On financing conditions, the survey recorded an improving trend in access to credit. Optimism regarding working capital availability among manufacturing respondents rose to 46 per cent in the October-December 2025 quarter from 35 per cent in the preceding quarter.
Despite tariff challenges imposed by the United States, India's micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector demonstrated resilience in the July-September quarter, according to the latest MSME Outlook Survey released by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).
On a year-on-year basis, MSMEs across all sectors said they had seen sales growth. Around 60 per cent of the participants expect further growth in sales in the same quarter a year ahead.
Alternative finances and digital lending are gaining pace for credits to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector, shows data from a survey by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).