PM Inaugurates CII Annual Session 2020
08 Jun 2020 “First of all, congratulations to all of you for successfully completing 125 years! Congratulations! There must have been several milestones; you must have faced many ups and downs but running an organization for 125 years is a big thing in itself. I would like to congratulate all the stalwarts including the former […]
Mitigating Disasters
10 Jun 2020 India’s geography is as diverse, vivid and vibrant as its demography. The Himalayas in the north to deserts, plateaus and a 7000+ kilometres coastline gives India unique geo-climatic conditions, which also makes the country vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters. Floods are the most common natural disaster in India. Earthquakes, cyclones, drought, […]
CII Theme 2020-21: Building India For a New World – Lives, Livelihood, Growth
11 Jun 2020 As we are pulled out of BC (Before Covid) and learn to live through DC (During Covid), we must prepare for AC (After Covid) so that the new world we are all moving towards is equitable and sustainable while being focused on growth and development. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), which […]
The Internet of Things Ecosystem
14 Jun 2020 The internet of things (IoT) is a system of interconnected devices, and machines through the internet over a large network which are capable of transferring data without human intervention. India, at the forefront of a major digital revolution with major sectors such as Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI), retail, etc. embracing […]
COVID-19: Measures to revive growth during unlock 1.0
14 Jun 2020 As India moves to Unlock 1.0 and economic activity resumes, the focus must be on getting growth back on track and reinvigorating the economy. A high degree of uncertainty will characterise the new paradigm that the economy will enter, yet it is imperative to take bold and innovative measures to navigate through […]
CII Releases 6th Edition of its Flagship Report: Indian Roots, American Soil 2020
16 Jun 2020 On 15 June, 2020, CII released its sixth Indian Roots, American Soil survey report highlighting the footprint of Indian Industry across the United States. Indian companies are investing heavily in the US, and over the past decade, CII has risen to the challenge as the sole aggregator of the hard data and statistics necessary in […]
IGBC Green Village Rating System- Encouraging Villages to go Green
18 Jun 2020 Mahatma Gandhi said the soul of India lives in her villages. With 6,40,000 villages and more than 83 crore people in villages accounting for almost 65% of India’s rural population, India truly lives in her villages. Villages form an important part of India’s sustainable development agenda. For India to grow, its villages […]
Rising North East
21 Nov 2019 A land of verdant, undulating hills and plains with a variety of flora and fauna, the North East Region (NER) of India comprises of 8 states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, each fascinating and beautiful in its own way. This region today is presented with a trillion-dollar business opportunity. […]
CII@125: The Tale of Two Associations
19 Jun 2020 The journey of the association formed in 1895 to CII in 1992 has been eventful and intertwined with the journey of India. At the doorstep of World War II, India was still dominated by the British – they controlled the service and industry sectors, except cotton textiles, sugar, cement and paper, with […]
Holistic Development in Early Childhood Years – Anganwadi Centres
20 Jun 2020 Every society is responsible for the health and well-being of its children. It is a well-known fact that the early years (0-5) in a child’s life are crucial. These years shape a child’s growth, physically, mentally and emotionally, and lay the foundation for their learning and holistic development. The maximum brain development […]