03 Feb 2022 The Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2022, has several forward-looking reforms and announcements that are expected to re-energise the growth engines of the economy. Progressive and growth-oriented, this year’s Budget has introduced wide-ranging reforms across sectors focussing on infrastructure, digital economy,…
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E-Vidya: Promoting Digital and Financial Literacy Amongst Underprivileged Women
27 Jan 2022 The Covid-19 pandemic accentuated several social inequalities. Amongst many others, inequalities in terms of access and use of information technology and financial services were stark. While the gender, social and geo-political barriers to digital financial access and the severity of barriers differ vastly by country, in India,…
Union Budget 2022-23: Fostering a Stable Policy Environment
24 Jan 2022 With a week to go before the presentation of the Union Budget, considerable anticipation has started building up among economic players about what would be in store for them on the Budget day. Hence, at a time when the economy is showing distinct signs of recovery and…
Budget must pave way for ambitious decadal growth
21 Jan 2022 India’s economy has seen a sharp rebound after the first two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic and is expected to be the fastest growing major economy this year. It’s time for us to be ambitious and aim to be the fastest growing major economy for at least…
Economic Recovery Post the Pandemic
21 Jan 2022 The pandemic affected economies around the world, with China being the only major economy registering positive growth in 2020. The policy support of the governments, vaccinations, a better understanding of the virus and how to deal with it, have all brought growth back. However, the post pandemic…
Electronics: The Fuel for New Age Automobiles
18 Jan 2022 Indian Automotive Industry has seen phenomenal growth and progress in last two decades coupled with intensified use of electronics. This has coincided with huge growth and proliferation of information technology and digitization, as also, triggered by growing concerns around vehicular emissions, safety and impact on environment. Indian…
Client Experience (CX): Developing Trends and the Future
14 Jan 2022 Increased consumer expectations are making old business models of engagement obsolete and driving new transformations every day. Today, a product or service is expected to add value in a client’s life directly and be aligned to a company’s purpose. Digital has become, therefore, a key differentiator in…
Will the Hybrid Work Model be Another “New Normal” in the Future?
30 Dec 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the realisation that offices will never be the same again. Most of the companies and their employees have recognised the benefits of working remotely during the pandemic. While it is surreal to think that traditional office spaces will completely disappear, the…
The CII Partnership Summit 2021- A Global Platform
27 Dec 2021 As the world bounces back from the effects of the pandemic, there is a need of concerted, combined and coordinated efforts towards ensuring sustainable single-speed recovery, while addressing rising challenges of inequality, climate change, and technology advance & adaptation. CII, in collaboration with the Department for Promotion…
Frugal Innovation for a National Challenge
22 Dec 2021 Human creativity is a natural, infinitely renewable resource, and it is coming up with smart, affordable solutions to people’s biggest problems, transforming adversity into opportunity, turning something of seemingly low value into something highly valuable. Frugal innovation is about creating advantage out of constraint. Faced with scarce…