Impact of changes in taxation proposed in Budget 2010 on Small and Medium Enterprises

Most of the changes proposed in the direct tax policies by the Finance Minister are in the favour of Small & Medium Enterprises. After good 25 years, there was a change in the turnover limits for compliance to audit of accounts u/s 44. The companies with an annual turnover of more than Rs. 60 lakhs [...]

Direct Taxes: Income Tax for the Salaried

The tax slabs for the individual salaries tax payer are proposed to be modified in the budget speech of the Finance Minister who is delivering the speech in the Lok Sabha at this point..
The finance minister has not left the corporate tax structure untouched. He proposes to reduce the surcharge on the income of companies [...]

The Finance Minister’s Budget Speech: MSMEs

From the industry cluster, Tirupur in Tamil Nadu has been awarded a one time assistance of Rs 200 crore, specifically for hosiery industry Banking Services for the under banked or unbanked…By 2012 Govt to cover every population cluster through new methods and technology Total of Rs. 35000 crore [...]

Budget Updates : Finance Minister’s First Thirty Minutes

Three challenges listed out by honourable Finance Minister of India in his budget speech.
1. High GDP Growth to 9 % and move to double budget
2. To make development more inclusive, food security
3. Bottleneck of public delivery system, and weakness of the administrative system
Besides..
Renewable energy ministry outlay significantly increased
Power sector outlay is proposed to [...]

Damn! The Big SME Opportunity that Technology Entrepreneurs Ignore

Posted by Arsh Kabir
We came across this great article at Pluggd.in. It is very apt.
SME Market in India is too big to be ignored. And while Indian entrepreneurs are chasing the big enterprise market (and consumer segment), here are a few data points for SME opportunity
• India has the second largest population of small and medium [...]

MSME Policy Alert 25 February, 2010

 

Reserved items for Small Industries

LOK SABHA
Review of the list of items reserved for exclusive manufacture in the small scale (now MSE) sector is a continuous process. The process involves consultations with the stakeholders concerned, followed by deliberations in the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Reservation, constituted under the Industries(Development & Regulation) Act,1951(IDR Act). Items [...]

SME News: 24 February 2010

Budget: India Inc’s wish list
As there are 13 million SMEs in India contributing to 95% of industrial units and producing 45% of the total output. Being small there are many challenges …
Source: Rediff
HP Introduces Technology Solutions For Retail Sector, SMBs
The worldwide IT giant also exhibited products and solutions aimed at SMEs in India, comprising reasonable [...]

SME News: 23 February 2010

SMEs await Budget 2010
Summing up the expectations of the MSME sector, Rajeev Karwal, Foudner Milagrow Knowledge Solutions, a venture catalyst says, “There are two needs that the …
Source: franchiseindia.com
India to aim at 9 per cent growth in 2011-12: President Patil
… said the government would work towards creating an environment that encourages investments, especially in micro, [...]

SME News: 22 February 2010

‘We have crossed $1 billion in India’
In terms of units, we grew 82 per cent in India. Sequentially, revenue grew 8 per cent. For us, both SMEs and consumer segment grew over 100 per cent. …
Source: Business Standard
Dell’s India sales close to $1-billion mark
“The stimulus package did help. China did the right thing in stimulating [...]

SME News: 19 February 2010

Google offers free advertising to small Indian businesses
BANGALORE: World’s leading search engine Google would offer free advertising coupons for small and medium businesses (SMBs) across the country, …
Source: Economic Times
Rs 3062 crore loan to MSME, auto, housing sectors
The banks operating in Orissa have extended Rs 3062.4 crore loan to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises [...]