Select Rewriting the Indian Toy Story Rewriting the Indian Toy Story
23 Aug 2022 Another step towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat, India’s toy industry is making significant strides on a global level in terms of toy manufacturing. Growth and development in the toy industry is not only playing a key role in reducing dependency on imports, but is also expanding our export capacity and contributing significantly towards India’s […]
Internationalisation and India: Moving Towards India@100
25 Aug 2022 Indian Industry’s internationalisation journey since Independence has traversed several peaks and troughs. As a new nation took shape, the years after 1947 necessitated import and export controls and strict conservation of foreign exchange. While joint ventures with foreign companies for technology transfer were set up in the country, Indian companies also ventured […]
Why should Industry Invest in Brand Development? Designing Brand India
17 Dec 2021 The past decades saw the rise of brands across the world. Global trade paradigms shifted exponentially with changes in international trade policies and the emergence of new markets, enabling expansion for businesses. Companies from Europe, United States and Southeast Asia established their foothold across continents. Globalization and the rise of consumerism created […]
India@100: Fostering Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
26 Aug 2022 As Independent India turns 75 this year, it is an imperative to foster sustainable and inclusive economic growth, protecting people and the planet. Collaboration between business, Government, and society can surely spur economic growth that benefits everyone without destroying the planet. Extreme weather and climate change impacts across Asia in 2020 caused […]
Catapulting Economic Growth with Infrastructure Development
29 Aug 2022 Conventionally, infrastructure development encompasses creation of robust transport & communication systems, civic amenities, power & energy generation / supply facilities, etc. Major infrastructure development initiatives were undertaken by western block countries through the 50s and 60s. China followed suit, though the 80s and 90s. But India’s story unfolded rather late, mostly after […]
The stepping stones in the post-pandemic world
21 Dec 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted lives and livelihoods across the world; an economic catastrophe that affected growth, trade and investments, and employment, among others. Governments, global institutions, industry, academia and non-profit organisations around the world have joined hands to tackle the global challenge and help countries rebuild their economies. The novel […]
Unlocking India’s Manufacturing Potential
31 Aug 2022 The last two years have undoubtedly left an indelible mark on the Indian industry, and manufacturing has been one of those key industries that were impacted the most. Capacity planning, inventory management, logistics, and labour – all were completely upended for manufacturing units. The last quarter demonstrated a slow GDP growth of […]
Frugal Innovation for a National Challenge
22 Dec 2021 Human creativity is a natural, infinitely renewable resource, and it is coming up with smart, affordable solutions to people’s biggest problems, transforming adversity into opportunity, turning something of seemingly low value into something highly valuable. Frugal innovation is about creating advantage out of constraint. Faced with scarce resources and institutional voids, frugal […]
Transformation in Ease of Doing Business Environment
07 Sep 2022 At the heart of EoDB reforms in India has been an extensive focus on rationalisation and digitalisation of regulatory compliances, encompassing the entire business cycle from start to exit. Recently, a senior industry leader shared his first-hand experience of improved Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in the country, mentioning how the allocation […]
The CII Partnership Summit 2021- A Global Platform
27 Dec 2021 As the world bounces back from the effects of the pandemic, there is a need of concerted, combined and coordinated efforts towards ensuring sustainable single-speed recovery, while addressing rising challenges of inequality, climate change, and technology advance & adaptation. CII, in collaboration with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade […]