Budget 2026 has expanded credit and equity support for small and mid-sized manufacturers through a combined package of enhanced credit guarantees and dedicated growth capital, aimed at accelerating capacity expansion and technology upgrades across the MSME sector. The Budget...
Budget 2026 has announced a Rs2,000 crore allocation to support low-value digital payments on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and RuPay, alongside a sharp scale-up of India’s open e-commerce network, the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), which has crossed...
Budget 2026 has removed the Rs 10 lakh per-consignee annual export cap for courier shipments, allowing Indian exporters to ship unlimited value through courier channels. The change enables direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, artisans and small exporters to serve overseas buyers...
Access to affordable working capital has long been one of the biggest bottlenecks holding back India’s MSME exporters. A new partnership between Drip Capital and the Government of Maharashtra aims to directly address that gap.
Drip Capital has signed a...
India has expanded export incentives to shipments sent through the postal channel, a move expected to significantly ease cross-border trade for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), artisans and small exporters who rely on low- and mid-value international consignments.
The...
India’s public sector banks are quietly reshaping MSME financing through digital-first credit assessment models, with measurable results now beginning to show. Between April 1 and December 31, 2025, public sector banks sanctioned over 3.96 lakh MSME loan applications, amounting...
A recent government update outlines a coordinated set of quality, certification and credit measures designed to support India’s MSME sector. From phased Quality Control Orders (QCOs) with explicit relaxations, to Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) fee concessions and Reserve...
India’s flagship Startup India initiatives are beginning to show tangible funding traction for women-led ventures, particularly at the seed and early-growth stages. Recent disclosures in Parliament show that between 2020 and October 2025, government-backed funds, guarantees and incubator programmes...
India has expanded its institutional support for small enterprises by establishing 161 Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Councils (MSEFCs) across states and Union Territories. Announced by the Ministry of MSME, the move aims to tackle one of the sector’s...
The Union Cabinet has cleared a ₹7,280 crore scheme to establish India’s first full-scale manufacturing ecosystem for sintered rare-earth permanent magnets (REPM), marking a major strategic move toward self-reliance in clean-energy and high-tech supply chains. These magnets are critical...
