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Security-service SMEs to grow at 18-20%, expects CRISIL Research

More than three-fourths of the SMEs in the industry are present in the manned guarding segment

CRISIL SME Tracker: Lending boost can give service-sector MSEs a lift

This is in line with the trend seen in the recent edition of CriSidEx, where 60 per cent of lenders reported highest credit growth in the sub-~10 million exposure segment

US-China spat may spell manna for SME leather exporters: CRISIL

The US, the UK, Germany, Spain, France and Italy account for more than half of overall leather exports from India

Productivity key to fortunes of engineering micro enterprises: CRISIL

A majority of these non-corporate micro enterprises experience challenges in getting bank loans for capacity expansion and meeting working capital requirements

CRISIL SME tracker: For manufacturing MSEs, it makes sense to create brands

This is because creation of brands helps MSEs build differentiation for their products and earn customer loyalty, thereby ensuring they command better prices and greater market penetration

Crisil SME tracker: Flood-hit Kerala MSEs stare at working capital hiccups

As per the National Sample Survey, 2016, Kerala had 2.379 million MSEs, employing 4.464 million people

CRISIL SME Tracker: Working capital gap widening for MSMEs

The working capital gap is a critical barometer of an enterprise's ability to meet its daily financing needs

CRISIL SME Tracker: Working capital woes continue to hobble leather MSEs

Delays in Goods and Services Tax refunds aggravated the problem, resulting in estimated working capital days of 125 days in the last fiscal

CRISIL SME trackrer: Trailing B-schools have their task cut out

All this limits other B-schools from imparting quality education and achieving desired outcomes (lucrative placements), leading to low seat occupancy

CRISIL SME Tracker: For EPC players, affordable housing is a natural fit

This affords huge scope for developers - meeting the government's target of construction of 12 million units by 2022 requires construction of about three million units per year in urban areas

CRISIL SME TRACKER: West Bengal cold storages run into rental wall

Besides renting out, these cold storages also provide advances to farmers and traders in lieu of cold storage receipts, which account for two-thirds of the assets of cold storages in Bengal

CRISIL SME Tracker: MSMEs offer working capital opportunity for lenders

CRISIL's interactions with MSMEs show working capital worries building because of limited avenues to raise finance at reasonable rates

CRISIL SME Tracker: Time for MSMEs in the machine tools sector to rejig

The industry logged a healthy compound annual growth rate of 11 per cent in the past five fiscals, and is expected to continue growing at a healthy pace

Crisil SME Tracker: With PSUs on board, TReDS may ease MSME liquidity woes

CRISIL's analysis shows that while average receivables days and cost of funds of MSMEs are declining, they still remain high

Crisil SME Tracker: Incentivised SMEs can help bridge India's skill deficit

Availability of skilled labour is critical for Indian SME exporters to be productive and competitive

Crisil Sme Tracker: For small fleet operators, time to hit mainstream road

GST will lead to the emergence of key hubs in major locations, leading to increased freight load

Crisil SME Tracker: NPA resolution key to growth in bank lending to MSEs

CRISIL analysed NPA trend in MSE priority sector loans of top 5 public and private sector bank

Crisil SME tracker: For car dealers, workshop revenue can drive gains

Analysis reveals that workshop revenue accounts for two to 12% of total revenue of the CRISIL-rated

Crisil SME tracker: Asymmetric Mudra loan disbursals have risk implications

Cumulative sanctions by lenders under scheme topped Rs 3 lakh cr in past two financial years

Crisil SME tracker: GST bodes short-term pain but long-term gain for MSMEs

As things stand the regime could take a couple of quarters to stabilise