that testify the purity of the gold jewellery making implementation o

Sonal Khetarpal - Apr 19, 2021
Mandatory hallmarking, gold jewellery, gold, jewellers, jewellery association, GJC, Assaying & Hallmarking centres, A&H centres, gold purity, karat, Ashok Minawala, Danabhai jewellers, Department of Consumer Affairs, Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, deadline, Ashish Pethe GJC, Ashish Pethe, hallmark, purity, livelihood, jewellery business

Despite Gudi Padwa, jewelers hopes dim as showrooms remain shut amidst Maharashtra lockdown

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: With industry reports citing a stricter lockdown in the days to come, there is fear of a higher percentage of cancellations of made-to-order items that are now lying in the showrooms.

Sonal Khetarpal - Apr 13, 2021
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All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council requests the Maharashtra CM to allow jewellers to operate in lockdown

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: The national body of the gems and jewellery industry GJC has written to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray to allow jewellers to operate on the festive days in the month of Ap

Sonal Khetarpal - Apr 08, 2021
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TReDS platform RXIL discounts receivables worth Rs 1,000 crore in a month

Credit and Finance for MSMEs: From transactions worth Rs 69 crores in April 2020, RXIL reached a whopping Rs 1,105 crore in March 2021.

Sonal Khetarpal - Apr 06, 2021
TReDS, RXIL, discounts receivables, Receivables Exchange of India, invoice discounting platform, MSMEs, Trade Receivables Discounting System, RBI, Reserve Bank of India, Ketan Gaikwad, Ketan Gaikwad RXIL, V Satya Venkata Rao, SIDBI, V Satya Venkata Rao SIDBI, Vikram Limaye, NSE, Vikram Limaye, NSE, Supply chain, supply chain disruptions, inputs costs rising, recoveries, liquidity challenges, working capital flow, auction-based price discovery platform, banks, credit, receivables

Pre-packaged insolvency process under Indian bankruptcy code is positive but limited in its scope, feel experts

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: The Centre has introduced an ordinance for a pre-packaged insolvency resolution process under the IBC Code for the MSMEs that got badly hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sonal Khetarpal - Apr 05, 2021
Pre-Packaged Insolvency Process, IBC, IBC ordinance, debt, resolution, restructuring, promoters, pre-packaged insolvency resolution process, micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, IBC amendment ordinance, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code ordinance, Ashok Saigal CII National MSME Council, Ashok Saigal Frontier Technologies, Ashok Saigal, CII MSME Council, Frontier Technologies, Misha Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Misha, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Daizy Chawla, Singh & Associates, Daizy Chawla Singh & Associates, Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process CIRP, Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process, CIRP, MSMEs default, base resolution plan, financial creditors, operational creditors, promulgating the IBC amendment ordinance, liquidate, restructuring the stressed assets of MSMEs, restructuring stressed assets, National Company Law Tribunal, NCLT

Why MSMEs are still looking for more government support?

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: As the new fiscal begins, MSMEs share their asks from the government to help them get their feet on the ground.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 31, 2021
MSMEs, government support, incentives, Covid-hit MSMEs, SMBs, economy, government schemes, new fiscal, new financial year, small and medium enterprises, Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, liquidity crisis, delayed payments, default risks, supply chain disruption, labour shortage, Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme, ECLGS scheme, ECLGS, Chandrakant Salunkhe, SME Chamber of India, Chandrakant Salunkhe SME Chamber of India, Anil Bhardwaj, Federation of Indian MSMEs, FISME, Anil Bhardwaj Federation of Indian MSMEs, Anil Bhardwaj FISME, trade receivables, RBI, restructuring schemes, IBC, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Rajesh Khosla AGI Glaspac, Rajesh Khosla, AGI Glaspac, Milan Thakkar, Walplast, Milan Thakkar Walplast

Drip Capital partners with East West Bank for a $40 million credit facility for SMB traders

Credit and Finance for MSMEs: Drip Capital expects to reach 700-1,000 SMBs over the next two years and increase its customer base in India by 50 per cent.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 25, 2021
Drip Capital, East West Bank, $40 million, credit facility, SMB, MSMEs, traders, trade finance, fintech, import export, small and medium-sized businesses, Pushkar Mukewar, Drip Capital, Pushkar Mukewar Drip Capital, investors, Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Wing VC, and Y Combinator

Crisis time: Rs 30,000 crore corrugated box industry faces losses, many fear shutdown

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Western India Corrugated Box Manufacturers Association (WICMA) estimates that 40 percent of its 25,000 members will close if immediate relief is not provided.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 25, 2021
MSMEs, SMBs, corrugated box industry, crisis, Corrugated Box Manufacturers, shutdown, Western India Corrugated Box Manufacturers Association, Western India Corrugated Box Manufacturers Association (WICMA), WICMA Shlok Kedia, Shlok Kedia, Shlok Kedia Western India Corrugated Box Manufacturers Association, kraft paper, imports, Sandeep Wadhwa, Indian Corrugated Case Manufacturers' Association, ICCMA, Sandeep Wadhwa, Indian Corrugated Case Manufacturers' Association, Sandeep Wadhwa ICCMA, Indian Corrugated Case Manufacturers' Association (ICCMA), Harish Madan Indian Corrugated Case Manufacturers' Association, Harish Madan, Indian Corrugated Case Manufacturers' Association, China, paper mills, shortage, imports

How Avana’s artificial ponds are helping farmers conserve water

World Water Conservation Day: Maithili Appalwar started the for-profit social enterprise Avana to create affordable solutions for farmers to improve their yield and livelihood.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 22, 2021
Water conservation, Avana, Jalasanchay, Emmbi industries, agriculture, farmers, Maithili Appalwar, Makrand Appalwar, Maharashtra, farmers distress, artificial water ponds, ponds, farmer suicide, bad monsoon, erratic rainfall, drought, irrigation, specialty polymers, artificial water storage ponds, polymer sheets, Yash Punjabi

Cisco plans to reach 15 lakh SMBs in the next three years, says its MD for SMBs Panish PK

Technology for MSMEs: While the focus for Cisco has always been large enterprises, it started catering to SMBs a year and a half back.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 19, 2021
SMB, MSME, Cisco India and SAARC SMB Managing Director Panish PK, Cisco Panish PK, digital transformation of SMBs, telemetry, dashboarding, technology, digital adoption, technology of the future, online, networking, digital India

Retailers Association of India appeal to the government to be included under MSMEs

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Retail Trade is not classified under Micro and Small enterprises since the year 2017.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 19, 2021
Retailers Association of India, MSME Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari, RAI, Micro and Small enterprises, MSME, The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum, retailers, retail trade, classification of MSMEs, Kumar Rajagopalan, Retailers Association of India (RAI), Kumar Rajagopalan Retailers Association of India, Kumar Rajagopalan RAI

Why Oriflame India’s MD Frederic Widell won’t go back to the office every day

Lockdown CEO Diaries: From hating work from home, Frederic Widell, VP-Head of South Asia & MD, Oriflame India has come a long way to thinking of it as an alternative work option.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 18, 2021
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How work from home taught iD Fresh CEO PC Musthafa to do more with less

Lockdown CEO Diaries: iD Fresh's CEO PC Musthafa used the lockdown to spend time with his parents in his hometown in Wayanad, Kerala while strengthening the firm’s revenues.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 16, 2021
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How V-Mart Retail’s Lalit Agarwal took work from home to working from 6 locations in India

Lockdown CEO Diaries: Lalit Agarwal, CMD of V-Mart Retail took the opportunity of working remotely during the Covid-19 lockdown to travel and aced the "work from anywhere" concept.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 16, 2021
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RoDTEP: Delay in new export subsidy scheme makes life difficult for exporters

Import, Export, Trade for MSMEs: The benefit scheme RoDTEP that was introduced to boost exports doesn’t have its basic details in place, even after two months of being operational.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 12, 2021
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Tata Technologies terminates 800 people, IT employee union files complaint

Pune-based employee union for IT/ITes firms Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) has filed a complaint with the Labour Commissioner’s office in Pune to take legal action against Tata Technologies, Hinjewa

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 10, 2021
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Freight costs increase over 100%, exporters lose business

Freight shipping costs have been increasing over the last few months, causing exporters to lose business from several countries.

Sonal Khetarpal - Mar 09, 2021
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