SME Lead Fueling Global Economic Growth

By Latha Sunderkrishnan  Latha Sunderkrishnan (CISA, ISO27001 LA, COBIT 5 Foundation) is an Executive director at Valsec solutions India, http://valsecsolutions.com/. She is an Electronics Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in IT with various multi-national organizations working with a wide variety of technologies. She has worked in Information Security Audits and Consulting, Information Security trainings, Project Management, Quality ...

When it comes to anticipating Federal Reserve policy, there’s no better place to turn than former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke. No longer bound by an office, Mr. Bernanke is now free to write about monetary policy as an outsider. In a recent two-part post, the former Fed Chair took some time to explain what tools the Fed has left, and ...

Fourteen years ago, the author of a series of popular personal-finance books predicted that 2016 would bring about the worst market crash in history, damaging the financial dreams of millions of baby boomers just as they started to depend on that money to fund retirement. Broader U.S. stock markets are recovering from the worst 10-day start to a year on ...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the economic development of all countries worldwide. SMEs account for 90% of business establishments and half or more of the output and export share, and generate employment opportunities close to 70% of the labor force. Hence, it is no surprise that globally SMEs are an indispensable part of the supply ...

A 2014 report on the performance of the Nigerian ports has shown that over 30 per cent of seaport business by Nigerians is on vehicles and petrol importation in the first half of the year. The report also showed that Nigerians imported over 154,800 cars and over 10 million metric tonnes of petrol in six months. The report, which was ...

The Union Cabinet has approved 51% FDI in multi-brand retail and raised the cap on FDI in single-brand retail from 51% to 100%. Partner & National Leader – Retail & Consumer Products, Pinakiranjan Mishra, and Partner – Tax, Paresh Parekh, share their views on this development. Growth of the Retail sector in India – Improvement in Retail capability building About ...

India has got tremendous scope for investors and entrepreneurs as far as business opportunities are concerned. Especially, India has always been in the limelight in terms of SME business. By SME business, we mean small and medium enterprises that maintain revenues or a number of employees below a certain standard. Every country has its own definition of what is considered ...

Amar Nararen Ever since India formally recognized and established full diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992, trade and commerce between the two nation states has tended to rise. But with the thrust given by the Modi government, things are really looking up, with trade up to $4.5 billions in 2015. A significant proportion of this commerce is defence related. Israel ...

Amaar Nararen   According to the recent figures on India’s foreign trade partners, Canada accounts for 1.2% of India’s total exports and 0.9% of imports. Indian exports to Canada have increased from C$ 280 million in 1992 to C$ 1326 million in 2003 (January to November): a five-fold increase. Canadian exports to India have marginally increased from C$ 529 million ...

by Amar Nararen   Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) sector has emerged as a highly vibrant and dynamic sector of the Indian economy over the last five decades. SMEs not only play a crucial role in providing large employment opportunities at comparatively lower capital cost than large industries but also help in industrialization of rural areas. SMEs are complementary ...