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II. OBJECTIVES
The main objectives of the present study are:
• To examine the growth and performance small scale
industries.
• To analyse the problems of small scale industries.
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Inadequate and timely supply of credit facilities is which are comparatively very cheap and of better quality
an important problem faced by small-scale industries. This than small units product.
is partly due to scarcity of capital and partly due to weak 8. Other problems:
creditworthiness of the small units in the country. Lack of Besides the above problems, small-scale units
finance is the main obstacle for the development of small- have been of constrained by a number of other problems
scale industries. The financial problem of small industries also. They include poor project planning, managerial
is a part of the wider problem of capital scarcity in the inadequacies, old and orthodox designs, high degree of
economy as a whole and it is partly due to the peculiarity obsolescence, transportation problems, lack of power, and
of small industry organisation. The creditworthiness of lack of adequate warehousing, lack of information. Due to
small borrowers is generally weak and therefore they face all these problems the development of small-scale
reluctant creditors who may be induced to lend only at a industries could not reach a prestigious stage
very high rate of interest.
3. Irregular supply of raw material: VII. CONCLUSION
Small units face severe problems in procuring the
raw materials whether they use locally available raw The promotion of SSI is essential in developing
materials or imported raw materials. The problems arise economies like India to achieve equitable distribution of
due to faulty and irregular supply of raw materials. Non- income & wealth, economic self-dependence &
availability of sufficient quantity of raw materials, entrepreneurial development. To empower the SSI sector
sometimes poor quality of raw materials, increased cost of to take its rightful place as the growth engine of Indian
raw materials, foreign exchange crisis and above all lack economy, it is necessary to support the MSMEs, educate
of knowledge of entrepreneurs regarding government and empower them to make optimum utilization of the
policy are other few hindrances for small-scale sector. resources, both human and economic, to achieve success.
4. Absence of organised marketing: The SSIs need to be educated and informed of the latest
One major problem of small- scale industries is developments taking place globally and helped to acquire
marketing. These units often do not possess any marketing skills necessary to keep pace with the global
organization and consequently their products compare developments.
unfavorably with the quality of the products of large-scale
industries. Therefore they suffer from a competitive
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