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Notes pay-off their purchase of consumable stores, spares and production related overheads
particularly electricity bills, statutory dues.
(e) Raw Material Assistance: It facilitates availability of scarce raw material either through
the domestic market or by importing.
(f) Marketing Support Programme: NSIC has been trying to act as a major agency to bring
SMEs closer to various Governmental purchasing agencies, with the intention of creating
confidence in the purchasing agencies about SMEs, and their capabilities to supply goods
and services of requisite quality, economic prices and adherence to agreed delivery
schedules.
(g) Tender Marketing: It participates in bulk local/global tender on behalf of Small Scale
Industries/Enterprises. It is aimed at assisting SSIs with the ability to manufacture quality
products but which lack brand equity & credibility or have limited financial capabilities.

(h) Integrated Marketing Support: NSIC has been operating an Integrated Marketing Support
Programme in which bills pertaining to supplies made by small scale units to eligible
purchasers are discounted by NSIC up to a certain specified limit.
(i) Government Stores Purchase Programme: The units registered with the Corporation for
participation in government purchase programme are considered at or with individual
purchase organisations and derive all the benefits like free supply of tender forms, exemption
from payment of earnest money, security deposits, etc.

(j) Technology Up gradation: Excellent technical support is provided to SSIs/SMEs through
five NSIC-Technical Service Centres. These centres have been recognised by Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research for in-house R&D. NSIC has set up a Technology Transfer
Centre. The latest information is provided to on-line connections and networks of
computers on matching technology seekers and technology providers are arranged through
the Technology Transfer Centre.
(k) Software Technology Parks: NSIC has set up a NSIC-STP Complex under Software
Technology Parks of India (STPI). Software Technology Parks facilitates small scale units
to establish their units for the 100% export of software and also act as the major point to
activate software exports directly through NSIC.

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Caution NSIC-STP Complex at Okhla, New Delhi is one of such Parks set up by the National
Small Industries Corporation under the Software Technology Parks of India to promote
small entrepreneurs in software development.

NSIC-STP provides high speed better communication facilities through VSNL/SATCOM
networks, built-up office space, and uninterrupted power supply, back-up power through
DG sets, a modern business centre and other administrative support.

(l) Exports: NSIC is providing a complete package of export assistance, testing facilities, pre-
shipment credit facility, export incentives etc. apart from exposure to the products of SSEs
in trade fairs, buyer and seller meets etc.

Notes The Corporation has been endeavouring to increase share of Indian industries in
purchases to United Nations Organization, it being the largest single buyer in the world.

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