Category: MSME-Startup

The corona crisis has highlighted the criticality of social infrastructure. India must monetise existing assets in the public sector to fund growth-enhancing investments in physical

About 63 per cent of the pending dues for MSMEs are from the state governments and their undertakings. AIMO said the states have often cited

Direct income support, monitored to prevent leakages and misappropriation, remains the ideal way out Avishkar Singhvi All incentives must be employment- and fixed-cost-oriented. Millions of

Days after changing the definition of MSMEs, the government has decided to further revise the criteria for medium units by enhancing the investment and turnover

The need of the hour is a rehabilitation programme for those trapped in destitution or near-bankruptcy by the lockdown The current Covid epidemic has been

MSME borrowers with up to Rs 25 crore outstanding and Rs 100 crore turnovers will be eligible for the emergency credit line to their businesses

I have not come across one economist who says liquidity acts on the demand side.’ Lower middle class families have started to borrow. Now families

‘The survival and recovery phase will definitely take a lot time’ No one wants to not lend. Ultimately we are in the business of collecting

The rating agency said a seeming reluctance for fiscal expansion by the central government amid the COVID-19 crisis in India also poses a significant downside

‘If need be, monetise part of the fiscal deficit, print money. There is a sovereign right’ You dug a hole, you are digging a deeper

The worst hit segments are early and mid-stage businesses, especially in B2C space. The Nasscom survey says around 60% of all B2C companies are facing

For manufactured products, the stated policy since the 1950s was to allow imports of only the goods that were not being made in India in

The small relaxations in the lockdown since April 20 have not had any positive impact on the unemployment rate, yet The unemployment rate remained stable

The need of the hour is a rehabilitation programme for those trapped in destitution or near-bankruptcy by the lockdown The current Covid epidemic has been

The bulk of Ms Sitharaman’s proposals addressed supply problems, with only occasional and cursory references to demand, mostly as an afterthought Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman strove hard

Gadkari on Monday said the recent steps announced by the government to boost liquidity and credit flows would also bolster “the purchasing power of the