13 Apr 2021 As Covid-19 cases are beginning to spike for a second time and surpass the peaks of the first wave in India, several states are seeing lockdown trends re-emerge in the form of night curfews, weekend lockdowns and restrictions in operations of sectors like hotels, restaurants, shopping malls,…
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Space sector – a look into the post-reform scenario
09 Apr 2021 16th May 2020 was a historic day for all those who were looking at the Indian space domain as the new frontier for business. Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement of space sector reforms gave a boost to investors, start-ups and corporates which were looking to venture…
CII – TB Free Workplaces Campaign
07 Apr 2021 Tuberculosis (TB) continues to plague the Indian public health system with drastically high infection and morbidity rates. The World Health Organization (WHO) TB statistics for India for 2019 estimated TB incidence 2.4 million cases, with estimates showing that close to 40% of the Indian population is infected…
Leading through the Crisis of 2020
24 Mar 2021 Circa March 2020: World War-C is upon us. Our world as we know it is on an indefinite pause. We have moved into the seemingly safer cocoons of our homes. Work has come to a standstill. The unseen enemy has slammed sudden brakes on all our lives.…
The Partnership Summit 2020 Report: A Useful Guide for Future Policymaking
23 Mar 2021 The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in collaboration with the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, held the largest ever Partnership Summit over a virtual platform during 15-18 December 2020. The Partnership Summit, CII’s annual flagship international event, provides…
A robust economic relationship
17 Mar 2021 Under the new U.S. administration, the economic relationship with India can be expected to be on the radar as India has enjoyed bipartisan support in the U.S. A closer economic partnership would bring gains to both sides in terms of GDP, employment, and productivity, given the…
CII Young Indians: Leading the Change
16 Mar 2021 Are you a young person thinking of shaping India’s future development? Young Indians is just the right platform. A strong and resilient India needs young leaders who can inspire others and transform the country with their actions. Such young leaders are problem solvers and have a…
Powering the Indian Manufacturing Sector
15 Mar 2021 With the objectives of making Indian manufacturers globally competitive and making India an integral part of the global supply chain, the Government introduced the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to boost domestic manufacturing in India, in the three sectors of large-scale electronics manufacturing, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals…
CII Movement on Low Cost Automation: Building a competitive Industrial Ecosystem
10 Mar 2021 CII initiative on Low Cost Automation (LCA) and Digitalisation Robotics & Automation (DRA) Movement towards Industry 4.0 started in December 2018. The first-ever, ‘National Level Competition on Low Cost Automation,’ was the first step to catalyze LCA a methodology for value automation culture building. A CII Core…
The New World of 5G
08 Mar 2021 5th generation mobile network or 5G has lately been the star of the telecom industry. The much-talked-about new generation wireless standard is designed to be integrative, connecting devices and machines all around us. Before we begin to understand the what, why, and how of 5G, let’s quickly…