TReDS tweak to ease MSME credit flow amid global pressureBanks are set to boost credit flow to MSMEs as regulators ease onboarding for the Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS). This move a...
10 Apr, 2026, 05.59 AM IST
As India's MSME sector matures, IDBI Bank's Sumit Phakka says the lending framework must keep paceIndia's small businesses are now driving economic growth. New government budgets are boosting MSME financing and support. Digital tools are...
08 Apr, 2026, 03.52 PM IST
Budget 2026-27: Strengthening the financial rails for MSMEsInstead of relying on broad stimulus, the Budget focuses on strengthening the financial rails that support MSMEs by improving capital acces...
03 Feb, 2026, 02.25 PM IST
Budget 2026: TReDS-anchored liquidity to drive structural shift in MSME working capital access, say stakeholdersThe Budget’s push to SMEs through equity support and TReDS-anchored liquidity signals a structural shift in MSME working capital access, sa...
02 Feb, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
Budget 2026: MSME growth fund game-changer for sector, say industry bodiesIndustry bodies hailed the Union Budget 2026-27's Rs 10,000-crore growth fund for MSMEs as a game-changer, addressing liquidity constraints...
02 Feb, 2026, 10.25 AM IST
Budget lacks bold reforms, focuses on cautious continuity: Swaminathan AiyarEconomist Swaminathan Aiyar finds the Union Budget unremarkable. He notes a lack of bold reforms and simplification, with many small change...
01 Feb, 2026, 01.56 PM IST
Budget announces birth of Indian champions: Small players, big playBudget 2026: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a ₹10,000 cr SME Growth Fund in the budget. This initiative aims to boost Indian ...
01 Feb, 2026, 12.35 PM IST
Biogas industry hails increase in MSME financingIndian Biogas Association welcomes the increase in MSME financing in the budget, recognizing its benefits for the biogas industry. The Cred...
09 Feb, 2025, 11.10 PM IST
Union Budget 2025 receives mixed reactions from Ludhiana’s MSMEsThe announcement to increase the threshold of MSME turnover criteria from Rs 250 crore to Rs 500 crore has raised concerns among local indu...
05 Feb, 2025, 12.36 PM IST
MSME sector holds potential to act as a transformative agent for addressing income inequality: ManjhiBudget 2025 will have measures to address MSMEs’ pain points and banks must shun hesitation to lend to MSMEs, said Jitan Ram Manjhi, Union ...
29 Jan, 2025, 01.13 PM IST
45-day payment rule: New fund will work with banks to help MSME units, says FM SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman revealed that the government is establishing a new fund to help MSMEs facing financial issues due to de...
28 Jul, 2024, 07.04 PM IST
Cabinet clears Rs 6,062 cr World Bank-assisted programme for MSMEsThe Union Cabinet has approved a World Bank-assisted Rs 6,062 crore funding programme for the small and medium businesses to help improve t...
30 Mar, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
Need credible policy to attract investments that are exiting China to boost MSME manufacturing: RaneRane shared with the finance minister the feedback of the MSME entrepreneurs regarding the "apathy and indifference" of the banks towards p...
01 Dec, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Budget 2014: Focus on investment not on employmentThe employment push is not visible in this budget. The focus is more on investment which largely benefits the large corporate houses.
10 Jul, 2014, 08.15 PM IST
All India Association of Industries calls for comprehensive package for MSMEsAIAI in its pre-Budget memorandum to the Pranab Mukherjee has called for a comprehensive package for MSMEs in Budget 2012.
11 Mar, 2012, 07.02 PM IST
- SIDBI begins work on Rs 2,000-cr risk capital fund
Small Industries Development Bank of India will soon roll out new equity schemes for small and medium enterprises through a Rs 2,000-crore ...
07 Mar, 2008, 05.38 PM IST
- MSME eyes 50% budget hike
Budget support for the ministry of small and medium enterprises (MSME) could go up by 50% in the next fiscal to enable it to fund its new p...
17 Jan, 2008, 01.59 AM IST