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Story of a royal 'bhujjia' town - from a princess
Madhusree Chatterjee | 08 May, 2012
The rugged district of Bikaner, synonymous with munchies known by their brand name "Bikaneri bhujjia", has a rich history that makes it one of the most popular destinations for tourists in Rajasthan after Jaipur.
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'Marketing Process Outsourcing can help SMEs to scale up business'
Namrata Kath Hazarika | 08 May, 2012
In an exclusive interview with SME Times, Vinod Harith, Founder & Director, CMO Axis said that the Marketing Process Outsourcing (MPO) services would enable small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to scale up their business operations at very flexible and reasonable costs without building up marketing team internally.
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SMEs' performance remained dull in FY11-12: D R Dogra
Namrata Kath Hazarika | 30 Apr, 2012
In an exclusive interview with SME Times, D. R. Dogra, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Credit Analysis & Research Ltd (CARE Ratings), said that performance of Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) was dull in the last financial year on account of the Reserve Bank of India's tight monetary policy, high costs of raw materials, commodity prices and interest rates.
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Business sentiments worse than reality: Adi Godrej
Gyanendra Kumar Keshri | 24 Apr, 2012
The Indian economy and businesses are passing through difficult times due to lack of reforms and governance, but the sentiments are even worse than the reality, said Adi Godrej, chairman of the Godrej Group.
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Tax law change 'scaring' overseas investors: Karan Bilimoria
Gyanendra Kumar Keshri | 17 Apr, 2012
The Indian government's move to amend a law retrospectively to tax global merger and acquisition transactions involving Indian assets is "scaring" foreign investors and might hit fund flows from overseas, believes Lord Karan Bilimoria, the London-based entrepreneur, who is part of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Global Advisory Council and president of the UK-India Business Council.
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'Textile cos need govt support to foray into foreign markets'
Namrata Kath Hazarika | 10 Apr, 2012
In an exclusive interview with SME Times, Amit Jain, Director & President of Shingora Textiles Limited, said the government should provide special support to textile and clothing firms to help them enter international markets.
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Small logistics firms need govt attention: Mahesh P Trikha
Namrata Kath Hazarika | 03 Apr, 2012
In an exclusive interview with SME Times, Mahesh P Trikha, Managing Director, Aargus Global Logistics Pvt Ltd said that the small and medium logistics firms need proper government attention to compete globally.
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SMEs can grow their core business despite budget limitations: Raghu Kumar
Saurabh Gupta | 27 Mar, 2012
To overcome their budget limitations, SMEs should outsource the non-core business activities, and focus more on using the available resources on growing their core business, said Raghu Kumar, CEO GlobalOutlook, in an exclusive e-mail interview with SME Times.
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Budget 2012-13 below expectations of MSMEs: V.K. Agarwal
Namrata Kath Hazarika | 20 Mar, 2012
In the exclusive interview, V.K. Agarwal, President, Federation of Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME) said that the expectation's of the MSME sector have not been met in the Budget 2012.
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SMEs in logistics sector need to increase efficiency
Namrata Kath Hazarika | 25 Feb, 2012
In an exclusive interview with SME Times, Tushar Jani, Chairman, SCA Group of Companies said that with the potential inventory management, labelling, co-packing, and distribution system, Indian SMEs in logistics sector can create value addition to their business substantially.
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