MAJOR SME INDUSTRIES:

 

SMEs have been established
in almost all-major sectors in the Indian industry such as:

 

·   
Food
Processing

·   
Agricultural Inputs

·   
Chemicals
& Pharmaceuticals

·   
Engineering;
Electricals; Electronics

·   
Electro-medical
equipment

·   
Textiles and
Garments

·   
Leather and
leather goods

·   
Meat products

·   
Bio-engineering

·   
Sports goods

·   
Plastics
products

·   
Computer
Software, etc.

 

Ø
The following
activities are not recognized as SSIs and SSSBEs:

·   
Transportation

·   
Storage
(except cold storage)

·   
Retail/
Wholesale Trade Establishments

·   
General
Merchandized Stores

·   
Sale Outlets
for industrial components

·   
Health
services including pathological laboratories

·   
Legal Services

·   
Educational
Services

·   
Social
Services

·   
Hotels

 

Performance of SSI Sector in India

 

Year

No.Of Registered SSI working units (Million)

No.Of Unregistered SSI working units (Million)

Total SSI Working units (Million)

Production (Rs. Billion) – At current prices

Employment (Million Persons)

1990-91

0.79

6.00

6.79

635.18

15.834

1991-92

0.87

6.19

7.06

730.72

16.599

1992-93

0.99

6.36

7.35

855.81

17.484

1993-94

1.06

6.59

7.65

988.04

18.264

1994-95

1.16

6.80

7.96

1222.10

19.140

1995-96

1.16

7.12

8.28

1482.90

19.973

1996-97

1.20

7.42

8.62

1684.13

20.586

1997-98

1.20

7.77

8.97

1891.78

21.316

1998-99

1.20

8.14

9.34

2129.01

22.055

1999-00

1.23

8.48

9.71

2342.55

22.910

2000-01

1.31

8.80

10.11

2612.89

23.909

2001-02

1.37

9.15

10.52

2822.70

24.909

2002-03

1.60

9.35

10.95

3119.93

26.37

2003-04

1.71

9.68

11.39

3514.27

27.53

2004-05

1.82

10.04

11.86

4182.63

28.76

2005-06

1.93

10.41

12.34

4762.01

29.99

2006-07

2.03

10.81

12.84

–

31.25

 

 

(Source: SIDO’s Half
Century by DCSSI, Govt. of India, 2004 and Economic Survey, Govt. of India,
2007-08)