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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mumbai: &lt;/em&gt;Inflation pressures are looming ominously on the Indian business horizon. While the margins of large domestic and multinational corporations have come under pressure, they still have the balance sheet heft to absorb raw material price shocks and the elbow room to pass on the cost to consumers.&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align:justify&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mumbai: &lt;/em&gt;Inflation pressures are looming ominously on the Indian business horizon. While the margins of large domestic and multinational corporations have come under pressure, they still have the balance sheet heft to absorb raw material price shocks and the elbow room to pass on the cost to consumers.&lt;/p&gt;

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<p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="https://thewire.in/economy/interview-msme-bank-lending-trillion-dollar-economy">click here</a> to read more.&nbsp;</p>

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Pradeep Multani, president of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, interviewed by Kaushal Shroff (TheWire.in)

-TheWire.in Pradeep Multani, president of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, talks about how the shortage of raw materials and high input prices are posing a challenge to small businesses in India. Mumbai: Inflation pressures are looming ominously on the Indian business horizon. While the margins of large domestic and multinational corporations have come under pressure, they still have the balance sheet heft to absorb raw material price shocks and the elbow room to pass on the cost to consumers. However, medium small and micro enterprises (MSMEs), especially mom and pop stores, across India are not in the same boat as the large companies and are far more vulnerable to the onslaught of raw material cost hikes and inflationary commodity cycles. Operating from a small asset base, MSMEs’ primarily lack abundant access to formal banking capital and often find their working capital locked up with large organisations which have longer payment cycles.  Unfortunately, India’s MSME sector continues to languish despite the pivotal role it plays in the Indian economy. As per National Sample Survey Office data, it provides viable employment to over 11.10 crore and commands approximately a 31% share of India’s GDP. In the post-pandemic scenario, the growth objectives of the economy, as well as the sector, can be met once banks are sensitised to the importance of lending to MSMEs, says Pradeep Multani, president of the Punjab Haryana and Delhi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Edited excerpts from an interview with The Wire are below. * Indian MSMEs are going through a rough patch the likes of which they have never seen before. First the recurrent waves of pandemic and now the Russia-Ukraine war. Raw material price escalation has increased input costs for a wide swathe of MSMEs. What can be done to alleviate their pains?  Amid rising prices of raw materials, there is a need to ensure enough liquidity in the hands of MSMEs. Smooth functioning of public sector units (PSUs) without disruption due to payment problems is of paramount importance in these dynamic times. The Government should provide adequate funds to the PSUs, so that they may be able to release the payments of the MSMEs and other vendors urgently to provide them with liquidity and facilitate them to run their businesses. The cost competitiveness of MSMEs exporters should be improved and a level playing field should be created. Reduced costs of doing business and a level playing field in the country will not only increase the competitiveness of our exporters but also reduce imports of the items where India has domestic capabilities. Please click here to read more.  Image Courtesy: TheWire.in