22 Mar 2018 Water scarcity and pollution presents a significant risk to companies, with the potential to disrupt their operations. Even companies that have managed the resource well within their fence through various improved water efficiency measures, are prone to risk of closure due to water resource challenges from outside…
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CII Partnership Summit 2018 – Charting New India’s Global Integration Strategy
22 Feb 2018 India is projected to reach the size of a US$ 5 trillion economy by 2025 and is currently the third largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity. With this, India has become the centre stage of global attention and is expected to become a major driver of the global economy…
CII at Davos 2018: A Vibrant Forum for Indian Business
18 Jan 2018 In recent times, India has occupied centre stage on the action agenda of every major multinational company in the world. Much of this credit can be attributed to the three decade long partnership between the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). The…
India at Davos: CII-WEF Partnership through the Years
12 Jan 2018 India at Davos 2018 The WEF annual meeting, in its 48th year, will be held from 23 to 26 January in 2018. This year, the agenda for the meeting is focussed on “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World”. The 2018 annual meeting at Davos promises to be very…
Indian Economy in 2018: Current Status, Prospects and Challenges
29 Dec 2017 With the New Year bells ringing, good news is underway for India as its economy is poised to win back its tag of the fastest growing economy in the world. The recent upgrade of India’s rating by the US based credit rating agency Moody’s (Baa2 from Baa3)…
Facilitating Technology to Drive Competitiveness
01 Nov 2017 Technology, driven by innovation, is key to achieving inclusive growth and development. Recognizing this fact, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has been holding the prestigious CII Technology Summit as an annual flagship event for the past 22 years in partnership with the Department of Science and…
Economic Cheer for Festive Season!
17 Oct 2017 Ahead of Diwali, several economic indicators have turned positive, adding a good note to the festivities! The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that India will grow at 7.4% in 2018 and also expects the country to regain the tag of ‘fastest growing major economy’. Recent reforms such as the…
Managing Sustainability
04 Jun 2017 Ten years ago, CII and ITC joined hands to create a unique institution with an unusual but visionary agenda. When the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development was born a decade ago, “sustainability” was barely a footnote in the pages of corporate thought and strategy, more so…
Industry 4.0 : Change is Inevitable!
29 May 2017 Big Data and AI (artificial intelligence) are changing the manufacturing sector making it safer, faster, and potentially error free. Managing Director, Lincoln Electric, S Sundarram expounds on these trends. Big Data and AI will play a huge role in Industry 4.0 as the 4th industrial revolution will…
Policy Focus
29 May 2017 1.Cabinet approves setting up of Rail Development Authority The Union government has approved the setting up Rail Development Authority (RDA), an independent regulator to recommend passenger and freight fares and set service level benchmarks. Setting up of RDA will help improve the services offered to passengers, provide…