Small Scale Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale felling of toddy yielding palm trees in Bihar, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …

Pollution Control Board urged to reduce consent fees

M. Soundariya Preetha Board contends that the fees were hiked after 13 years and is meagre for SMEs The consent fees were hiked by nearly 500 per cent for some small-scale units The hike is only 300 per cent to 450 per cent for large-scale units COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore District …

HC seeks report on Budha Nullah

The Punjab and Haryana High Court today asked the Punjab Pollution Control Board to prepare a detailed report on level of pollution in Budha Nullah. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice Jasbir Singh, asked the Board to compare the present level with the one at the time …

MSMEs next to agriculture in generating employment: Minister

VIRUDHUNAGAR: Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) provide huge employment in rural and semi-urban areas and also act as a mechanism for distributing wealth. They come next to agriculture in providing employment, according to Dinsha J. Patel, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. The MSME …

Carbon credits: Punjab plans to set up consultancy

Despite the Copenhagen chill, there are heart-warming tidings for the Punjab industrialists running green projects or planning to set up one. The state government plans to start a consultancy to offer services on no-profit-no-loss basis to companies intending to gain from carbon credits. Executive Director of the Punjab State Council …

Alternative business models for forest - dependent communities in Africa: A pragmatic consideration of small - scale enterprises

The dominant mode of business practice in the African forest sector - especially in the high forest cover regions - comes in the form of concessionaires operating on publicly held lands.

A primer on CDM programme of activities

The Primer aims to contribute to the understanding of the rules, concepts and different issues involved in the programmatic approach of the CDM.

Draft Chandigarh industrial policy 2009

The objectives of this industrial policy are: To sensitize the administration to the needs of the industries; To create congenial environment for the development of tiny, micro, small & medium enterprises; To evolve an appropriate mechanism so as to promote industrial growth in the right perspective paving way for sustainable …

Global financial crisis and Indias informal economy: review of key sectors

This compilation examines the impact of the global economic crisis on informal sector workers in India and is part of a series of studies that UNDP India has commissioned. Herein, the focus is on daily waste labour, majority of whom are poor, uncounted and invisible, lack assets, are poorly educated …

Climate change: Perspectives from India

This collection of articles captures and disseminates some perspectives on climate change from the Indian context. Starting from an argument on a new climate deal to highlighting the importance of the small-scale industrial sector within climate change debates,this includes concerns and convictions of India

Auto hub worries over toxic cleaner

- Adityapur units unhappy with substitutes, pollution board awaits orders Jamshedpur, Oct. 28: Auto component manufacturer of Adityapur are on a mission to search for a cleaning agent, as the solvent they have been using for long has been banned for its toxic qualities. Prolonged use of the solvent, Carbon …

Pollution Board's high fees hit small and medium industries in Karnataka

Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore October 27, 2009, 0:15 IST The procedure of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for grant of permission to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to commence production

Bamboo MoU to end weavers woe

- Industry and forest departments join hands to utilise resource Jamshedpur, Oct. 20: The industries department will work with the forest department to utilise bamboo resources to the hilt, in a bid to save the weavers in Manusmudia village in East Singhbhum district from penury. The departments will soon sign …

PM: rationalise tax structure for food processing industry

Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday called for the rationalisation and simplification of tax structure for the food processing industry that has the potential to transform rural economy.

Performamce evaluation and treatability study on common effluent treatment plant, Mandia road, Pali

For a small scale industry it is difficult to construct, operate and maintain an individual treatment facility. Provision of land, expertise and trained staff, procurement of specialized equipment, installation of laboratory, sludge disposal on individual basis, etc will be almost impossible for a small unit. Inception of common effluent treatment …

Protection of geographical indications: The Indian experience

From time immemorial, like most peoples of the ancient world, Indians have referred to products by the names of their places of origin. They have always known that goods from certain regions have distinct qualities and characteristics, but formal protection for such products is relatively recent.

State seeks Railway land for industry

In a bid to put counter pressure on Railway minister Miss Mamata Banerjee for her alternative proposal for Singur, the state government now wants unutilised land belonging to the Railways for setting up of industrial parks for micro and small-scale industries. The state micro, small-scale enterprises and textile minister, Mr …

Power situation grim in Haryana, Punjab

Long cuts plague industry Haryana is facing its worst power crisis - thanks to an unprecedented hike in power demand and inability of the state to supply accordingly. While the domestic consumers in urban areas are facing cuts for 12 -13 hours a day, the industry in the state claims …

State Budget fails to address micro industries woes: NESSIA

Though Assam Budget 2009-10 is growth oriented, it has little provision for the revival of micro sector industries, which are in a dilapidated condition in the State, opined North Eastern Small Scale Industries Association (NESSIA). Reacting on the State budget in a press meet today, the association maintained that the …

Units to fund auto cluster project

Small and medium enterprises based at Adityapur Industrial Area (AIA) will contribute more than Rs 3 crore to develop the Adityapur Auto Cluster Limited (AACL). Senior AACL officials said that the entrepreneurs would provide Rs 20,000 for each acre that is being used by them to develop the proposed project. …

Enhancing farmers entrepreneurship: Creating conditions for growth

If an entrepreneur is a creative person, or someone who takes risks and innovates, then small-scale farmers are definitely entrepreneurs. Their role as such, however, faces many challenges, of which accessing markets is only one of them. Facilitating rural entrepreneurship demands special efforts

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