Confederation Of Indian Industry

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Confederation of Indian Industry

The Niti Aayog booklet explains that the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP) is to be financed through the National Monetisation Pipeline. (PTI Photo)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Govt can’t leave it to pvt sector to spend on infra

The private sector in India is not too keen to get into infrastructure projects

01 Sep 2021 1:50 AM

Ministry of Commerce & Industry said said the exhibition is an attempt towards enhancing Indian services bar in the global arena by exploring 12 champion services sectors, encompassing participation from 100 countries and hosting sector specific knowledge sessions.

Services exhibition to be held from Nov 26-28 in Bengaluru to attract investment

The 5th edition of GES 2019 is being held from November 26-28 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, the release said.

10 Nov 2019 7:12 PM

"The issue of GSP has been done in a little bit of haste...It is certainly going to hurt us, especially small item exporters," said CII President Vikram Kirloskar. (Photo: File | Youtube screengrab)

US decision to withdraw GSP incentives taken in haste, will hurt exporters: CII

CII President Vikram Kirloskar expressed hope that US and India would find an amicable solution to this issue.

03 Jun 2019 3:50 PM

FICCI said the new government should cut corporate and individual taxes, expand a programme of handing 6,000 rupees (USD 86) a year to poor farmers to boost consumption demand.

India's economy big worry for PM Modi, needs stimulus: FICCI

The economy grew 6.6 per cent in the three months to December - the slowest pace in five quarters.

28 May 2019 2:44 PM

CII would focus on high growth sectors like manufacturing, automobiles, information and communication technology as part of its move to enhance industry's core competitiveness, said Southern Region Chairman Sanjay Jayarathnavelu.

CII to focus on enhancing industry competency, job creation

Employment generation would focus on education, skills, livelihood, human resource development.

15 May 2019 7:38 PM

With the new e-commerce policy aiming to bring a level playing field between online and offline players, experts said the customer footfalls in retail malls are also likely to go up.

Footfall in retail malls likely to increase: Experts

The Indian retail market is forecasted to reach $1,750 billion by 2026 from $670 billion in 2017, a growth of over 150 per cent.

27 Feb 2019 4:02 AM

The minister said by 2030, the country is expected to become the third largest economy in the world with a huge middle class. (Photo: File)

ComMin sets USD 50 billion bilateral trade target with Russia by '25

USD 50 billion target set for bilateral trade between India and Russia over the next seven years: CR Chaudhary.

21 Feb 2019 5:29 PM

The relaxation in recognition of an entity as a startup by increasing the turnover limit to Rs 100 crore from Rs 25 crore would go a long way in encouraging new-age entrepreneurship and innovation, said CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee. (Photo: File)

Govt relaxation in startup norms to encourage investments:CII

We welcome the govt's focussed attention to the startups which are looking towards the government for relief from so-called 'angel tax':CII.

20 Feb 2019 12:43 PM

India is willing to address the trade deficit with Uganda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said as he urged the business community of the two countries to fully exploit the favourable conditions for enhancing the bilateral trade. (Photo: ANI)

India willing to address trade deficit with Uganda, says Narendra Modi

Investment in India is very easy for anyone because India is a policy-driven governance, says Modi.

25 Jul 2018 4:09 PM

Former CII head honoured with Japan decoration

Mr Das was honoured “in recognition of his service to strengthen Japan-India relations through parliamentary exchanges & Track 2 strategic dialogues”.

17 Jun 2018 1:04 AM

Headline inflation surging to a four-month high of 4.87 per cent in May is likely to force the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to hike rates once again at its August monetary policy review, analysts said.

RBI may hike rates again in August on rise in inflation, say analysts

Analysts at German brokerage Deutsche Bank also said they expect a 0.25 per cent rate hike by the RBI at the August review.

13 Jun 2018 5:35 PM

India and Indonesia on Wednesday announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Confederation of Indian Industry and KADIN to promote bilateral economic, trade and technological cooperation between the two nations. (Photo: ANI)

India, Indonesia ink agreement to promote economic cooperation

The MoU was signed by the Director General of CII and the Vice Chairman of KADIN.

30 May 2018 1:15 PM

The World Economic Forum (WEF) will not hold its annual India Economic Summit this year.

World Economic Forum not to hold India Economic Summit this year

The meet will become a biennial affair from 2019.

15 Apr 2018 1:28 PM

Despite substantial rise in the number of women joining workforce in India, gender parity continues to suffer.

Gender equality continues to suffer at senior levels: report

16 per cent of organisations have no women on board level, says a survey.

12 Apr 2018 4:08 PM

Shobana Kamineni (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

Domestic demand is recovering, says Shobana Kamineni

The impact of demonetisation has waned off as money is now freely available for transactions, says Shobana Kamineni.

09 May 2017 12:30 AM

CII backs India to acheive 10 per cent GDP

CII's analysis shows that as of now, we are creating about 3.7 million jobs annually," Kamineni said.

04 May 2017 6:27 PM

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