AI on the Factory Floor: Why MSMEs Cannot Afford to Wait
As India hosts the AI Impact Summit 2026, and we at SME Communities have just concluded the Manufacturing Reimagined Conference,…
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Union Budget 2026-27: Recasting India’s Trade and Export Engine Through MSMEs
Union Budget 2026-27 places international trade and exports firmly at the centre of India’s growth strategy, not as a peripheral…
Union Budget 2026: A Defining Test for India’s MSME Growth Story
As India moves closer to Union Budget 2026, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise sector finds itself at a pivotal…
Belagavi: Precision Manufacturing’s Quiet Stronghold in South-West India
Belagavi does not announce itself with the drama of India’s megacities. There are no headline-grabbing startup valuations or sprawling technology…
India’s Electronics Manufacturing Surge: How PLI Is Triggering a Multi-Sector
India’s electronics manufacturing story has crossed an important threshold. What was once discussed as a policy ambition is now visible…
Logistics Is No Longer a Cost Line – It’s a Growth Lever for Indian SMEs
For decades, Indian SMEs have treated logistics as a necessary evil, an unavoidable cost to be minimised once production is…
Kolhapur’s Foundry Belt: The Unsung SME Cluster Feeding India’s Industrial Core
India’s industrial story is often told through its megacities and marquee manufacturing corridors. Yet, away from the spotlight, a quieter…
From Vendor to Value-Creator: Why Indian Manufacturing SMEs Must Move Up the Capability Curve
India’s manufacturing SMEs have spent three decades mastering an unforgiving craft: deliver on time, at a cost, with minimal drama….
India–Malaysia CECA: Electronics, E&E and Export-Ready Indian SMEs
When India and Malaysia concluded the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) in 2011, the ambition was clear: move beyond transactional trade and…
RCEP Without RCEP: How India Quietly Secured Market Access While Avoiding a China-Centric Trade Trap
When India announced its decision in November 2019 to step away from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the reaction…