National
12 million SSI units to be registered : Ministry of SSI
By increasing the number of SSI units, a great number of workers involved
in the various Clusters can be provided benefits as applicable to
workers in the organized sector of the economy.
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Call
for revamping SME Clusters BDS.
SIDBI’s journey into SME financing started from bill-financing
like IDBI –and now it is trying its hands into the fields of
refinancing and co-financing.
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The
Cluster Approach proves to be a major help in the revival of SMEs.
The intervention of the cluster approach can do wonders in the field
of lean manufacturing.
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Quality
Up gradation can become a boon for the Textile Clusters
The benefits of certifications such as ISO 9001,ISO 14001,SA8000,OHSAS
is realized by the Indian textile and clothing clusters\ industries.
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SIDBI
puts its focus to direct SME Clusters lending.
SIDBI plans to provide credit to SME clusters and for this it has
set up small enterprises financial operations.
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Cluster-financing
for Outreach.
This would let the development banks not only to finance but also
develop a relationship management with SMEs.
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Small
, medium Industrial Clusters’ role in economy:NISIET
SMEs add to the country’s economy in a major way. NISIET has
been developed to promote and assist the development of these SMEs
to increase the whole process of economic growth.
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Cluster
Approach for Innovations and R&D:PHDCCI.
PHDCCI claims that for private involvement in R&D research, the
government should take to the cluster approach.
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KINFRA
to develop printing clusters into a network of job opportunities.
The KINFRA is planning an export-oriented print park in Kerala for
the first time for growth in employment opportunities for printing
jobs abroad.
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Financial
boost for SMEs in the Construction sector:SIDBI and SREI.
SIDBII and SREI Infrastructure finance ltd. signed an MoU in Kolkata
for enlarging the scope and operations of the SMEs in the construction
sector.
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CGCRI
to continue in the Ceramic Industry in Gujarat..
The Central Glass & Ceramic Research institute (CGCRI), Naroda
Centre, Ahmedabad ,is the Nodal R&D institution in implementing
the ceramic Clusters development programme(CCDP).
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TN-Clustering
to provide more scope for employment.
Tamil Nadu is thinking beyond government jobs for employment, by setting
up job opportunities in the private and co-operative sectors. It has
now decided to play a facilitator’s role, by creating the environment
for the clusters, private and co-operative sectors to thrive.
Funding Opportunity for Food-Processing Clusters
TIFAC, an autonomous organization under Department of Science and
Technology invites applications for support to Fruits and Vegetables
Processing Clusters for Technology Demonstration Projects having the
emphasis on “ Post Harvest management and Value Addition of
Horticultural Produce through Improved Storage, packaging, & Waste
Utilization”. TIFAC shall be providing 50% of the project cost
as assistance. For more information please visit www.tifac.org.in
or contact:
International
Industrial
Clusters boost up Taiwan’s Electronics Industries.
The various flexible clusters in the electronics industrial sector
in Taiwan have proved to be a major reason of success in the sector.
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Vietnam
Provincial growth through Cluster development.
The Secretariat of the Communist party of Vietnam urged the Northern
Ha Tay province to speed up socio-economic development in industrial
sectors, Clusters and parks .
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Events
This
year’s annual conference of TCI will take place in Hong-Kong
from November 8-11.TCI is a not-for profit alliance of cluster practitioners
.Its mission is to improve living standards and local competitiveness
of regions throughout the world , by fostering cluster-based development
initiatives .This 8th annual conference of TCI is going to be held
by the Hong-Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy under
the leadership of professor Michael Enright. From India the participant
is Jagat Shah of Cluster Pulse. The focus would be on China . Several
of the world’s leading experts on clustering and regional development
would address questions like-what China’s major clusters and
how strong will they be? How can companies understand China’s
different regions and benefit from China’s regional development?
What programmes and policies will be necessary to develop competitive
clusters in the new environment?
There
would also be pre-conference events on 7th and 8th of November 2005;
like a course on clusters and cluster initiatives ,to learn the basics
of cluster analysis, cluster initiatives and implementation issues
conducted by world-leading experts like Mr. Ifor Ffowcs –Williams
,TCI Past President and CEO ,Cluster Navigators Ltd New Zealand .This
would also include a cluster tour where visits are planned to clusters
in Guangdong Province and Hong-Kong to learn how the Greater Pearl
River Delta has come to dominate industries locally and globally.
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Articles
Geographical
Indications and Artisanal Clusters.
Geographical indications have become one of the most controversial
of all the intellectual Property Rights included in the WTO agreement
on Trade Related Aspects of IPR (TRIPS).The government of India has
also formulated a law on Geographical Indications 1999. The basic
objective of the Geographical Indications Act is to protect traditional
knowledge .The article focuses that the act has a special significance
for artisanal clusters where traditional artifacts are being made.Due
to recent market pressures these traditional products are facing competition
from spurious goods being manufactured in the name of traditional
indigenous artifacts. (adapted from the article by C Niranjan Rao
in the Economic & Political weekly vol.XL no.42 October 15-21,2005)
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Lack
of credit hindering growth of SME Clusters in Pakistan.
According to a study on SME development in Pakistan conducted by the
Asian Development Bank , the lack of access to credit is a constraint
that hinders the growth potential of Small and Medium Enterprises
in Pakistan.The study focuses on the role played by SMEs in stimulating
structural transformationin the industrial sector and it also uses
a survey of firms to ascertain quantitatively the costs and problems
associated with firm-level growth and investment.
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From
Microcredit to livelihood finance for Cluster development.
Since its initial days in 1976 when Mohammad Yunus set up the Grameen
Bank experiment on the outskirts of the Chittagong university campus
, microcredit has made a huge difference to the lives of millions
of people especially being sensitive to the issues of poverty and
gender inequality and thus a focus on the poor specifically on women
.A major focus had also been on the landless , thus ensuring that
the poor could make a livelihood from activities other than agriculture
.India has witnessed a large growth in microcredit over the last decade.By
adopting and building on the work of a few pioneering NGOs like MYRADA,ASSEFA,PRADAN
and DHAN,the institution NABARD has helped to make the SHG-bank linkage
model now perhaps the largest microcredit programme in the world ,
with an outreach to nearly 24 million poor women.This article questions
that whether microcredit promotes economic growth in the lives of
the poor women whose livelihood is dependent upon the various artisanal
Clusters.(Article by Vijay Mahajan)
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