10 Sep 2018 572 sportspersons. 69 medal winners. 8th Asiad position. In perhaps one of the biggest, recent wins of the Indian youth, the Asian Games 2018, held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, witnessed a spectacular 572-member Indian delegation that had at least 200 sportspersons who were less than 23…
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CII Skill Competitions: Placing India on the Global Skills Map
31 Jul 2018 With India having a low level of formal skill attainments, it is important to make skill training aspirational. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has been engaged since long in helping workers take pride in their skills. One way of doing this is through skill competitions, and CII…
GST Completes a Landmark Year
29 Jun 2018 The historic and transformational Goods and Services Tax (GST) completes one eventful year this week! One of the most significant reforms in the field of indirect taxes in India, the landmark GST was introduced on 1st of July 2017. Its objective was to harmonize the tax regime of…
Access to Credit will Boost MSME Growth
22 Jun 2018 The Indian MSME sector has expanded substantially over the years and contributes significantly to India’s growth and employment. MSMEs contribute approximately 45% of India’s manufacturing output, 40% of the overall Indian exports and provide employment to around 117 million people. With a large presence of MSMEs in…
Ensuring a Sustainable Future: Industry Initiatives
04 Jun 2018 Today, the world faces significant challenges from a variety of environmental issues – climate change, energy efficiency, water use and conservation, biodiversity, and waste management, to name a few. Growing pressure on natural resources, increasing levels of carbon emissions and rising inequalities have the potential to impact…
Strong Q4 GDP Growth Rate Reflects Structural Reforms
01 Jun 2018 In a press release issued on 26 May, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) had stated that the Indian economy has benefited from key structural reforms over the last few years and a higher growth rate can be expected. The GDP growth data brought out by Central…
Indian Economic Outlook 2018-19
27 Mar 2018 As Financial Year 2017-18 (FY18) draws to a close, it is worth taking a look at India’s economic performance over what has been quite an interesting period. While the first quarter of the year saw the impact of demonetisation settling down, in the next quarter, introduction of…
CII Partnership Summit 2018 – Charting New India’s Global Integration Strategy
22 Feb 2018 India is projected to reach the size of a US$ 5 trillion economy by 2025 and is currently the third largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity. With this, India has become the centre stage of global attention and is expected to become a major driver of the global economy…
India at Davos: CII-WEF Partnership through the Years
12 Jan 2018 India at Davos 2018 The WEF annual meeting, in its 48th year, will be held from 23 to 26 January in 2018. This year, the agenda for the meeting is focussed on “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World”. The 2018 annual meeting at Davos promises to be very…
Indian Economy in 2018: Current Status, Prospects and Challenges
29 Dec 2017 With the New Year bells ringing, good news is underway for India as its economy is poised to win back its tag of the fastest growing economy in the world. The recent upgrade of India’s rating by the US based credit rating agency Moody’s (Baa2 from Baa3)…