Rural Business Confidence Index Captures Business Sentiment of the Rural Economy
24 Feb 2022 India is primarily a rural economy with nearly 6.38 lakh villages and 70% of population living in rural areas. The rural economy contributes to 46% of the country’s national incomes and is central to achieving the Government of India’s dual objectives of becoming a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024 and an […]
The Role of Women in India’s Economic Growth Story
07 Mar 2022 A wise man of great intellect and power once said, “The best measure of a nation’s progress is the way it treats its women.” For centuries, women have faced challenges and hurdles and that has bestowed on them infinite patience, perseverance and have only helped them emerge stronger. Over the past few […]
Bolstering Healthcare Infrastructure in Rural India
26 Oct 2022 The pandemic subjected healthcare systems around the world to an unprecedented, intense pressure test. It had a disastrous impact on the Indian healthcare system which crumbled as a result of undue pressure during the pandemic. Thousands of lives were lost in nearly every nation, and India is no exception. This isn’t to […]
From Grassroots Women Leaders to Nation Builders
07 Apr 2022 India has produced several women who have excelled in fields as diverse as aviation, arts, politics, sports, and medicine. Yet for every Falguni Nayar, Founder and CEO of Nyaaka, and Gita Gopinath, economist, the first Deputy Managing Director of IMF, there are hundreds of women who are unable to break the economic […]
CII Foundation Woman Exemplars Win Nari Shakti Puraskar
15 Apr 2022 When a woman perseveres in the face of adversity and demonstrates that she can rise above her circumstances and lead, it paves the way for other women towards empowerment and leadership. Today, when the concept of leadership is still seen through the gender lens. Women, even at the grassroots level, are proving […]
Hastening the Vaccination Drive
18 May 2021 The second wave of Covid-19 is now firmly upon us- triggered by new variants of the virus which appear to be spreading faster than anticipated. The magnitude of the spread is far more pervasive, and the surge is much more severe than that experienced last year. Not surprisingly, the second wave has […]
The Crisis that’s Coming: Here’s How to Tackle This
20 May 2021 “Patients are dying in ICU because there are no nurses and doctors” is going to be the headline news after we address the oxygen shortage. Based on data from the first Covid wave, positivity rate should remain at 25-30 per cent for the next 3-4 months. Every day over 3 lakh people […]
CII COVID-19 Relief and Rehabilitation Initiatives
26 May 2021 The second wave of Coronavirus currently sweeping across the country is causing large-scale hardship and economic disruption in the country, which has already been facing enormous challenges since the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020. As India’s leading industry association, CII and the CII Foundation, and affiliates played a key role in providing […]
CII Recommendations for the Vaccine Drive
27 May 2021 Since the beginning of April 2021, many states in India have experienced a rather virulent second surge and this has thrown up multiple challenges. India’s healthcare systems and personnel have been stretched, and the multiple cracks in our healthcare infrastructure was exposed. Many states in the country witnessed a shortage in hospital […]
Food Safety – an Imperative in the New Normal
07 Jun 2021 The pandemic has accelerated the priority of some areas, food safety being one of them. With the growing awareness on increasing our immunity, the intake of safe, wholesome and hygienic food has become central to our priorities. Essentially COVID is a health pandemic. Food and health are intricately linked to one another, […]