25 Jan 2021 Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. – Nelson Mandela A good education is the key to progress, both at the individual and social level. India adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, wherein Goal 4 is to ensure “inclusive and…
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Budget 2021: Make it inclusive and substantive
22 Jan 2021 Budget 2021 is being presented under exceptional conditions. This is borne out from the advance estimates that show India’s GDP growth to contract by 7.7% in 2020-21, the worst in four decades. The reverberations of this are being felt on lives, livelihood and growth. GoI has been quick…
15th CII-ITC Sustainability Awards
13 Jan 2021 CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD), nurtures companies with a view to enabling them to compete, expand opportunity and excel in the current dynamic business environments. With this objective, the Centre continues to campaign for the adoption of sustainable business practices by Indian companies. Instituted…
Sambhav – Enabling Possibilities
21 Jan 2021 The Confederation of Indian Industry launched the India Business and Disability Network last year to further the cause of inclusion, especially amongst corporates. Launched in partnership with the Employers’ Federation of India (EFI) and ILO – CII Global Business and Disability Network (CII IBDN) is a platform…
Focus Areas for Union Budget 2021-22
20 Jan 2021 The year 2020 will not be easily forgotten as the year that reset all aspects of our lives. The pandemic affected the most important parameters of existence, namely healthcare and the economy. The GDP contracted by 15.7% during April-September 2020, the worst in recent history. In this…
Rebuilding Lives – Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation
19 Jan 2021 January 19 is celebrated as the National Disaster Response Force Raising Day. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was constituted in 2006, a year after the enactment of the Disaster Management Act of 2005. The Act was a result of the strongly felt need for a disaster management…
CII Task Force on COVID Vaccine
18 Jan 2021 India began the world’s biggest vaccination drive on January 16, 2020. The target is to inoculate 30 crore people viz. healthcare workers, frontline workers, people above 50 years of age, and people with comorbidities in the first phase. Indian industry has been closely involved with the mission…
The budget must tackle India’s prevailing economic uncertainty
14 Jan 2021 The numerous prompt and decisive relief and reform measures announced by the government in the recent past to manage the impact of the covid pandemic on Indian industry and the overall economy have led to a distinct turnaround in India’s growth trajectory. Improved trends in agricultural production,…
Giving the Young a Cause
08 Jan 2021 India is a democracy of the young – talented and restless in equal measure. Demographic dividend is the expected game changer for the country. By 2030, about 250 million of its youth will enter the job market and make significant contributions to domestic and global growth. But…
2021, A year that embodies hope
07 Jan 2021 The year of the virus has just ended and there is much reason for hope in 2021. Several vaccines are ready for use and the government is preparing for a massive rollout across the country. Economic activity, which had come to a standstill in the initial months…