Recommendations for Pharmaceuticals industry
27 Nov 2019 The Indian pharma industry, along with biotechnology, has the potential to grow to $ 200 billion by 2025. CII recommends the following measures to tap this potential. Short-term Measures 1. Industry Image and Quality Every third pill swallowed in the US is from India, and the case is similar in many other […]
Select E-Commerce in India E-Commerce in India

27 Jun 2020 The outbreak of Coronavirus, which has limited physical movement due to the lockdown, has turned the spotlight on the digital and virtual. India, in fact, over the last decade has been evolving into a digitally empowered society. Increasing penetration of smartphones, rapidly increasing internet bandwidth and speeds, propensity for digital payments, favourable […]
Recommendations for Capital Goods industry
28 Nov 2019 The capital goods sector serves all sectors of the manufacturing economy. A robust, efficient and technologically-advanced capital goods sector can provide a boost to overall manufacturing in India. The Government envisions to become a $ 5 trillion economy in the next 7 years from the current $ 2.5 trillion, and the manufacturing […]
New Era of Quality Production in India

02 Jul 2020 Against the backdrop of COVID-19, as businesses and the economy gets impacted, quality will play a key role as a differentiator and help companies deliver products and services that exceed customer expectations and help the company expand its market. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) took a lead in setting up the […]
Towards a Sustainable Construction Equipment Industry
09 Dec 2019 With global warming emerging as the new buzzword and climate change problems causing growing concern among people worldwide, many industries are bolstering their efforts to become environmentally conscious; the Construction Equipment (CE) industry too isn’t far behind in this journey. According to a recent report of leading UK construction companies, around […]
Building India-Japan Business Cooperation

07 Jul 2020 India and Japan share long-standing economic ties, which have significantly progressed over the years. The signing of the historic Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Japan in 2011 gave an impetus to the bilateral relationship and expanded economic and commercial relations between the two sides. With multiple changes impacting the […]
Does competition law apply during crises?

09 Jul 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted businesses and the livelihoods of millions of people at a global level. Although global supply chains have been impacted, businesses are coming together to find solutions and ways to ensure uninterrupted supply of essentials. In these unprecedented times as companies come together to face the challenges, they […]
Revitalizing the Travel and Tourism Industry

14 Jul 2020 The tourism and hospitality industry contributes significantly to the Indian economy and accounts for 9.2% of the country’s GDP. It employs close to 8.1% of the population, with the total contribution to forex at approximately USD 28 billion. The significance of the industry to the nation’s economic well-being cannot be emphasized as […]
Strengthening SMEs in India While Combatting COVID-19

21 Jul 2020 COVID-19, which has gripped the entire world has not only created an unprecedented human health crisis but also a major disruption in economic activity. This can be validated by IMF’s projection that the global economy may shrink by over 3.0 per cent in 2020 – the steepest slowdown since the Great Depression […]
The CII Big Picture Summit: Perspectives on India’s M&E Industry
12 Dec 2019 India’s Media and Entertainment (M&E) industry is one of the country’s champion sectors as declared by the Government of India. It has many achievements it can be proud of. One of these is its far-reaching impact not only by way of influencing people, but also employment: it employs over 5 million people, […]