GST Completes a Landmark Year
29 Jun 2018 The historic and transformational Goods and Services Tax (GST) completes one eventful year this week! One of the most significant reforms in the field of indirect taxes in India, the landmark GST was introduced on 1st of July 2017. Its objective was to harmonize the tax regime of the country through the […]
GDP data has to be Comprehensive and include Productivity & Quality
CII Skill Competitions: Placing India on the Global Skills Map
31 Jul 2018 With India having a low level of formal skill attainments, it is important to make skill training aspirational. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has been engaged since long in helping workers take pride in their skills. One way of doing this is through skill competitions, and CII has organized these competitions […]
Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in India
14 Jun 2019 India has one of the most stringent corporate governance framework in the world. The legislators have been introducing various changes in the governance structure of companies and various other investment vehicles to make them more transparent and robust. In 2013, the parliament enacted the Companies Act 2013 (“Act”), which brought in the […]
The Business of Yoga
20 Jun 2019 Yoga has been an integral part of Indian culture since times immemorial and has been practiced across the country by many people. This ancient Indian science, which brings harmony between the mind and body, was taken to the western world by Swami Vivekanand, who popularized it there and found many ardent followers […]
5G: Speeding Up the Internet
25 Jun 2019 Digital technologies are progressively touching and influencing our daily lives. Whether it is e-commerce or content consumption, the internet is here to stay. There are two things that are influencing this change. Smartphones have not only established mobile computing and communication; its features and capabilities are improving by the day. Simultaneously, the […]
India @ 75 – A Vision for India
13 Aug 2018 India@75 is a pathbreaking initiative that was adopted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 2008-09 with a view to building a new India, that is inclusive, sustainable and progressive by 2022, the year when India celebrates 75 years of Independence. India@75 looks at a collaborative approach and seeks to […]
INDIA AT ASIAN GAMES 2018- YOUNG BLOOD, FRESH VICTORIES!
10 Sep 2018 572 sportspersons. 69 medal winners. 8th Asiad position. In perhaps one of the biggest, recent wins of the Indian youth, the Asian Games 2018, held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, witnessed a spectacular 572-member Indian delegation that had at least 200 sportspersons who were less than 23 years of age. And […]
The Culture of Remote Work
26 Jun 2019 Every time one gets caught in a traffic jam on the way to office, one thinks of working remotely. Employers too are toying with the idea of remote work. The good news is that gradually, remote work as a concept is gaining ground. Just as data processing moved from centralised to distributed, […]
Budget should focus on reviving demand
26 Jun 2019 The first Union Budget of the Narendra Modi government’s second term is widely expected to announce fresh measures to reinvigorate demand drivers, given that the slowdown in growth is becoming firmly entrenched. With economic growth hitting a five-year low of 6.8 per cent in 2019-20, the need of the hour is […]