WTO and small enterprises in India : including a case study of small enterprises in the Union Territory of Pondicherry / K. Padmanabhan.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-175) and index.

1. WTO AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 1-38
1.1 Institutionalisation of International Trade
1.2 From GATT to WTO: The Road Map
1.3 WTO: Basic Facts
1.3.1 Genesis of WTO
1.3.2 Principles of WTO
1.3.3 Main Functions of WTO
1.3.4 Differences between GATT and WTO
1.4 Decision Making Bodies at WTO
1.4.1 First Level: Ministerial Conference
1.4.2 Second Level: General Councils
1.4.3 Third Level: Sub Councils
1.5 Guiding Principles of WTO
1.6 WTO Agreements
1.6.1 Agreement on Valuation of Goods for
Customs Purpose
1.6.2 Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection
(PSI)
1 .^.3 Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
(TBT)
1.6.4 Agreement on Sanitary and Phyto-
Sanitary (SPS) Measures
1.6.5 Agreement on Import Licensing
Procedures
1.6.6 Agreement on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures (SCM)
1.6.7 Agreement on Safeguard Measures
1.6.8 Agreement on Anti-dumping
1.6.9 Agreement on Trade Related Investments
Measures (TRIMs)
1.6.10 Market Access Negotiations
1.6.11 Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
1.6.12 Agreement on Agriculture
1.6.13 Agreement on Govemment Procurement
1.6.14 Agreement on State Trading Enterprises
1.6.15 General Agreement on Trade in Services
(GATS)
1.6.16 Agreement on Trade Related Intellectual
Property Rights (TRIPs)
1.7 Summing Up
2. SMALL ENTERPRISES IN THE INDIAN
ECONOMY 39-65
2.1 Historical Evolution of the Definition of Small
Industry
2.2 Importance of SSIs
2.2.1 Contribution of SSI Sector
2.2.2 Employment Creation
2.2.3 Equitable Distribution of National Income
2.2.4 Utilising Latent Resources
2.2.5 Decentralisation
2.2.6 Export Promotion
2.3 Reservation of Items for SSIs
2.4 Dereservation of Items for SSIs
2.5 Institutional Framework for Small Industries in
India
2.5.1 Central Agencies
2.5.2 State Agencies
2.5.3 Non-Governmental Organisations
(NGOs)
2.5.4 Industry Associations
2.6 Support Measures
2.6.1 Organisational Support
2.6.2 Policy Reforms
2.6.3 Industrial Estate Programme
2.6.4 Awards for SSI Entrepreneurs
2.6.5 Finance for Fixed and Working Capital
2.6.6 Technology Upgradation
2.6.7 Human Resources Development
2.6.8 Recent Policy Initiatives for Promoting
SSIs
2.7 Problems of SSIs
2.8 Challenges for the Small Sector in the Context
of Globalisation and WTO
2.9 Future of Small Industries
2.10 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Development (MSMED) Act, 2006
2.10.1 Salient Features of the MSMED Act
2006
3. IMPACT OF WTO AND SMALL
ENTERPRISES 66-92
3.1 Small Industries under WTO Regime
3.2 Free Trade under WTO Agreement
3.3 Benefits of Signing WTO
3.4 Globalisation Challenges
3.5 Quality Consciousness
3.6 Reasons for Technological Gap
3.7 Technological Development and Modernisation
Fund Scheme
3.8 Market Access
3.9 Quantitative Restrictions (QRs)
3.10 Safeguard Measures
3.11 Dereservation vis-a-vis Global Competition
3.12 Anti-Dumping Duties
3.13 Anti-Dumping Cases and the Reaction of SSIs
3.14 Dumping of Foreign Goods
3.15 Impact of TRIPs Agreement on SSIs
3.16 WTO Advantages to Small Enterprises
3.17 WTO Disadvantages to Small Enterprises
3.18 Government and Industrial Level Efforts
3.19 Measures Required Favouring Small
Enterprises
4. IMPACT OF WTO ON SMALL
ENTERPRISES IN PHARMACEUTICALS,
TEXTILES, FOOD INDUSTRY AND
EXPORTS 93-107
4.1 Pharmaceutical Industry
4.1.1 Patent Law and Product Patent
4.1.2 Drug Price
4.1.3 Present Position of Patents in the Indian
Context
4.1.4 Generic Drugs
4.2 Textiles
4.2.1 End of Quota System
4.2.2 Strengths and Weaknesses of Indian
Textile Sector
4.2.3 Measures Taken by the Government
4.3 Food Industry
4.4 Exports under WTO Regime
5. REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON THE
SUBJECT 108-132
5.1 WTO and World Trade
5.2 SSI Related Literature Review
5.3 Export Related Aspects of WTO Review
5.4 Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Literature
Review
5.5 Literature Relating to Pharmaceuticals under
WTO
5.6 Literature Relating to Textile Sector under
WTO
5.7 Literature on Food Industry under WTO
6. Conclusions and Suggestions 133-138
6.1 Conclusions ,
6.2 Suggestions