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e-Newsletter (Vol. 6)
News
from clusters
National
• SME Clusters need suitable technical and marketing support:
CII.
• PC schemes at the grass-root level in SME Clusters: INTEL.
• Major SME Clusters are acquiring a new competitive edge.
• Call for modernizing power looms in the Belgaum textile
SME Cluster.
• Exim Bank-Basix pact to boost rural exports for SME Cluster
Development.
• Tirupur garment Cluster adheres to the fashion norms.
• Chanderi Sari Cluster ensuring employment for the rural
women.
• Government must boost SME Clusters’ exports: EXIM
Bank
• AP Government plans Textile Cluster parks in its two districts.
• Cluster development schemes to be launched in West Bengal:
NCEUS.
• Exports in SME Clusters decline in major sectors: EXIM Study.
International
• WIPO and Italian Government highlight the role of Intellectual
Property in Textile Clusters.
• Japanese investors upbeat on SME Clusters.
• Lack of support for SMMEs is a matter of concern in Botswana.
• Singapore SME Clusters reaching commendable heights.
• China, keen on investing in the booming Kazakhstan Construction
Clusters.
• Abu Dhabi lines up to experiment by establishing specialized
industrial Clusters.
Events
• National Convention on Cluster Approach for MSME
Competitiveness and Poverty Alleviation.
Article
• SME Clusters of a nation can be at par with the
larger organized industrial sector.
Did
You Know?
• Special Focus on the artisanal clusters in the state
of Gujarat.
National
SME
Clusters need suitable technical and marketing support: CII.
Technology and quality up-gradation had always alleviated the problems
of the SME sector at the grass root level especially when it comes to
questioning the developmental scope of the various artisanal and industrial
clusters round the country. It forms an integral part of the SME Clusters
for it enables the cluster to stand at par with the other players of
the global supply chain.
More…
PC
schemes at the grass-root level in SME Clusters: INTEL.
The advent of information technology has not only changed millions of
life especially in the rural areas of the country. Government installed
PCs have proved to be a boon in the SME sector in various regions. ICT
companies like Intel has launched PC loan programs with State Bank of
India, Bank of India, Indian Bank, Union Bank, ICICI Bank where loans
could be made available at low rate of interests, minimum documentation,
and easy repayment options.
More…
Major
SME Clusters are acquiring a new competitive edge.
Coming to a common consensus on the problems and challenges faced by
the various industrial and artisan clusters would not only mean that
these SME units would start acting independently without any government
support but also would help them gear up competitively in the global
scenario. Herein comes in the clusters operating in Jaipur, Ludhiana,
Tirupur, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Ambur.
More…
Call
for modernizing power looms in the Belgaum textile SME Cluster.
Belgaum district of Karnataka is among the seven selected districts,
which engages in handloom and Powerloom activities presently the handloom
activity is diminishing on account of diversification to power loom
activity. In Belgaum district there are 4546 handlooms and 13826 powerlooms,
5 spinning mills, 25 Ginning and Pressing units and 15 Hosiery/Knitting
units. Efforts on the part of the labourers in the Belgaum power loom
sector have been called upon to ensure not only present economic security
but also strengthening of infrastructure in the future.
More…
Exim
Bank-Basix pact to boost rural exports for SME Cluster Development.
The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) has signed a memorandum
of cooperation (MoC) with Basix, a Hyderabad-based micro-finance institution
in order to extend support to the SME Clusters running in various parts
Andhra Pradesh.
More…
Tirupur
garment Cluster adheres to the fashion norms.
Coimbatore played host to an exquisite range of fabrics made of bamboo
fibre and soya fibre.
The exhibition here was part of its initiatives to bridge the gap between
the manufacture of products that followed specifications given by the
buyer and the one that went by the innovations and designing of the
international market trends.
More…
Chanderi Sari Cluster ensuring employment for the rural women.
The empowerment of the women especially in the economic sector has always
been a question of debate and concern in any developing country. In
the midst of all this the women weavers of Chanderi have emerged as
winners in due course of time due to their die-hard efforts to make
a difference in the history of economic sustenance of a nation especially
in the rural artisanal sector.
More…
Government must boost SME Clusters’ exports: EXIM Bank.
Red-tapism is the factor that delays most of the efforts taken by the
micro financing institutions working for the development of the SME
Clusters round the country. In its attempt to speed up the work of these
financial institutions EXIM Bank had advised the central government
to simplify the legal and regulatory framework and provide abundant
funds for the development of this sector.
More…
AP
Government plans Textile Cluster parks in its two districts.
A textile park is all the state government of Tamil Nadu needed to sanction
in order to take advantage of the 'internationally competitive' power
tariff of Rs 2.75 per unit exclusively for the sector offered by the
state government.
More…
Cluster
development schemes to be launched in West Bengal: NCEUS.
Realizing the need to bring in production and employment opportunities
in the unorganized sector, NCEUS has identified West Bengal as the first
state to apply the scheme on a pilot basis.
More…
Exports
in SME Clusters decline in major sectors: EXIM Study.
Networking and the sharing of information within the SME Clusters is
in a way the life blood for the development of the various artisan and
industrial clusters. EXIM Bank study shows that Small and Medium Enterprises
need to brush up their infrastructure capability to come out as efficient
players in the national as well as the international markets.
More…
International
WIPO and Italian Government Highlight Role of Intellectual Property
in Textile Clusters.
The international symposium, organized by the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), from November 30 to December 2, 2005, in collaboration
with the Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (Italian Patent and
Trademark Office) and the Institute for Industrial Promotion (IPI),
reviewed the status of the textile and clothing sectors and stressed
the importance of the tools of the IP system to these sectors whose
success strongly depends on technological innovation, innovative designs
and creativity expression.
More…
Japanese
investors upbeat on SME Clusters.
Some of the major Japanese firms are interested to look into the possibility
of joining hands with the indigenous small and medium enterprises and
expand their operations in Mindanao.
The effort is mainly to build tourism, trade and investment partnerships,
ensure socio-economic developmental binding between the rural and the
urban regions in Japan and most importantly deepen the Japanese business
community's understanding of the present modus-operandi ruling the realm
of business in the sub-regional cooperation.
More…
Lack of support for MSMEs is a matter of concern in Botswana.
The Trade and Industry ministry of Botswana recognizes the role of technological
support to MSMEs in diversifying the economy and improving productivity.
National Development Plan (NDP 8) has “Sustainable Economic Diversification”
as its principal objective in its SMME Cluster initiative programme.
MSMEs create jobs, generate wealth and stimulate entrepreneurship. To
realize their vast potential, MSMEs need a favorable supportive environment
from local chain stores, wholesalers and other large businesses so that
they prosper and expand.
More…
Singapore
SME Clusters reaching commendable heights.
Industrial Clusters round Singapore showed outgoing performance both
in the local and the international markets. The transport engineering
cluster grew by 33.9% year-on-year in October. Output of the marine
& offshore engineering segment rose by 52.3% over last October.
The biomedical manufacturing cluster, though at a slower pace increased
its output by 27.8% over last October with higher production in the
pharmaceuticals and medical technology segments. The electronics cluster's
output rose by 16.4% with expansions in all segments. The semiconductors
segment grew by 23.9% as demand turned robust for electronic chips for
communication and consumer products.
More…
China,
keen on investing in the booming Kazakhstan Construction Clusters.
Astana, the newly transformed capital of Kazakhstan is emerging as a
potential venue in fostering the nation as a major in the construction
sector. The Government has identified these sectorial clusters as tourism,
oil and gas engineering, food and textile industry, transport and logistic
services, metallurgy and construction materials.
More…
Abu
Dhabi lines up to experiment by establishing specialized industrial
Clusters.
The country is all set to work out on the level of evolving as a major
player in the national and the international market by the cluster development
approach. The focus being that of promoting industries that are not
only knowledge-based, but also energy and capital intensive in order
to become a manufacturing, services and logistics centre.
More…
Event
National
Convention on Cluster Approach for MSME Competitiveness and Poverty
Alleviation.
The world economy is emerging as a gigantic force with the removal of
trade barriers and this had made it a necessity for entrepreneurs to
adopt and ensure a culture of sustained competitiveness mainly by forming
potential networking programmes. Researches on industrial clusters of
SMEs indicate that they have shown ability to grow, innovate and compete
successfully under the ever evolving demand patterns. The clusters provide
scope for such interventions, leading to increased collective efficiency,
despite internal competition. Such clusters have also been observed
to be leading to flexible specialization resulting into a number of
process innovations. All in turn contribute to competitiveness of enterprises
in a cluster vis-à-vis non-cluster enterprises. The recently
held National convention on Cluster Approach For MSME Competitiveness
and Poverty Alleviation on the 1ST and the 2nd of December
in New Delhi at the Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre focused on this
approach. Organized by the Foundation of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises
Clusters, the convention elucidated the need of Cluster –based
initiatives on the part of the government as well as the NGOs to ensure
progress in the clusters and thus eradicating the problem of poverty
by working on the grass root level in these clusters.
More…
Article
SME
Clusters of a nation can be at par with the larger organized industrial
sector.
Questions pointing at the growth potential of the Small and Medium Enterprises
are often faced by a country’s economic development: how does
the evolving external environment spell new paradigms for SMEs?; how
can connection with large industry develop Indian SMEs’ capacity
to face the growing competition? This article by Ratika Jain, the regional
director, CII (Northern Zone) elucidates the East Asian industrial cluster
strategy throwing light on India’s position in the SME global
market.
More…
Did you know?
Gujarat,
the land of vibrant colors and enormous opportunities has always been
at the centre stage of Indian life and economy. Strategically located
on the mid-west coast of the Indian sub-continent and with the Arabian
Sea lapping its western frontier, Gujarat has a long tradition of maritime
trade. In the process, it has imbibed elements of a variety of culture
and yet retained its cultural identity. It is one of the most industrialized
states in India, has been on the industrial map of the world since the
late eighteenth century with its long-standing trade links with Europe,
the Middle East and African countries.
To
start with, one of the dominating industries, importance of textile
and clothing sector has been the backbone of our country's economy from
the employment as well as from value addition and exports points of
view. Gujarat is one of the leading industrial states in India and Textile
Industry in particular had contributed in a big way to the industrialization
of the State. The State is well known for development of Hybrid Cotton,
Ginning, power looms, composite mills, spinning units and independent
processing Houses. The State alone has about 75 Textile Clusters.
The
growth of this industry is prominently observed in decentralized sectors
e.g. Powerloom and Textile Processing, mainly in Surat and Ahmedabad.
Overall economic growth of the State is very much dependent on this
sector. 24% to 28% of fixed investment, production value and employment
of the SSI sector are from textiles alone. Further, 23% of GSDP comes
out of textiles in the State, 16% of the cultivated land area of the
state is for cotton and Gujarat is the largest cotton producer in the
country. The State accounts for 12% share of the total textile exports
of the country. A large number of Garment Units and Garment Processing
Units are developed in urban areas of the State.
In
Gujarat, the textile industry mainly manufactures cotton-based fabrics
in Mill Sector. The major reason is being easy availability of the basic
raw material in the State, i.e. Cotton. Similarly, many spinning units
producing only 100% cotton yarns were established in the state.
India
was also the first country to have introduced diamonds to the world.
The country was the first to mine diamonds, cut and polish them and
also trade them. The state also has about 23 jewellery-clusters. The
importance and attraction of this Industry in the state can be judged
by the fact that over 1 million people are employed in the industry
and it is still growing at the rate of approximately 15 % every year.
India accounts for nearly 55% of the world’s net exports of cut
and polished diamonds in value terms, 90% in terms of pieces and 80%
in terms of carats. It is therefore not surprising that there are chances
that nine of ten diamonds in the world would have been cut and polished
in India.
Apart
from this the state also possesses other clusters that contribute to
its economic development. The earthenware cluster had been highly responsible
in providing employment opportunities to the rural women of the state.
Ahmedabad and Surat are famous for their carved woodwork since ancient
times. Many of the houses in Ahmedabad are covered with elaborate woodcarving,
and excellent examples exist in Broach, Baroda, Surat, Nasik and Yeola.
In
the Pie Chart below, we have tried to indicate the spread of Artisanal
Clusters according to the main Sectors throughout Gujarat State.
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