Assessing Inclusion in Corporates: CII-GPTW Workplace Inclusion Index
09 Feb 2021 Over the last few decades, with the greater movement of people within the country, especially from rural to urban areas, and availability of better educational opportunities, CII set up the Indian Women Network (IWN) and India Business and Disability Network (IBDN) as vehicles to champion and promote diversity and inclusion practices among […]
‘Atmanirbhar’ in Defence Production
16 Feb 2021 Since its opening for private sector participation in 2001, the Indian Aerospace and Defence Sector has grown steadily. In recent years, it has marked its presence, albeit in a small way, in the global market as well. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the Defence Industry in the same manner as in other sectors […]
Potential for the defence industry
24 Feb 2021 2020 was a tough year for the industry, filled with challenges and unprecedented circumstances not seen in nearly 100 years. The Covid-19 pandemic has been a great leveller, affecting everyone, regardless of organisational parameters including size, maturity, geographical locations or individual parameters including age, gender, race and country of residence. Thankfully, with […]
CII Movement on Low Cost Automation: Building a competitive Industrial Ecosystem
10 Mar 2021 CII initiative on Low Cost Automation (LCA) and Digitalisation Robotics & Automation (DRA) Movement towards Industry 4.0 started in December 2018. The first-ever, ‘National Level Competition on Low Cost Automation,’ was the first step to catalyze LCA a methodology for value automation culture building. A CII Core Committee on LCA & […]
Powering the Indian Manufacturing Sector
15 Mar 2021 With the objectives of making Indian manufacturers globally competitive and making India an integral part of the global supply chain, the Government introduced the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to boost domestic manufacturing in India, in the three sectors of large-scale electronics manufacturing, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals to begin with. The idea […]
The Partnership Summit 2020 Report: A Useful Guide for Future Policymaking
23 Mar 2021 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in collaboration with the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, held the largest ever Partnership Summit over a virtual platform during 15-18 December 2020. The Partnership Summit, CII’s annual flagship international event, provides a global platform for dialogue, […]
Leading through the Crisis of 2020
24 Mar 2021 Circa March 2020: World War-C is upon us. Our world as we know it is on an indefinite pause. We have moved into the seemingly safer cocoons of our homes. Work has come to a standstill. The unseen enemy has slammed sudden brakes on all our lives. Nothing is certain anymore. Rulebooks […]
Space sector – a look into the post-reform scenario
09 Apr 2021 16th May 2020 was a historic day for all those who were looking at the Indian space domain as the new frontier for business. Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of space sector reforms gave a boost to investors, start-ups and corporates which were looking to venture into this promising new domain. […]
E-commerce Empowering SMEs
14 Apr 2021 Digital transformation is no longer a trend or buzz phrase. It is rather the evolution of how business is conducted in the digital age. Consumer preference is shifting from shops, supermarkets, and shopping malls to online marketplaces for the purchase of products, ranging from basic commodities to branded goods. The pandemic accelerated […]
Indian Infrastructure Sector: Key to Atmanirbhar Bharat
16 Apr 2021 Paul Krugman in the aftermath of the 2008 great recession wrote, “The usual argument against public works as economic stimulus is that they take too long: by the time you get around to repairing that bridge and upgrading that rail line, the slump is over and the stimulus isn’t needed. Well, that […]