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Sido
Sido
General information
Good practices
name
Type of institution
It is an attached office of the Department that assists the Ministry of Small Scale
Industries (SME). SIDO was established on the basis of the recommendations of
the Ford Foundation
Registry
Information
Structure
SIDO, known as the Office of the Development Commissioner (Small Scale
Industries), operates under Ministry of Small Scale Industries as the nodal
development agency for SMEs (please note that SIDO operates on behalf of
Small Scale Industries only)
Small Scale Industry Board (part of Small Scale Industry Ministry)
The SME Board, which is part of the Small Scale Industry Ministry, is the main
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advisory body of SIDO. Small Scale Industry Board was last constituted on 13
October, 2000 with 90 members besides the Chairman The Board provides a
forum for interactions among its members in order to facilitate coordination and
inter-institutional linkages and to render advice to the Government on various
policy matters and other related issues concerning SME. The term of the Small
Scale Industry Board is two years.
Year of establishment
Established in 1954
Address
Web site
www.smallindustryindia.com
dcssi@laghu-udyog.com
Contact person
The Government has raised the investment limit for SMEs in some sectors from
US$ 220 thousand to US$ 1100 thousand (2001); and in general, for micro units
from US$ 11 thousand to US$ 55 thousand (1997).
The small-scale sector has grown rapidly over the years. The growth rates
during the various plan periods have been very impressive. The number of
small-scale units has increased from an estimated 0.87 million units in the year
1980-81 to over 3.4 million units in the year 2000.
Organisational structure
Since it is an attached office of the Ministry of Small Scale Industries, it does not
have Business Units within its structure. However, The Ministry is supported by
a number of support agencies and some providers of specialised services in the
following areas: Finance, Technology Up gradation, Technical Training,
Industrial Infrastructure, Entrepreneurship Development, and Marketing
From SIDO depend several companies/ Business Units.
National Presence
SIDOs main office is located in New Delhi and is organise as follows:
International presence
SIDO provides specialised consultancy to various countries as well as with the
assistance of International Agencies, such as UNIDO. Opinions and views are
being exchanged continuously with International Organisations like APO-Japan
and UNCTAD-Geneva. The countries, which have already received the services,
are: Senegal, Cameroon, Benin, and Vanuatu.
Countries like Zimbabwe, Trinidad and Tobago are in the process of negotiating
the specialised consultancy. Further, many countries, like South Africa,
Venezuela, Malawi, Mauritius, Zambia, Brunei Darussalam and Kazakhstan are
in touch with India through contact points ensuring cooperation among Denmark
and Germany, for the set up of specialised Tool Rooms (training centres
equipped with latest imported machines/equipment developed with the help of
SIDO)
Framework of the
main activities
Framework of the
main activities
Services on line
Technological partnerships
Strategy
Revenue Model
Market Partnerships
Ministry of SME and ARI (Ministry of Small Scales Industries and Agro Rural
Industries)
KVIC (Khadi and Village Industries Commission)
Coir Board
RBI (Reserve Bank of India)
UNIDO (United Nations Industrial development Organisation)
EAN India
IIP
SIA (Secretariat for Industrial Assistance)
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation)
NPC (National Productivity Council of India)
SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India)
CEDOK (Centre for Entrepreneurship Development of Karnataka)
CSIR India (Counsel of Specific Industrial Research)
Anti-Dumping Directorate
APO-Japan
UNCTAD Geneva
SIDOs revenue model is composed of public funding and fees. That is, 60%of
financing comes from the government and the rest (40%)comes from the private
industries.
Participation with
other networks