WTO and Small Enterprises in India

1. WTO and the Global Economy? Institutionalization of International Trade; From GATT to WTO: The Road Map; WTO: Basic Facts; Decision Making Bodies at WTO; Guiding Principles of WTO; WTO Agreements; Summing Up. 2. Small Enterprises in the Indian Economy? Historical Evolution of the Definition of Small Industry; Importance of SSIs; Reservation of Items for SSIs; Degeneration of Items for SSIs; Institutional Framework for Small Industries in India; Support Measures; Problems of SSIs; Challenges for the Small Sector in the Context of Globalization and WTO; Future of Small Industries; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006. 3. Impact of WTO and Small Enterprises? Small Industries under WTO Regime; Free Trade under WTO Agreement; Benefits of Signing WTO; Globalization Challenges; Quality Consciousness; Reasons for Technological Gap; Technological Development and Modernization Fund Scheme; Market Access; Quantitative Restrictions (QRs); Safeguard Measures; Degeneration vis-à-vis Global Competition; Anti-Dumping Duties; Anti-Dumping Cases and the Reaction of SSIs; Dumping of Foreign Goods; Impact of TRIPs Agreement on SSIs...; 4. Impact of WTO on Small Enterprises in Pharmaceuticals, Textiles, Food Industry and Exports? Pharmaceutical Industry; Textiles; Food Industry; Exports under WTO Regime. 5. Review of Literature on the Subject? WTO and World Trade; SSI Related Literature Review; Export Related Aspects of WTO Review; Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Literature Review; Literature Relating to Pharmaceuticals under WTO; Literature Relating to Textile Sector under WTO; Literature on Food Industry under WTO. 6. Conclusions and Suggestions ? Conclusions; Suggestions