23 Jul 2021 Ayurveda and holistic healing have been an integral part of Indian culture and tradition. The methods and techniques prescribed in the classical books are eternal and contemporary, and have attracted the attention of a global audience. The pandemic has increased our focus on immunity, health, and overall…
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India & the Future of Automotive Industry
22 Jul 2021 What will lead to the change in the automotive industry? Would it be Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Thing (IoT), alternate fuels, or Electric Vehicles? Or would it be an amalgamation of all these? Let’s find out how each of these aspects will shape the future of…
The role that industry could play in India’s Indo-Pacific outreach
21 Jul 2021 The geostrategic relevance of the Indo- Pacific expanse, with rim countries of two oceans, has gained currency over the past year, deriving from aspirations of nations to diversify alliances and equations. A free, open, inclusive and rules-based architecture with security as a core pillar is the underlying…
Indian Process Industry: Using TPM Methodology for Sustainable Profit Growth
20 Jul 2021 Introduced in the year 1969 in Nippon Denso, Japan, the primary focus of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is to establish the concept of Zero Failure of Equipment extending to Production Efficiency Enhancement. Adopted in 1991 by the Cement Industry in India, CII in collaboration with Japan Institute…
A Step Forward in Green Transit
19 Jul 2021 The Indian Government has set ambitious environmental targets for the next few decade and CII has been contributing to this movement by creating new benchmarks and services that facilitate seamless adoption of green concepts. IGBC is spearheading the 21st century green building movement in India. As on…
Benefits of Planned Maintenance: The TPM Approach
16 Jul 2021 Breakdowns forms one of the major losses which carve into machine availability affecting the overall equipment efficiency. A detailed analysis was done by the CII Institute of Quality (CII-IQ) covering around 70 Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practicing companies from both domestic and overseas. The data covers various segments of…
Restarting with a Healthy Workforce
03 Jul 2021 India’s second COVID-19 wave has resulted in the unfolding of an unprecedented health crisis. The Government has rightly allowed vaccinations to the larger age-group of 18+ years which could provide some succour in the months to come. CII has been actively working to assist the Government with…
A New Industrial Policy for Building Back Better
13 Jul 2021 COVID-19 and the containment policies adopted to address it have imposed a significant cost on the Indian economy. GDP is estimated to have contracted by 7.3 per cent in 2020-21. The loss of employment and incomes, as documented by multiple surveys such as the CMIE’s Consumer Pyramids…
Reviving Employment and Livelihoods in India: Covid-19 and After
12 Jul 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has delivered a tremendous blow to the global economy. In India, two waves of infections with associated containment measures have caused a massive disruption in the labour market. As the economy emerges from the second wave, far deadlier than the first, it is necessary…
The lightning speed of COVID vaccine development
09 Jul 2021 Vaccine development, before COVID-19, took years or decades. A look at the brief history of vaccine development[1] shows how far we have come. Since the advent of COVID-19, it did not take even a year to develop the first COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was the first vaccine to…