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6 Brutal Questions That Leave Small Manufacturers Exhausted

6 Brutal Questions That Leave Small Manufacturers Exhausted

The manufacturing sector is going through a deeply challenging period that affects small businesses most of all. Here are six brutal questions that small manufacturers wrestle with in their day-to-day operations.

May 8, 2023

Indian workers repair an advertising hoarding in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. The IMF on Monday lowered India’s economic growth estimate for the current fiscal to 4.8% and listed the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers as the single biggest drag on its global growth forecast for two years.

IMF Downgrades India Outlook

The government has failed to deliver on promises to reform the economy and keep growth on track.

January 21, 2020

In this Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, photo, bags of onions lie at a market in Ahmadabad, India. Soaring prices has put the humble onion, a staple for most Indian families, out of reach, adding to worries over food inflation at a time when the slowing economy has become a severe liability for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. Onion prices are seen by some as a key indicator of economic stability in India, and opposition parties, quick to smell an opportunity, have rallied in the streets wearing onion garlands and offering onions as wedding gifts.

Onion Crisis Raises Stink in India

The onion crisis is piling pressure on the government.

December 19, 2019

The walls of a building stand blackened after it caught fire in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. Dozens of people died on Sunday in a devastating fire at a building in a crowded grains market area in central New Delhi, police said. Firefighters fought the blaze from 100 meters (yards) away because it broke out in one of the area's many alleyways, tangled in electrical wire and too narrow for vehicles to access, authorities at the scene said.

Devastating Factory Fire Kills At Least 43 in India

An electrical short circuit may be to blame for a fire at a factory where workers made handbags for $2 per day.

December 9, 2019

In this Oct. 6 photo, Kashmiri farmer Rayees Ahmad shows a pile of rotten apples inside his orchard in Wuyan, south of Srinagar Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Apple Rot Hurting Kashmir Economy

Losses are mounting as insurgent groups pressure pickers, traders and drivers to shun the industry to protest an Indian government crackdown.

October 18, 2019

In this photo, Indian daily wage laborers and construction workers jostle as a man, in red shirt, tries to hire them, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India.

India's Mfg. Stalling

Confidence is giving way to uncertainty as the manufacturing sector has slowed to 0.6 percent growth from 12.1 percent in the same period a year earlier.

September 17, 2019