25 Jun 2020 Logistics and supply chain management is an integral part of any business. India, which has steadily adopted ‘smart’ technologically empowered operations has seen a major transformation in logistics and supply chain management as well, which reflects a growing concern for environmentally responsible economic activity even as the…
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Digital infrastructure – Backbone of an economy
24 Jun 2020 India is witnessing a major digital revolution. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in its report, Digital Infrastructure, Backbone of a Digital Economy stated that as of September 2019, India was one of the fastest-growing markets with the digital consumer base comprising of 119.52 crore telecom…
Sustaining India’s Power and Renewable Energy Sector in the Wake of COVID-19
23 Jun 2020 The nation-wide lockdown, necessitated by the Coronavirus outbreak, has had repercussions on the already-slowing Indian economy, including the power and renewable energy (RE) sector, which has witnessed a sharp drop in demand due to the lockdown. According to a CII White Paper on Sustaining India’s Power and…
The Wonder that is Nanotechnology and its Role in Reshaping Agriculture
23 Jun 2020 Study and research of nanoparticles as a dedicated discipline of science would have been considered a fantasy until a few decades ago. Tiny gadgets with ginormous capacities, computers the size of textbooks with processing speeds infinitely higher than the earliest of space crafts, synthetic compounds to enter…
Holistic Development in Early Childhood Years – Anganwadi Centres
20 Jun 2020 Every society is responsible for the health and well-being of its children. It is a well-known fact that the early years (0-5) in a child’s life are crucial. These years shape a child’s growth, physically, mentally and emotionally, and lay the foundation for their learning and holistic…
CII@125: The Tale of Two Associations
19 Jun 2020 The journey of the association formed in 1895 to CII in 1992 has been eventful and intertwined with the journey of India. At the doorstep of World War II, India was still dominated by the British – they controlled the service and industry sectors, except cotton textiles,…
IGBC Green Village Rating System- Encouraging Villages to go Green
18 Jun 2020 Mahatma Gandhi said the soul of India lives in her villages. With 6,40,000 villages and more than 83 crore people in villages accounting for almost 65% of India’s rural population, India truly lives in her villages. Villages form an important part of India’s sustainable development agenda. For…
CII Releases 6th Edition of its Flagship Report: Indian Roots, American Soil 2020
16 Jun 2020 On 15 June, 2020, CII released its sixth Indian Roots, American Soil survey report highlighting the footprint of Indian Industry across the United States. Indian companies are investing heavily in the US, and over the past decade, CII has risen to the challenge as the sole aggregator of the hard…
The Internet of Things Ecosystem
14 Jun 2020 The internet of things (IoT) is a system of interconnected devices, and machines through the internet over a large network which are capable of transferring data without human intervention. India, at the forefront of a major digital revolution with major sectors such as Banking, Financial Services, and…
COVID-19: Measures to revive growth during unlock 1.0
14 Jun 2020 As India moves to Unlock 1.0 and economic activity resumes, the focus must be on getting growth back on track and reinvigorating the economy. A high degree of uncertainty will characterise the new paradigm that the economy will enter, yet it is imperative to take bold and…