http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/469 Fri, 15 May 2026 14:11:45 GMT 2026-05-15T14:11:45Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/517 Economics and Diseconomics of Cluster based Growth Profile in SME Sector of India Vellala, Paramasivan S Clusters of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises have been contributing to the eoconomic growth of India for the last several decades. The focus of this paper is to familiarize the policy makers about the economies and diseconomies of cluster based approach and how economies can offset the diseconomies effectively within the sectoral and thematic mandate. This paper provides a rational framework with the help of a model to provide solutions in the form of cluster mapping, devising policies and designing appropriate policies to ensure that the economy can be boosted with CLUSTERS OF HIGH ROAD GROWTH BASED ON INNOVATION AND APPROPRIATE AND EFFICIENT BUSINESS SERVICE PROVIDERS(BSPs) Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/517 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/516 The Role of Entrepreneurs in the SME Sector: A Conceptual Analysis - Indian Scenario Pankajakshi; Srikant, C Posing as a dominant agrarian economy at the time of independence, India today looks brighter as one of the emerging economies of the world. During the British rule, the entrepreneurial spirit was subdued in India, witnessed GDP growth rate of 0.9% during the first half of the 20th century. It was only the Swadeshi Movement and boycott of foreign goods in the first quarter of the last century that took place to realize the place of entrepreneurs and small industry in the developing consciousness of modern and free India. Historical data on Small Scale Industries (SSI), now termed as Small Enterprises (SE) and made part of SME, reveals that SSIs in India constitutes 90 % of the units, 40% of the value addition and 80 % of employment of the total manufacturing sector. This vibrant segment of the Indian economy, has been contributing over 39% of the manufacturing sector out put, 33% of the national exports and providing employment to nearly 312 lakh people in both rural and urban areas across the country. Comparing the growth of Small & Medium Enterprises over a period of 10 years (1994-2003), some of the significant improvement areas. The number of SME units has risen by over 40%. The production increased from Rs.2,98,886 crores in 1994-95 to Rs.7,63,013 crores in 2002-03, an increase by over 150%. The employment generation has grown by over 40% Exports from SME have risen by nearly 3 times in 2003 compared to that in 1994. In the liberalized trade environment, the global village is the market for the SMEs. it is imminent for the SMEs to compete in the international market particularly in terms of quality, cost and promotion. SMEs are great opportunities for the Country to improve the GDP. The Government of India has identified SME sector as thrust area and given various policy guidelines for promoting SME sector in our Country. Availability of timely and adequate finance to SMEs being the critical factor, the Government has initiated significant policy changes to facilitate flow of credit to SME Sector leading to contribution of the economic development of the country. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/516 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/515 A Study on Problems and Prospects of Rice Millers on Guntur District Seshamohan, V V; Narayana, M.S. The rice mill industry is an agro based industry. It depends on the production of paddy. India is the second largest producer of paddy in the world with the production of about 120 million tons per annum, with a steady growth in population and per captia income; Indian per captia consumption of rice has been growing steadily. On the other hand the industry has to cope with pressing demand for production of required quantity of rice to reduce dependency on imports of rice to save the valuable currency. The rice millers have a pre dominant role in the development of agriculture. They also help the government of India to earn foreign currency with exports of different varieties of rice. The present study "Problems and prospects of rice mills" analyses the problems which are faced by millers in Guntur district. The present study is of significant help rice millers, farmers, government and others. Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/515 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z http://dspace.ediindia.ac.in:8181/xmlui//handle/123456789/514 Scaling Entrepreneurial Success in Small Businesses - A Study of SSEIs of Vidarbha and Marathwada Regions Trikal, S P; Jha, H M; Kallurkar, S P A number of variables underlie successful entrepreneurship. The investigators, in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, conducted a study of small-scale industrial entrepreneurs. Based on this study the paper attempts to collate, analyze, and understand the concept of entrepreneurial behavior, its major factors and the variables underlying each factor, which leads to improved entrepreneurial performance. 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