Monthly Archives: September 2009

Significance Of Micro Businesses In India

Micro Businesses play a very important role in ensuring the processes of economic growth. They are employment-friendly, generating more and more employment especially rural and urban areas and they contribute to greater regional balance in levels of development. According to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006, an organization will be called...

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Contribution Of MSEs To Employment In India

MSEs are being the second largest employment-generating sector after the Agricultural sector. According to the Third All India Census of MSEs (2001-02) the total employment of MSEs was 249.33 lakh numbers. The share of MSEs in the total employment among other organized sector is around 34.93%. Employment growth rate in MSEs is 4.4% with...

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Contribution of MSEs to the Exports in India

India has a significant Micro and Small Enterprise (SMEs) sector that plays an important role in the growth of our economy, contributing around 39 per cent to the manufacturing output and 33 per cent to the exports in 2004-05. Initially these entrepreneurs start their business as a small unit where they get an opportunity...

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Growth of MSEs in India

The growth of MSEs is significant in India. The MSEs are continuously increasing in India but in a slow rate. According to the results of the Third All India Census of MSEs with reference year 1995-96, the registered MSEs are 2017499 and for the year 2001-02, the registered MSEs are 22,62,401. This shows the...

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Development measures for MSEs in India

Micro, small and medium businesses are playing a very important role in the overall economic growth in India. MSEs are contributing 8% of the GDP, 40% of the industrial production and 45% of the total exports, direct as well as indirect. MSEs are the second major source of the employment in our country after...

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