List of Items Reserved for Purchase from Micro and Small Enterprises

·        The price & purchase preference policy

List of Items Reserved for Purchase from Micro and Small Enterprises

 Sl No.  Item Description

1.             AAC/& ACSR Conductor upto 19 strands

2.             Agricultural Implements

a.             Hand Operated tools & implements

b.            Animal driven implements

3.             Air/Room Coolers

4.             Aluminium builder's hardware

5.             Ambulance stretcher

6.             Ammeters/ohm meter/Volt meter (Electro magnetic upto Class I accuracy)

7.             Anklets Web Khaki

8.             Augur (Carpenters)

9.             Automobile Head lights Assembly

10.          Badges cloth embroidered and metals

11.           Bags of all types i.e. made of leather, cotton, canvas & jute etc. including kit bags, mail bags, sleeping bags & water-proof bag

12.          Bandage cloth

13.          Barbed Wire

14.           Basket cane (Procurement can also be made from State Forest Corpn. and State Handicrafts Corporation)

15.          Bath tubs

16.          Battery Charger

17.          Battery Eliminator

18.          Beam Scales (upto 1.5 tons)

19.          Belt leather & straps

20.          Bench Vices

21.          Bituminous Paints

22.          Blotting Paper

23.          Bolts & Nuts

24.          Bolts Sliding

25.          Bone Meal

26.          Boot Polish

27.          Boots & Shoes of all types including canvas shoes

28.          Bowls

29.          Boxes Leather

30.          Boxes made of metal

31.          Braces

32.          Brackets other than those used in Railways

33.          Brass Wire

34.          Brief Cases (other than moulded luggage)

35.          Brooms

36.          Brushes of all types

37.          Buckets of all types

38.          Button of all types

39.          Candle Wax Carriage

40.          Cane Valves/stock valves (for water fittings only)

41.          Cans metallic (for milk & measuring)

42.          Canvas Products :

a.             Water Proof Deliver, Bags to spec. No. IS - 1422/70

b.            Bonnet Covers & Radiators Muff. to spec. Drg. Lv 7/NSN/IA/130295

43.          Capes Cotton & Woollen

44.          Capes Waterproof

45.          Castor Oil

46.          Ceiling roses upto 15 amps

47.          Centrifugal steel plate blowers

48.          Centrifugal Pumps suction & delivery 150 mm. x 150 mm

49.          Chaff Cutter Blade

50.          Chains lashing

51.          Chappals and sandals

52.          Chamois Leather

53.          Chokes for light fitting

54.          Chrome Tanned leather (Semi-finished Buffalo & Cow)

55.          Circlips

56.          Claw Bars and Wires

57.          Cleaning Powder

58.          Clinical Thermometers

59.          Cloth Covers

60.          Cloth Jaconet

61.          Cloth Sponge

62.          Coir fibre and Coir yarn

63.          Coir mattress cushions and matting

64.          Coir Rope hawserlaid

65.          Community Radio Receivers

66.          Conduit pipes

67.          Copper nail

68.          Copper Napthenate

69.          Copper sulphate

70.          Cord Twine Maker

71.          Cordage Others

72.          Corrugated Paper Board & Boxes

73.          Cotton Absorbent

74.          Cotton Belts

75.          Cotton Carriers

76.          Cotton Cases

77.          Cotton Cord Twine

78.          Cotton Hosiery

79.          Cotton Packs

80.          Cotton Pouches

81.          Cotton Ropes

82.          Cotton Singlets

83.          Cotton Sling

84.          Cotton Straps

85.          Cotton tapes and laces

86.          Cotton Wool (Non absorbent)

87.          Crates Wooden & plastic

88.            (a) Crucibles upto No. 200
  (b) Crucibles Graphite upto No. 500
  (c) Other Crucibles upto 30 kgs.

89.          Cumblies & blankets

90.          Curtains mosquito

91.          Cutters

92.          Dibutyl phthalate

93.          Diesel engines upto 15 H.P

94.          Dimethyl Phthalate

95.          Disinfectant Fluids

96.          Distribution Board upto 15 amps

97.          Domestic Electric appliances as per BIS Specifications :-
          - Toaster Electric, Elect. Iron, Hot Plates, Elect. Mixer, Grinders Room heaters & convectors and ovens

98.          Domestic (House Wiring) P.V.C. Cables and Wires (Aluminium) Conforming to the prescribed BIS Specifications and upto 10.00 mm sq. nominal cross section

99.          Drawing & Mathematical Instruments

100.        Drums & Barrels

101.        Dust Bins

102.        Dust Shield leather

103.        Dusters Cotton all types except the items required in Khadi

104.        Dyes :

a.             Azo Dyes (Direct & Acid)

b.            Basic Dyes

105.        Electric Call bells/buzzers/door bells

106.        Electric Soldering Iron

107.        Electric Transmission Line Hardware items like steel cross bars, cross arms clamps arching horn, brackets, etc

108.        Electronic door bell

109.        Emergency Light (Rechargeable type)

110.        Enamel Wares & Enamel Utensils

111.        Equipment camouflage Bamboo support

112.        Exhaust Muffler

113.        Expanded Metal

114.        Eyelets

115.        Film Polythene - including wide width film

116.        Film spools & cans

117.        Fire Extinguishers (wall type)

118.        Foot Powder

119.        French polish

120.        Funnels

121.        Fuse Cut outs

122.        Fuse Unit

123.        Garments (excluding supply from Indian Ordnance Factories)

124.        Gas mantels

125.        Gauze cloth

126.        Gauze surgical all types

127.        Ghamellas (Tasllas)

128.        Glass Ampules

129.        Glass & Pressed Wares

130.        Glue

131.        Grease Nipples & Grease guns

132.        Gun cases

133.        Gun Metal Bushes

134.        Gumtape

135.        Hand drawn carts of all types

136.        Hand gloves of all types

137.        Hand Lamps Railways

138.        Hand numbering machine

139.        Hand pounded Rice (polished and unpolished)

140.        Hand presses

141.        Hand Pump

142.        Hand Tools of all types

143.         Handles wooden and bamboo (Procurement can also be made from State Forest Corpn. and State Handicrafts Corporation)

144.        Harness Leather

145.        Hasps & Staples

146.        Haver Sacks

147.        Helmet Non-Metallic

148.        Hide and country leather of all types

149.        Hinges

150.        Hob nails

151.        Holdall

152.        Honey

153.        Horse and Mule Shoes

154.        Hydraulic Jacks below 30 ton capacity

155.        Insecticides Dust and Sprayers (Manual only)

156.        Invalid wheeled chairs.

157.        Invertor domestic type upto 5 kvA

158.        Iron (dhobi)

159.        Key board wooden

160.        Kit Boxes

161.        Kodali

162.        Lace leather

163.        Lamp holders

164.        Lamp signal

165.        Lanterns Posts & bodies

166.        Lanyard

167.        Latex foam sponge

168.        Lathies

169.        Letter Boxes

170.        Lighting Arresters - upto 22 kv

171.        Link Clip

172.        Linseed Oil

173.        Lint Plain

174.        Lockers

175.        Lubricators

176.        L.T. Porcelain KITKAT & Fuse Grips

177.        Machine Screws

178.        Magnesium Sulphate

179.        Mallet Wooden

180.        Manhole covers

181.        Measuring Tapes and Sticks

182.        Metal clad switches (upto 30 Amps)

183.        Metal Polish

184.        Metallic containers and drums other than N.E.C. (Not elsewhere classified)

185.        Metric weights

186.        Microscope for normal medical use

187.        Miniature bulbs (for torches only)

188.        M.S. Tie Bars

189.        Nail Cutters

190.        Naphthalene Balls

191.        Newar

192.        Nickel Sulphate

193.        Nylon Stocking

194.        Nylon Tapes and Laces

195.        Oil Bound Distemper

196.        Oil Stoves (Wick stoves only)

197.        Pad locks of all types

198.        Paint remover

199.        Palma Rosa Oil

200.        Palmgur

201.        Pans Lavatory Flush

202.        Paper conversion products, paper bags, envelops, Ice-cream cup, paper cup and saucers & paper Plates

203.        Paper Tapes (Gummed)

204.        Pappads

205.        Pickles & Chutney

206.        Piles fabric

207.        Pillows

208.        Plaster of Paris

209.        Plastic Blow Moulded Containers upto 20 litre excluding Poly Ethylene Terphthalate (PET) Containers

210.        Plastic cane

211.        Playing Cards

212.        Plugs & Sockets electric upto 15 Amp

213.        Polythene bags

214.        Polythene Pipes

215.        Post Picket (Wooden)

216.        Postal Lead seals

217.        Potassium Nitrate

218.        Pouches

219.        Pressure Die Casting upto 0.75 kg

220.        Privy Pans

221.        Pulley Wire

222.        PVC footwears

223.        PVC pipes upto 110 mm

224.        PVC Insulated Aluminium Cables (upto 120 sq. mm) (ISS:694)

225.        Quilts, Razais

226.        Rags

227.        Railway Carriage light fittings

228.        Rakes Ballast

229.        Razors

230.        RCC Pipes upto 1200 mm. dia

231.        RCC Poles Prestressed

232.        Rivets of all types

233.        Rolling Shutters

234.        Roof light Fittings

235.        Rubber Balloons

236.        Rubber Cord

237.        Rubber Hoses (Unbranded)

238.        Rubber Tubing (Excluding braided tubing)

239.        Rubberised Garments Cap and Caps etc

240.        Rust/Scale Removing composition

241.        Safe meat & milk

242.        Safety matches

243.        Safety Pins (and other similar products like paper pins, staples pins etc.)

244.        Sanitary Plumbing fittings

245.        Sanitary Towels

246.        Scientific Laboratory glasswares (Barring sophisticated items)

247.        Scissors cutting (ordinary)

248.        Screws of all types including High Tensile

249.        Sheep skin all types

250.        Shellac

251.        Shoe laces

252.        Shovels

253.        Sign Boards painted

254.        Silk ribbon

255.        Silk Webbing

256.        Skiboots & shoes

257.        Sluice Valves

258.        Snapfastner (Excluding 4 pcs. ones)

259.        Soap Carbolic

260.        Soap Curd

261.        Soap Liquid

262.        Soap Soft

263.        Soap washing or laundary soap

264.        Soap Yellow

265.        Socket/pipes

266.        Sodium Nitrate

267.        Sodium Silicate

268.        Sole leather

269.        Spectacle frames

270.        Spiked boot

271.        Sports shoes made out of leather (for all Sports games)

272.        Squirrel Cage Induction Motors upto and including 100 KW440 volts 3 phase

273.        Stapling machine

274.        Steel Almirah

275.        Steel beds stead

276.        Steel Chair

277.        Steel desks

278.        Steel racks/shelf

279.        Steel stools

280.        Steel trunks

281.        Steel wool

282.        Steel & aluminium windows and ventilators

283.        Stockinet

284.        Stone and stone quarry rollers

285.        Stoneware jars

286.        Stranded Wire

287.        Street light fittings

288.        Student Microscope

289.        Studs (excluding high tensile)

290.        Surgical Gloves (Except Plastic)

291.        Table knives (Excluding Cutlery)

292.        Tack Metallic

293.        Taps

294.        Tarpaulins

295.        Teak fabricated round blocks

296.        Tent Poles

297.        Tentage Civil/Military & Salitah Jute for Tentage

298.        Textiles manufacturers other than N.E.C. (not elsewhere classified)

299.        Tiles

300.        Tin Boxes for postage stamp

301.        Tin can unprinted upto 4 gallons capacity (other than can O.T.S.)

302.        Tin Mess

303.        Tip Boots

304.        Toggle Switches

305.        Toilet Rolls

306.        Transformer type welding sets conforming to IS:1291/75 (upto 600 amps)

307.        Transistor Radio upto 3 band

308.        Transistorised Insulation - Testers

309.        Trays

310.        Trays for postal use

311.        Trolley

312.        Trollies - drinking water

313.        Tubular Poles

314.        Tyres & Tubes (Cycles)

315.        Umbrellas

316.        Utensils all types

317.        Valves Metallic

318.        Varnish Black Japan

319.        Voltage Stablisers including C.V.T's

320.        Washers all types

321.        Water Proof Covers

322.        Water Proof paper

323.        Water tanks upto 15,000 litres capacity

324.        Wax sealing

325.        Waxed paper

326.        Weighing Scale

327.        Welded Wiremash

328.        Wheel barrows

329.        Whistle

330.        Wicks cotton

331.        Wing Shield Wipers (Arms & Blades only)

332.        Wire brushes and Fibre Brushes

333.        Wire Fencing & Fittings

334.        Wire nails and Horse shoe nails

335.        Wire nettings of gauze thicker than 100 mesh size

336.        Wood Wool

337.        Wooden ammunition boxes

338.        Wooden Boards

339.        Wooden Box for Stamps

340.        Wooden Boxes and Cases N.E.C. (Not elsewhere classified)

341.        Wooden Chairs

342.        Wooden Flush Door Shutters

343.        Wooden packing cases all sizes

344.        Wooden pins

345.        Wooden plugs

346.        Wooden shelves

347.        Wooden veneers

348.        Woollen hosiery

349.        Zinc Sulphate

350.        Zip Fasteners

List of Items Reserved for Purchase from Handicrafts Sector

S. No.	Item Description	Source of Supply
351.	Cane Furniture	North Eastern Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation Assam Govt. Marketing Corpn. Craft Society of Manipur Nagaland Handicrafts & Handlooms Development Corporation.
352.	Bamboo file tray, Baskets, Pencil stand, side racks etc.	-do-
353.	Artistic Wooden Furniture	Rajasthan Small Industries Corpn., U.P. Export Corporation
354.	Wooden paper weight, racks etc.	- do -
355.	Glass covers made of wood and Grass jute	- do -
356.	Jute furniture	West Bengal Handicrafts Dev. Corp. Jute mfg. Development Corporation Orissa State Handicrafts Dev. Corpn.
357.	Jute bags, file cover	- do -
358.	Woolen & silk carpets	U.P. Export Corpporation J & K Sale & Export Corporation

·        The role of associations in mem enterprises

Scheme for capacity building, strengthening of database and advocacy by Industry/Enterprise

Associations and for holding Seminars/Symposiums/Workshops by the Associations

1)      Strengthening of Data Base- financial assistance for the Secretarial and Advisory/ Extension services

To strengthen the role and increase the efficiency of the associations of Micro and Small Enterprises, financial assistance for the Secretarial and Advisory/extension services to selected associations may be provided up to a maximum of Rs.5 lakh, depending upon the size and reach of the Association.  To be eligible, the beneficiary Associations will be required to provide the regular manpower and office space at their own cost and also bear equivalent/ matching contribution towards cost of modernisation of their facilities and equipment and training of their personnel. Efforts will be made to cover a large number of Associations within the ambit of the Scheme and an Association receiving financial assistance under the Scheme will not be eligible to receive financial assistance again under the Scheme for the next three years.

Under the Scheme, the following machinery and equipment needed by the Associations for upgrading their capacity (both qualitatively and quantitatively) to collect and interpret data relating to changes in the market scenario, Sub-Contracting Exchanges, Testing Laboratories, etc. shall be eligible to receive financial assistance :-

Phase I

(a) Computer and its peripherals including software     -           Rs. 4,00,000/-

(b) Furniture and Office Equipments, e.g. fax etc.          -           Rs. 1,50,000/-

(c) Photocopier Machine and its Accessories                 -           Rs. 2,00,000/-

Phase II

(d) Consumables per annum                                              -           Rs. 1,00,000/-

(e) Training of the staff                                                       -           Rs. 50,000/-

(f) Expenses on Travel etc.                                                 -           Rs. 50,000/-

(g) Contingent & other office expenses                           -           Rs. 50,000/-      

                                                                                                            ------------------

Total:             Rs.10,00,000/- 

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The Ministry of MSME/Office of DC (MSME) would provide 50% of the cost of modernization of the facilities and equipment and training of   personnel, etc remaining 50% of the cost would be borne by the Associations.

-  Upon approval of the proposal and subject to signing of the agreement. - On furnishing of the utilization certificate as may be prescribed. The utilization certificate should be for the entire amount sanctioned in Phase I

(i) First installment of 50% of the

sanctioned amount  

(ii)      Balance 50% of the sanctioned amount  

2)     Seminars/Symposiums/Workshops

 For organizing Seminars/Symposiums/Workshops,   maximum of Rs.2 lakh would be provided to National Level MSE Associations and Rs.1 lakh to Regional/State/Local Level MSE Associations.  The Associations   can avail financial assistance under this component only once   in   a financial year.   While seeking financial assistance, the Association concerned shall indicate the tentative cost for holding the Seminar/Symposium/Workshop along with details of participation expected and deliverables/outcome of the proposed Seminar/Symposium/ Workshop.   Further, it shall undertake to meet   50% of the expenses in case of National level Associations and 25% in case of Regional/State/Local level Associations, out of its own resources. On completion of the activity for which financial assistance has been sought/provided, the Association concerned shall give a Utilization Certificate to the satisfaction of the Government, failing which it would be debarred for receiving any financial support in future.  Release of financial support would be as under:-

 (i) 50% of the sanction amount to the released subject to:

(a)  Submission of detailed cost estimated by the Association;

(b) Undertaking by the Association to bear at least 50% of the cost from its own resources in case of National Level

     Associations and 25% in case of Regional/State/Local Lever Associations

(c) Recommendation by the Screening Committee.

(ii) Balance 50% to be released   subject   to   successfully organization of   the Programme, submission of final accounts Utilization Certificate and recommendation of the Committee.

 The item wise break up of expenditure admissible for receiving financial assistance under the Scheme is given in Annexure-I and Annexure-II.

3)       Mechanism for operating the Scheme:

The Scheme will be given due publicity  and   proposals will be invited from eligible MSE Associations  who may submit the proposal either directly  or  through  MSME-Development Institutes  located in various States/UTs.   Along with the proposals, the Associations may clearly enlist deliverables expected as a result of the Scheme.   On receipt of the proposals, the same will be placed before a Screening Committee, inter-alia, to decide about the relevance of the Seminar/Symposium/Workshop to the overall objective, the criterion for selection of the Associations for short-listing the Associations and the amount payable to each short listed Association.   Thereafter, the recommendations of the Committee shall be submitted to the Competent Authority for release of funds. While submitting the proposal, the Associations will be required to undertake to meet 50% of the total sanctioned amount from out of their resources in case of strengthening the data base and   for organizing Seminars/ Symposiums/Workshops.  

 To short list the Associations and to recommend the amount to be given to each Association, a Committee has been set up

under the Chairmanship of the AS & DC (MSME) with the following composition:

1. ADC (Planning), O/o the  DC (MSME)                         Member

2. Economic Adviser,  M/o  MSME                                   Member

3. JS & ADC (MSME Policy), O/o the  DC (MSME)  Member

4. Industrial Adviser,  O/o the  DC (MSME)                    Member

5. ADC/EA,  O/o the  DC (MSME)                                    Member  Secretary

 The Committee shall submit its recommendations to the Competent Authority for Approval. 

Seminars/Symposiums/Workshops organized by the National Level Associations

Total budget is four lakh

50% of the cost could be borne by the concerned National Level MSE Associations.  The remaining cost of 50%, subject to a ceiling of Rs. two lakh would be met by GOI’s assistance.

Seminars/Symposiums/Workshops organized by the State/Regional/Local Level Associations

Total budget is 1.25 lakh

25% of the cost would be borne by the concerned State/Regional/Local Level Association. The remaining cost of 75%, subject to a ceiling of Rs. one lakh would be met by GOI’s assistance.

Business Resources

Annexure

-         Business Resources

-         Business Parks/IT Parks/SEZs

-         Export Promotion Councils  

-         Bilateral Trade promotion Councils  

-         Major Chambers and Industry Associations

-         Exhibition Centers

-         Consulate General Offices

-         Starting Private Limited Company in Maharashtra

-         Registration Requirements Details

-         An indicative table on cost of setting up business in Maharashtra

-         Finance Banks and Financial Institutions in Maharashtra

-         Land Acquisition

-         FAQs

-         Useful Links

Promotional schemes for msm enterprises

Promotional schemes for msm enterprises – a series

·        Government policy promote msm Enterprises

            Besides IDCs providing developed land and sheds to the entrepreneurs on cost basis with appropriate infrastructure, special schemes have been designed for specific purposes like quality up gradation, common facilities, entrepreneurship development and consultancy services at reasonable charges.

Central Govt. has been executing the incentive scheme for providing reimbursement of charges for acquiring ISO 9001-2008 certification to the extent of 75% of the cost subject to a maximum Rs. 75,000/- in each case. ISO 9001-2008 is a system to facilitate adoption of consistent management practices and production technique as per the ISO guide lines & requirements. This facilitates achievement of desired level of quality while keeping check on production process & management of the enterprise.

·        Excise duty concession to msm enterprises

·        Credit schemes on priority to msm enterprises

·        State government policies  schemes for the promotion of msm enterprises

·        Awards & recognition

·        Promotional packages

·        List of reserved items for exclusively manufacture in the ssi sector

Be on your own in marketing

Be on your own in marketing – a series

·        Entrepreneurs in the field of marketing

            Only listen to those experiences who have become entrepreneurs after 1991 and marketing their product either in India or abroad. They are the entrepreneurs who have started their enterprises in unprotected business environment. Their experience is just like similar to the today’s children using electronic gazettes like mobile or computers. Because their enterprise has taken birth in unprotected business environment and they are accustomed with the game of marketing. I know such one J.P. fine chemicals enterprise which claims that they have acquired worlds 17% market share of few high profile medicines.

            Entrepreneurs have to concentrate on Features (F) Advantages (A) Benefits (B) (FAB) of the products. The enterprises have to offer goods and services of desired quality at optimum cost. Select the right market/customers identified at the time of planning the unit. The transit of services or products from manufacture to the end user is known as marketing channels. It may be manufacturer to wholesaler to dealer to retailer to end user or with any combination from manufacturer to end user. Establish direct marketing channels or a network of dealers as per requirements of the product based upon initial survey. One should highlight the uniqueness, FAB, strengths, innovativeness, price, variety of options, after sales service, of their products or serives.

·        Make your new product a popular one

            One has to make his service or product popular for marketing his/her services or products. Think from the point of view of the buyer or end user. Why he will see your product and how he will buy your product. Either it is need based or it is pleasure.

            One may create awareness among the buyers or consumers about your services or products strong points, uniqueness in order to convince them of the utility of the product. Mouth publicity, distribution of handbills, display of banners, press conference, press note, launching of the product event; demonstration of the product, advertisements in daily newspapers or TV channels, services or products websites, presence of social community sites, portal of the services, distribution of free samples, display of air balloons in the sky, hoardings, digital display boards, e-mails, SMSs, parts in exhibitions, product stickers, etc. these are some of the means for giving publicity to the products. Publicity in various available forms has to arrange within the budgetary constraints. Indian market is very peculiar market poor people may need quantity with bothering about quality; middle class people are aware they may need quality at a reasonable price; rich people may need excellent quality & may not bother about the price. So entrepreneurs should be aware about the niche market of their products. You should sale your products & gain the confidence of the consumer’s and tries to retain the consumers/customers. One may get & review the consumer feedback, NSIC, MSME, MSSIDC, help in popularizing the product through domestic and international trade fairs or exhibitions.  

·        No marketing assistance in private but some marketing assistance through government

In fact there is no such agency who will take 100% guarantee to sale your services or products. It is your duty to search & identify the market. Again NSIC, MSSIDC, KVIC are the Govt. agencies for providing marketing assistance to MSM Enterprises to some extent. NSIC directly market the MSME product in the domestic and overseas market. NSIC also manages a single point registration scheme for manufactures for Govt. purchase. Unit’s registered under this scheme get the benefits of free tender documents and exemption from earnest money deposit and performance guarantee. 

·        About exports

ECGC, DGFT, ITPO, FIEO, Chamber of Commerce in different countries, ministry of commerce provide assistance in providing exports. Office of the DC, MSME provides financial assistance to MSM Enterprises to display their products in overseas fairs & also for sales – cum – study tours abroad.

MSM Enterprises gets special benefits such as duty drawback, advance licensing for import of capital goods & raw materials pre-shipment and post shipment credit against firm export orders, marketing development assistance, income tax benefits, from Govt. agencies.

·        The scheme of Bar coding

To attain global standards “bar coding” should be adopted. To facilitate adoption of bar coding MSM Enterprise the Central Govt. has launched a support scheme.

Details of the scheme

Training for potential entrepreneurs

Training for potential entrepreneurs – a series

            Training is good for those who are willing to opt for entrepreneurial career; who have aspiration to be on their own, who has thought for entrepreneurship & taking initiative and acting on it. Otherwise it remains one more educational course.

            Training courses are available for almost every section of the society. Livelihood activity training for below poverty line men/women; self employment training for educated unemployed youth, vocational training or entrepreneurship training for scheduled class, tribes and general class, programs for physically challenged people, similarly both training for women, ex-servicemen, entrepreneurship development training for potential entrepreneurs; management development programs, seminar & workshops on different themes for existing entrepreneurs are being conducted in the training market.

Even tailor made courses are available for college students, VRS/CRS/NRI people. So it is up to individual to think which course is suitable to attend.

If you are sharp even to generate business ideas, visit & collect information, develop network, influence officials, get the work done from others, implement your own ideas, then you may not attend any course. But the training course will provide you such information, skills & attitude in short span of time, in less cost, with less effort.

Normally there are three kind of training programs i) awareness program, ii) vocational program and iii) entrepreneurship development programs (EDPs). Duration of such programs is 3 days to min to 2 weeks to 12 weeks respectively.

There are number of Govt. organizations (GOs) well as NGOs, educational institutions, who organize such training programs. Organization like DIC, CEDs, TCOs, govt. agencies MSME, NIESBUD, NSIC, NISIET, EDII and other state organizes many kinds of training programs in all the parts & corners of the country. 

Special training programs like Central Footwear Training Institute provide training for footwear, Tools Room & Tool Design Institutes provide training in Engineering Industry; Coir board provide training on coir industry. Food technology training provided by CFTRI; likewise other technical training is provided by various institutions of Centre & State Government.

Nowadays many educational institutions have started diploma & degree courses in entrepreneurship. Even management institutions have MBA in entrepreneurship.

The machinery suppliers, machinery manufacturers, equipment providers, product manufactures are also a source of training providers. They are in the sales of manufactures business. For example: Garware Polymers are the manufactures of sun glass films they provide training for small vendors of pasting glass films. Machinery installation & commissioning is the prime responsibility of machinery suppliers; same is the case with erection of machinery.        

project report

project report – a series

·        Details about project report

            The Project Report is an important document; it is a proposal of proposed plan or business activity. The project report contains detailed information about following aspects.

1)     – Identity of an Entrepreneur with detailed address.

– Name of the Enterprise with detailed address

– Type of Enterprise (Proprietary/Partnership/Limited Company, etc)

–        Entrepreneurs background

–        Details of services or products.

–        About availability of market

–        Product process

–        About the competition

–        About availability of raw materials (Indigenous/Imported)

2)     Plan : Information about capital requirement

a)     Land and building area details (Owned/Rental), The Price or Rent details

b)     Machinery details. It includes the information about:

i)                   Title and description of machine

ii)                Indigenous/Imported

iii)              Machinery details with production capacity

iv)              Power required

v)                 Price, etc total of all above

You also have to consider –

i)                   If the machinery is imported the different taxes

ii)                Octroi

iii)              Transportation charges

iv)              Machinery erection/installation expenses. Total of all above         

c)     Testing equipments

d)     Other financial investments like

i)                   Contingency expenses

ii)                Power connection

iii)              Jigs & fixture

iv)              Office equipment & furniture etc

e)     Total fixed capital expenditure (a+b+c+d)

f)      Expenses on manpower

i)                   Office staff

ii)                Technical staff. Total of per month salaries

g)     Raw material details. Here one has to calculate requirement of raw materials. It includes:

i)                   Whether it is indigenous or imported

ii)                Requirement for one month.

iii)              Weight and numbers

iv)              Price; Total of all above points 

h)     Other expenses such as:

i)                   Power

ii)                Promotion & travelling

iii)              Communication & stationery

iv)              others

i)       Total working expenditure (f+g+h)

j)       Working capital requirement for 3 month (Total working expenditure X 3)

k)     Total capital investment, i.e.

–        Fixed capital (E)

–        Working capital (J) Total

l)       Arrangement of capital investment.

Here the fixed capital & working capital is divided into

i)                   Own investment

ii)                Loan from the financial institution

iii)  Working capital and total of the same; (It would be divided as per the scheme offered by the institutions)

m)   Annual sales; it includes,

i)                   Production of different services/products

ii)                Total production

iii)              Rate

iv)              Total sales price – Total of the same

n)     Annual production expenses; it includes,

i)                   Annual working expenditure (i X 12)

ii)                Repairs & maintenance (3 & ½ %)

iii)              Depreciation on machinery (25%)

iv)              Depreciation on building (10%)

v)                 Interests of investment……Total of all.    

o)      Total profit i.e. Annual sales – Annual production expenses (m-n)

p)     Annual taxes

q)     Net profit i.e. Total profit – taxes (o-q)

r)      Addresses of Machinery suppliers

s)      Addresses of Raw material suppliers

t)       Signature of entrepreneur

Preparation of project report requires knowledge about Calculations, Break Event Point (BEP) analysis, Ratio analysis like Return on Investment (ROI), etc. One has to learn, read and write his/her own project report. It is always better to understand & know your project well.

·         Availability of standard profiles/pro forma for preparation of project report.

The model project profiles are available with CEDs, TCOs, Banks, MSME, DIC etc organizations. One may also get blank pro forma of the reports form financial institutions, CEDs and TCOs. However, the available project profiles have to be recast in accordance with specific needs of the entrepreneurs and the current prices of inputs. 

·         Support agencies to prepare project report.

Agencies namely Maharashtra Industrial & Technical Consultancy Organization (MITCON); organizations registered with MSME under RGUMI Project in the States, Chartered Accountants, DIC, SFCs, NSIC, MSME institutions also support to prepare projects.

·        Support agencies for selection of production process & equipments.

Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute; Design and Development Centres like MSME Technology Development Center/Tool rooms; R&D agencies like NRDC, CSIR, Regional Research Laboratories; TCO’s, NSIC are the support agencies, in this regard.