Micro and small enterprises in India : the era of reforms / editor, Keshab Das.

Contributed articles.

Includes statistical tables.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Indian Micro and Small Enterprises in a Changing Policy Environment / Keshab Das -- Policy and Performance -- 2. Dynamic Business Environments: What These Mean for Indian Small Enterprises / T. A. Bhavani -- 3. Small-scale Industry Development for Export Promotion: India's Experience Under Liberalization / M. H. Bala Subrahmanya -- 4. Performance of Unorganized Manufacturing in the Post-reforms Period / B. Goldar and Arup Mitra and Anita Kumari -- 5. Efficiency of the Unorganized Small-scale Sector in India: A State-level Analysis / Sreepriya S. -- Issues in Focus -- 6. Credit arid Microenterprise Development: A Critical Appraisal / Tara S. Nair/ -- 7. Systems of Education, Training and Skill Formation: How Relevant for Small Enterprises? / Pradip Kumar Biswas -- 8. Subcontracting in India's Micro and Small Enterprises: An Exploratory Analysis / Partha P Sahu -- 9. Rural Industrialization in India: Enhancing Reach and Returns / Keshab Das -- Interventions and Experiences --10. New Policy Regime and Small Pharmaceutical Firms / Jaya Prakash Pradhan -- 11. Inducing Targeted Joint Action: Block-printing Textile Clusters of Jaipur, Rajasthan / Tamal Sarkar -- 12. Levels of Small Entrepreneurs: A Cultural Trait Analysis of Kerala/ Martin Patrick -- 13. Policy Reforms and Small Enterprises: Entrepreneur Perceptions from Uttar Pradesh / Nomita P. Kumar -- 14. Micro and Small Enterprises: Looking through the Public Policy Kaleidoscope / P. M. Mathew.

This book presents a set of analytical and deeply policy-oriented articles on the dynamics of growth and performance of micro and small enterprises in India during the period of reforms. It provides fairly detailed analyses of policy changes for the micro and small enterprises secotr as well as empirical analyses of performance and efficiency of the unorganised manufacturing sector. it examines a range of emerging and persistent complex issues facing this crucial sector including credit, exports, trade regulations, capacity building, subcontracting, clustering, entrepreneurship and rural industrialisation. Focusing on the constraints facing this sector even during the economic reforms, most of the articles analyse how and why special attention, particularly by the state, needs to be paid towards enhancing firm competitiveness. Broad-basing the benefits of policy interventions to the overwhelmingly present yet left out micro enterprises, including rural areas, forms an important concern. This volume attempts to critically examine critical areas of intervention that could open up possibilities of developing a strong micro and small enterprises sector in India.