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…
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CII@125: The Post-Independence Era (1947-1960)
30 Jun 2020 1947 was a historic year for India. The country was free of foreign rule and there was hope and expectation as a new India began emerging. While the yoke of colonial rule had been thrown off, the Indian economy was still largely colonial – foreign firms dominated…
Eliminating Food Wastage to Eradicate Hunger
28 Jun 2020 French lawyer, politician and gastronome, Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once said: “Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.” Across cultures and countries, food is at the centre of existence, and food wastage seen as being irreverent towards the millions devoted to producing it…
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,…
On the rise: Energy Efficient Technologies
26 Jun 2020 According to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the global energy-related CO2 emissions flattened in 2019 at around 33 Gigatonnes (Gt), after consecutive increase over the last two years. As the world grapples with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the energy sector, as others, continues to…
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…
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…