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Sandeep Soni

New Delhi

Assistant Editor at Financial Express

Newsman @ Financial Express. Vertical head - FE Aspire focusing on SMEs, startups. Ex-Entrepreneur, CNN. Tweets strictly personal. 📧[email protected]

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  • Explained: Will doubling MSME turnover limits unlock growth or skew incentives?

    1 week ago | financialexpress.com | Sandeep Soni

    In a strategic policy pivot, the revised MSME definition, which Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in this year’s budget, came into effect on April 1, 2025. The revised definition, expanding the investment and turnover criteria since the last revision in 2020 during the Covid period, has been aimed at aligning MSMEs in response to the volatile economic environment marked by inflation, erratic input costs, and intensifying competition in global trade.

  • Fast or forgotten: MSMEs see ultra-fast deliveries critical to stay competitive in quick commerce

    1 week ago | financialexpress.com | Sandeep Soni

    As instant gratification becomes the new normal, Indian MSMEs are scrambling to keep pace and many are stepping up fast. According to a survey by intra-city delivery service provider Borzo, 71.9 per cent of MSMEs believe order delivery within 10 to 30 minutes is critical to the needs of rapid e-commerce.

  • Small businesses, big dues: Delayed payments to MSMEs cross Rs 50,000 crore despite govt push

    1 week ago | financialexpress.com | Sandeep Soni

    The amount involved in complaints filed by micro and small enterprises (MSEs) against delay in payments by their buyers has crossed Rs 50,000 crore. According to the official data, aggrieved MSEs have filed 2.31 lakh complaints so far since October 2017 to recover Rs 50,359 crore in unpaid dues by companies that purchased their goods and services.

  • RBI draft guidelines on expanding co-lending framework to boost credit for MSMEs: Experts

    2 weeks ago | rb.gy | Sandeep Soni

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday issued draft guidelines for co-lending arrangements (CLA) to broaden the scope of joint partnerships between banks and NBFCs for priority sector lending. The proposed guidelines seek to expand this collaboration to all regulated entities (REs) and all loan categories, effectively benefiting MSMEs with improved availability of credit.

  • RBI draft guidelines on expanding co-lending framework to boost credit for MSMEs: Experts

    2 weeks ago | financialexpress.com | Sandeep Soni

    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday issued draft guidelines for co-lending arrangements (CLA) to broaden the scope of joint partnerships between banks and NBFCs for priority sector lending. The proposed guidelines seek to expand this collaboration to all regulated entities (REs) and all loan categories, effectively benefiting MSMEs with improved availability of credit.

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6 Mar 25

RT @NandanNilekani: In 2015-16, I had anticipated the digital transformation that was then underway when I presented ‘The WhatsApp moment f…

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30 Jan 25

RT @FEAspire: 🚨🚨10-min #fooddelivery: @zomato Quick live in these cities other than Delhi NCR, Mumbai, B’luru #quickcommerce https://t.co…

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27 Jan 25

RT @FEAspire: 🚨🚨#Budget2025: #Tax parity, simplified compliance, boost to domestic capital on #startup #VCs’ wishlist #nirmalasitharaman #…