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Role of SMEs
The Small Scale Industry today constitutes a very important segment of the Indian economy. The development of this sector came about primarily due to the vision of our late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who sought to develop core industry and have a supporting sector in the form of small scale enterprises. SSI has emerged as a dynamic and vibrant sector of the economy. Today, SSI accounts for nearly 35 per cent of the gross value of output in the manufacturing sector.
In terms of value added, SSI sector accounts for about 40 per cent of the value added in the manufacturing sector.
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SSIs contribution to employment is next only to agriculture in India. As of 2005, about 26 million rural enterprises employed 51 million people, whereas about 16 million urban enterprises employed 49 million (Rural
Development of India web accessed on 11-10-2009).
It contributes 40 per cent of Exports. SSI makes better use of indigenous management capabilities and provide option of opening outlets for enterprising independent people. It provides opportunities for development of technology.
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SSIs have been producing a wide variety of goods like food products, beverages, cotton textiles, leather products etc.,
Problems of SSIs
Finance (scarcity of capital, non availability of credit facility) Raw Material (Poor quality, uneven supply of raw material,
inadequate qty)
Technology ( not exposed to latest technology) Infrastructure (Transport, power, communication) Marketing (not in a position to get first hand information about the
market)
Idle Capacity ( due to underutilization) Underutilization of Capacity (due to non availability of raw
material, power, finance)
Skilled Manpower (Being in backward areas) Project Planning (Lack Tech & Economical) Managerial inadequacies like overdependence
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Performance of SSIs
Over the last five decades, the small scale industries sector has acquired a place of prominence in the economy of the country. It has contributed significantly to the growth of the GDP, employment generation and exports. During 2000-01 to 2004-05, the average annual growth in the number of units was around 4.1 per cent while employment grew by 4.4 per cent annually. Further, the average annual growth in production, at current and constant prices, was 10.6 per cent and 7.6 per cent respectively.
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Sickness in SMEs
A sick industry is one which is not healthy. A healthy unit is one which earns a reasonable ROCE and which builds up reserves after providing reasonable depreciation. According to RBI a sick unit is one which incurs cash losses for one year and is likely to incur cash losses for the current year as well as for the following year. The Sick Industrial Companies Act 1985, defines a sick industry as an industrial company which has at the end of any financial year accumulated losses equal to or exceeding its entire net worth and has also suffered from cash losses in such financial year immediately preceding such financial year.
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months.
Erosion in the net worth to the extent of 50 per cent of the net worth during the previous accounting year.
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Internal Causes:
Lack of good management Poor implementation
Marketing problems
Non-availability of raw materials Shortfall of working capital Labour trouble Technical/ operational problems
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