Unanswered questions of Chat session with Hon'ble Minister Ms. Vasundhara Raje
The following are the unanswered question

Topic of Discussion : "Globalization and its impact on the Small Scale Sector"
Time : 3 P.M. to 4 P.M. IST on 21st February 2002

hemant :

After the removal of all QRs, has there been an increase in imports?

  A War Room in the Ministry of Commerce monitors 300 sensitive items imported in to India. Data for the first 9 months of this year shows that the overall increase has been only .........% and 67 items which are of interest to SSIs have shown an increase of only .........%

pramod :

when imports are allowed, why shouldn't reservation be continued?

  Reservation is in respect of local manufacture. Even when an item is imported, it definitely comes in with handicaps when it competes within SSI. This include the need for advertising, need for after sales support, a distribution channel and so on. For imported goods, there is often a high cost associated with all this. Reservation, therefore, protects Indian SSIs from Indian large industry. Nevertheless, we have been conducting a continuous review of reserved items with stakeholders to rationalize this list.

Vimlesh:

whether the udyog like potato chips,papad needs globalisation,when there is no opportunity in india to learn the modern technology on their processing?

  Foreign investment is not going merely into potato chips or papad. It is going into a lot of other areas specially services. At the same time, with the Internet, almost all modern technology is available to many more people and its access is becoming easier. Today there is no lack of opportunity in India to learn or adapt latest processing technology.

rajan :

Of all the places, small business in the capitalistic USA doing very well...Hon minister may kindly see for self...how SBA in USA is supporting Entrepreneurs there...that to disadvandage groups like women...afroamericans..and so on

   

rajan :

How far the central Institute of Hand tools is able to support against International Competition in export marketing?

   

s.s.singhania :

Already the SSI sector is continuously passing through the constraints of high cost of fund, non availability of timely and adequate finance, improper marketing facilities etc. Is it not the case that opening up of the economy and exposing the small industries with unequal competition from the MNCs create a non - level playing ground where the MNCs, armed with government policy support and extensive and vigorous advertisement network, merely embezzled the large domestic market? SSI sector being the largest provider of employment in manufacturing sector such unequal competition implies closer of SSI Enterprises resulting in large displacement of workers in the already existing bleak scenerio of employment. Is there any way out of it?

   

ashishraj :

On 9th March, we are organising Workshop on Energy conservation in association with SISI Jaipur. We request your blessings

   

fkcci :

Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commece and Industry is planning a convention for SSI's to focus on implications of WTO regime and VAT application, we seek ur valuable presence, pls confirm any suitable date during march 2002

 

atul :

will entry of china in WTO affect indian SSIs?