22 Nov 2018 It is that time of the year when air pollution in Delhi is a central preoccupation for all. An unprecedented health hazard is looming upon us, particularly impacting the health of our children and elderly ones. A World Bank report highlights that environmental damage due to air…
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Unanimous Support for New Enterprises
13 Sep 2018 Modi’s Startup India Initiative, on the eve of India’s 69 years of Independence, has changed the entrepreneurial landscape of young India, resulting in a new paradigm of growth and jobs. Also contributing in a significant way to the entrepreneurial ecosystem is India’s mighty entrepreneur community, which is…
The Practice of Yoga to Enhance Workplace Productivity
18 Jun 2018 The United Nations(UN) recognized Yoga as an “ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India”. Today, Yoga is practiced in different forms in various parts of the world and has gained immense popularity over the years. To raise awareness on the many benefits of practicing…
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…
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…
CII at Davos 2018: A Vibrant Forum for Indian Business
18 Jan 2018 In recent times, India has occupied centre stage on the action agenda of every major multinational company in the world. Much of this credit can be attributed to the three decade long partnership between the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). The…
Managing Sustainability
04 Jun 2017 Ten years ago, CII and ITC joined hands to create a unique institution with an unusual but visionary agenda. When the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development was born a decade ago, “sustainability” was barely a footnote in the pages of corporate thought and strategy, more so…
FinTech innovations to drive financial inclusion
21 May 2017 The traditional banking system is undergoing a much-needed digital transformation with changing customer requirements, the need to include the ‘financially excluded’ segment and simultaneous competition from incubators. As an emerging market, the huge untapped financially excluded market in India has space for all—legacy players and incubators—to grow,…
Challenges to growth
25 Apr 2017 While the GDP growth rate remains encouraging, the Indian economy suffers from declining investment, slow industrial growth, overcapacity and rising bank non-performing assets (NPAs). NPAs – Bank NPAs at 9.3% with public sector banks at 11% is a matter of high concern. NPAs are close to Rs…
Inclusive Growth through Greater Collaboration
11 Apr 2017 CII and OECD: Inclusive Growth through Greater Collaboration In a globalized world where there is increasing interdependence among nation’s economic policies and multiple spill-over effects, the role of multilateral organizations like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the global governance they support is…