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Developing Small-scale Industries in India

Developing Small-scale Industries in India

Marilyn Carr

(1981)

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Abstract

A detailed analysis, with case histories, of the Birla Institute of Technology. Their fifteen-year experience in developing and assisting small industries has become a classic example of how to approach the problem of developing small-scale industry in a truly integrated way.

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Title Page i
Copyright Page ii
Table of Contents iii
Acknowledgements vii
Preface viii
Map vi
1: Introduction 1
2: The Environment for Small-Scale Industrialization in Bihar State 3
Background 3
Policies for the Promotion of Small-Scale Industries 4
3: Development of Small-Scale Industries-An Integrated Approach 10
History and Growth 10
Objectives and Methodology 18
4: Case Studies 24
Material-Handling and Fabrication Industries 24
Electronic Control Industries 38
Electrical Power Industries 42
Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industries 46
A Sick Industry 49
A Convalescent Industry 52
5: Evaluation of the Small-Scale Industry Scheme 56
General Overview 56
Factors in Success-and Problems 64
6: An Approach to Rural Industrialization and Rural Development 70
Introduction 70
Rural Industries 70
Rural Artisan Training 71
Rural Development 73
Future Directions 73
Summary 75
7: Summary and Conclusions 76
Annex 1: List of machinery and Equipment in Central Service Facility 77
Annex 2: Products and Processes Developed for Entrepreneurs 78
Annex 3: List of Projects Undertaken on Behalf of local Industries 79
Annex 4: List of Machinery and Equipment Installed in Small Industries Studied 80
Annex 5: Banking Procedures 82
Annex 6: Open Market Prices of Raw Materials: 1972-1980 84
Annex 7: Profiles of Selected Entrepreneurs Sponsored by the BISR Centre at Jaipur 85
Annex 8: Tool kits given to Rural Artisans after Training 86
Bibliography 87