17 Jul 2020 Sustainability as a concept and practice is gaining wider acceptance today, both amongst people as well as enterprises. In 2005, Mr Y C Deveshwar, Chairman and Managing Director, ITC Ltd., who was the President of CII at the time, put forth the idea of a Centre of…
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CII@125: The Merger and the Move to Delhi
16 Jul 2020 As socio-political changes swept across independent India, the two engineering associations redoubled their efforts for growth of the industry. The Indian Engineering Association (IEA) with its British origins was affiliated to the formidable Bengal Chamber of Commerce and through it to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and…
Revitalizing the Travel and Tourism Industry
14 Jul 2020 The tourism and hospitality industry contributes significantly to the Indian economy and accounts for 9.2% of the country’s GDP. It employs close to 8.1% of the population, with the total contribution to forex at approximately USD 28 billion. The significance of the industry to the nation’s economic…
Does competition law apply during crises?
09 Jul 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted businesses and the livelihoods of millions of people at a global level. Although global supply chains have been impacted, businesses are coming together to find solutions and ways to ensure uninterrupted supply of essentials. In these unprecedented times as companies come together…
Global Trends
08 Jul 2020 As the world continues to reel under the impact of the novel coronavirus, the global economic situation is getting worse by the day. The latest GDP data from the major economies reveals that the economic activity around the world has crumbled in the aftermath of the pandemic.…
The GST journey has been transformative
06 Jul 2020 The historical Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime was rolled out on July 1, 2017, with the expectation that multiple central and state taxes would be subsumed in one tax, with the tagline of “One Nation One Tax”. As it completes three years, it is evident that…
Indian Start-ups Shaping the Nation’s Economy
03 Jul 2020 There has been a significant rise in the number of start-ups in India in the last few years and a large number of start-ups have been launched across diverse sectors such as fintech, AI (Artificial Intelligence), medtech, edtech, hospitality, automobiles and more. There was an addition of more…
New Era of Quality Production in India
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…
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…