Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India

India Science and Technology, NISTADS (CSIR), 2008

Posted: 12 Sep 2009 Last revised: 26 Apr 2015

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Parthasarathi Banerjee

CSIR-HRDC - National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies (NISTADS)

Indranil Biswas

CSIR-CGCRI

Avinash

CSIR-HRDC - National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies (NISTADS)

Saurabh Atri

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: September 11, 2009

Abstract

The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) segment of the Indian economy is vast, with largest number of enterprises, very large numbers employed, highly dynamic in terms of the entry of new entrepreneurs and the exit of a huge number of enterprises annually. Data from the Fourth Census is yet to be available. By 2001 this segment of Indian economy had employed 24.932 million persons in 10.521 million enterprises of which 5.808 million were rural and the rest urban, and mostly in non-metropolitan towns/peri-urban areas; and manufacturing sectors of the MSME enterprises were close to 40% of the total and the repairing and maintenance sector enterprises constituting another 16% with total MSME gross output for 2001-02 at Rs. 2,822 billion and export at Rs. 141.79 billion.

Keywords: MSME, Innovation, State of Affairs

Suggested Citation

Banerjee, Parthasarathi and Biswas, Indranil and Kshitij, Avinash Prasad and Atri, Saurabh, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India (September 11, 2009). India Science and Technology, NISTADS (CSIR), 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1471699

Parthasarathi Banerjee

CSIR-HRDC - National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies (NISTADS) ( email )

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Indranil Biswas (Contact Author)

CSIR-CGCRI ( email )

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India

Avinash Prasad Kshitij

CSIR-HRDC - National Institute of Science, Technology & Development Studies (NISTADS) ( email )

Pusa Gate
KS Krishnan Marg
New Delhi, 110012
India

Saurabh Atri

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

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