2. Introduction
What is
an SME ?
Employs 60
million people
Small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) or small
and medium-sized
businesses (SMBs)
are companies whose
personnel numbers fall below
certain limits-Wikipedia
SME contributes
45% of the
industrial output
Produces more
than 8000
quality products
No. of SMEs(in million)
50
40
30
40% of India’s
exports
Creates 1.3
million jobs
every year
20
39.1
40.9
42.7
44.7
46.7
48.8
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
10
0
3. • Contribute 40-50%
export*
• This takes place
through merchant
exporters, trading
houses and export
houses
• Product groups
which dominate
the exports from
SMEs sector include
sports
goods, readymade
garments, woolen
garments and
knitwear, plastic
products, processe
d food and leather
products
Technological Innovation
• Accounts for about
40% of the value
added in the
manufacturing
sector
• SMEs are
considered very
important
members of supply
chain
Increased Export
• Largest
employment
opportunities next
only to Agriculture
• Food products
industry has ranked
first in generating
employment, provi
ding employment
to 0.48 million
persons (13.1%)
• Non-metallic
products
contributed 22.7%
to employment
generated in rural
areas.
• As for urban
areas, Food
Products and Metal
Products almost
equally shared
22.8% of
employment
High contribution to Manufacturing
Employment
SMEs role in India's Economy
• Ability of SMEs to
innovate assumes
significance
because innovation
lends competitive
edge to
firms, industries
and
ultimately, economi
es
• SMEs) have been
considered one of
the ‘driving forces’
of modern
economies due to
their multifaceted
contributions in
terms of
technological
innovations
• With approximately 30
million SMEs in India, 12
million people expected to
join the workforce in next 3
years and the sector growing
at a rate of 8% per year
• Contribution of the sector to
India's GDP has been growing
consistently at 11.5 per cent
annually, which is higher than
the overall GDP growth of 8
per cent
*National Conference on Emerging Challenges for Sustainable Business 2012
4. Opportunity
CHALLENGES FACED BY SME
• The opportunities in the small-scale sector are enormous
due to the following factors:
• SMEs faces a number of problems –
• • absence of adequate and timely banking
finance,
• • limited capital and knowledge, nonavailability of suitable technology,
• • low production capacity,
• • Ineffective marketing strategy,
• • Identification of new markets,
• • Constraints on modernization &
expansions,
• • Non availability of highly skilled labor at
affordable cost,
• • Follow-up with various government
agencies to resolve problems etc.
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Less Capital Intensive
Extensive Promotion & Support by Government
Reservation for Exclusive Manufacture by small scale sector
Project Profiles
Funding - Finance & Subsidies
Machinery Procurement
Raw Material Procurement
Manpower Training
Technical & Managerial skills
Tooling & Testing support
Reservation for Exclusive Purchase by Government
Export Promotion
Growth in demand in the domestic market size due to overall
economic growth
• Increasing Export Potential for Indian products
• Growth in Requirements for ancillary units due to the
increase in number of greenfield units coming up in the large
scale sector. Small industry sector has performed
exceedingly well and enabled our country to achieve a wide
measure of industrial growth and diversification.