Online resolution for late MSE payments likely from next weekThe government is set to launch Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) next week to expedite delayed payment resolutions for micro and small enter...
20 Jun, 2025, 12.33 AM IST
MSMEs file 47k claims for dues of Rs 8,025 croreIn FY25, small businesses filed over 47,000 applications on the MSME Samadhaan Portal to recover dues worth ₹8,024.9 crore. The highest num...
01 Apr, 2025, 01.33 PM IST
Payments of ₹21,108 cr to small firms pending: MSME Samadhaan portalPayments totaling ₹21,108 crore to MSMEs are pending across 90,000 applications on the MSME Samadhaan portal. State governments and central...
29 Oct, 2024, 11.48 PM IST
SMEs save an average of 10-12 hours a month with Tide’s invoicing featureThe solution targets GST-compliant invoicing and unpaid invoice automation. Over 400,000 SMEs have joined Tide, addressing key challenges i...
25 Oct, 2024, 10.53 AM IST
Rs 26,000 cr payments pending: MSMEs fail to find ‘samadhaan’ with resolution mechanismThe Samadhaan portal was launched seven years ago to help MSMEs get payments faster. Despite some relief, loopholes in the system tilt it i...
22 Sep, 2024, 09.29 AM IST
Only 3% of India’s 62 million business owners have SME insurance: ICICI Lombard’s Anand SinghiOur focus on end-to-end risk management for MSMEs through various tailored digital solutions makes us different, says Anand Singhi, Chief o...
28 Jun, 2024, 11.55 AM IST
Govt requests states, UTs to set up more MSEFCs for quicker disposal of delayed payment-related casesThe total amount due to micro and small enterprises from the buyers of goods and services stood at Rs 1,825.52 crore for the period between...
24 Jul, 2023, 06.24 PM IST
‘Smart recovery’ for MSMEs with GST payments crossing pre-Covid levels, Udyam registrations over 1-cr mark: Economic SurveyObserving how the government has taken multiple steps to cushion the economic impact of the pandemic on MSMEs, the Survey said that the Atm...
01 Feb, 2023, 10.54 AM IST
A Rs 5-lakh-crore problem: How Recordent is taking a stab at helping MSMEs deal with unpaid duesThis technology platform, launched during the first wave of Covid, focuses on credit management services to small and medium companies.
29 Apr, 2022, 09.59 AM IST
Over 66 lakh MSMEs registered on Udyam portal, 95% are micro enterprises, 0.5% medium firms: Economic Survey 2021-22The Economic Survey also highlighted the Champions portal as being an ICT based technology system for making the smaller units big by helpi...
31 Jan, 2022, 03.05 PM IST
Why MSME Samadhaan scheme is not working, and how to fix itUnder the Samadhaan scheme, MSME facilitation councils in all states have been given the mandate to adjudicate these cases. These councils ...
03 Dec, 2021, 10.39 AM IST
Budget Session: Key issues addressed in the ParliamentThe finance ministry on Monday said that the financial health of state-run lenders has improved significantly on account of timely recapita...
09 Mar, 2021, 02.00 PM IST
TReDs was touted as the tool to tackle delayed payments to MSMEs. Did it succeed?TReDS was supposed to be a game changer-a platform that could sort out the issue of delayed payments for MSMEs. Almost five years later, th...
29 Jan, 2021, 08.44 PM IST
When a Union Minister could not get banks to lend to small businessesThere are several schemes to help the MSME sector access finance from institutional sources, but the banks often shy from lending or make t...
20 Feb, 2019, 10.33 AM IST
To soon launch programme to fund R&D in SMEs: Niti Aayog's Rajiv KumarStating that Indian SMEs were not growing Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog said the Government is keen to correct that, "We will soon...
08 Feb, 2018, 05.10 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's thinking in ICU: Union minister Giriraj SinghThe Congress vice president in a tweet last week said the economy was in the ICU, and added that "Dr Jaitley's" medicines were ineffective.
30 Oct, 2017, 08.00 PM IST
Public sector banks, including Punjab National Bank, IDBI, SBI and Bank of India set out on a talent driveIncreased focus on performance has resulted in top b-schools witnessing a rise in exec mgmt programmes taken up by banks to understand lead...
31 Aug, 2012, 08.02 AM IST