Apparel Industry Management

Apparel Industry Management 3(3+0)

Lesson 46 : Support System-Banks, Govt. Agencies and Institutions

Technical Consultancy Organizations

Technical Consultancy Organizations (TCOs) provide a complete set of consultancy services to small and medium enterprises, individual entrepreneurs, Government Departments and agencies, various state level institutions, commercial banks etc. they provide consultancy services and counsel small scale units in preparation of techno-economic feasibility reports, market survey, modernization and diversification programmes, revival of sick units, etc. over 16 TCO’s are functioning in various states of India. TCO of AP is APITCO. APITCO, incorporated in 1976, is a premier Technical Consultancy Organisation (TCO) promoted jointly by all-India financial institutions (IDBI, IFCI, ICICI), industry development corporations in Andhra Pradesh (APIDC, APSFC) and Commercial Banks (Andhra Bank, Indian Bank, State Bank of India, Syndicate Bank).