http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/news/indian-economy-news/ SME News in Face to Face at http://smetimes.tradeindia.com en Copyright 2006 tradeindia.com. All Rights Reserved. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:05:39 +0530 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0530 helpdesk@tradeindia.com helpdesk@tradeindia.com perl XML::RSS version 1.05 http://img.tradeindia.com/tradeindia.com/2008/images/logo_white_bg.gif http://www.tradeindia.com/ 110 39 Tradeindia.com, India's larget B2B eMarketPlace http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Nov/24/govt-needs-to-control-the-prices-of-cotton-h-k-l-magu60567.html SMEs will be unable to book orders from buyers, if the price of cotton is not controlled by the government, said H. K. L. Magu, Director, Magsons Exports in an exclusive interview to SME Times. Staff Reporter story_id-38260 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Nov/09/smes-must-take-advantages-of-e-marketing.html SMEs must look for the advantages of e-marketing as it diametrically changes and improves business profiling, CEO of NGA Consultancy Services, Lt. Col (Retd) Nageshwant Roy Vaid said in an exclusive e-mail interview to SME Times. Staff Reporter story_id-37712 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Nov/03/lack-of-infrastructure-hurting-smes-in-leather-industry60493.html The biggest challenge SMEs in the leather industry are facing is lack of infrastructure, says Sanjay Leekha, Vice-Chairman, Council Leather Exports (CLE) in an exclusive interview to SME Times. Staff Reporter story_id-37461 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Oct/27/handicrafts-exports-still-fighting-for-its-revival-r-k-malhotra.html Handicrafts exports is still fighting for its revival. The demand for handicraft goods in western countries is still not picking up and so the council is exploring other markets too, says EPCH Chairman Raj Kumar Malhotra in an exclusive interview to SME Times. Staff Reporter story_id-37187 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Oct/20/msme-still-need-to-focus-on-improving-their-competitiveness.html T. R. Bajalia, Executive Director, IDBI Bank believes that MSMEs still need to focus on improving their competitiveness. Staff Reporter story_id-36894 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Oct/12/fiber-policy-to-make-textile-industry-globally-competitive11434.html In an exclusive interview with SME Times, Bhupendra Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles said that the National Fiber policy has been formulated for making the textile industry globally competitive Staff Reporter story_id-36647 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Sep/26/smes-employing-it-as-a-modifier-not-supporter-ravi-bharadwaj.html SMEs today are looking at employing IT as an enabler and not just a support function, said Ravi Bharadwaj, Head, SMB, Dell India Pvt. Ltd. in an exclusive interview to SME Times. Staff Reporter story_id-36189 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Sep/22/govt-committed-to-help-technical-textiles-sector-rita-menon60194.html In an exclusive interview with SME Times, Rita Menon, Secretray, Ministry of Textiles said that the government is committed to help technical textiles and may soon provide a regulatory framework to the sector to boost its growth. Staff Reporter story_id-35982 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Sep/08/sme-sector-tops-govts-priority-list-harish-rawat11075.html Acknowledging that the SME sector is one of the priority sectors for the government, Harish Rawat, Minister of State, the Ministry of Labor and Employment said that Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh has a personal choice for the development of this sector. Staff Reporter story_id-35548 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0530 http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/face-to-face/2009/Aug/31/aspiring-entrepreneurs-need-to-be-positive-anupam-varma10938.html In an exclusive interview with SME Times, Dr. Anupam Varma, Dy. Director, Birla Institute of Management Technology said that the recession Staff Reporter story_id-35261 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0530