Category Archives: CII
Link Financial Data for Determining Creditworthiness : CII
Demonetization has created an enormous opportunity to channelize public savings into productive assets. Linking financial data and consolidating existing data for SMEs and corporates can provide banks with the necessary information to assess creditworthiness of borrowers, said the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in a press release issued here… Read More
Policy and Regulatory Interventions needed to meet growing energy demand of South Asia Region
Coordinated and comprehensive policy and regulatory interventions is the need of the hour to meet the growing energy demand in the South Asian region of Bangladesh, Bhutan India and Nepal (BBIN). The demand in this region is estimated to grow three fold in the coming few by 2026.
Speaking at an international conference – South Asia Energy: Integrating for… Read More
CII-UK Announces New Chair for 2017
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is pleased to welcome Dr David Landsman, Executive Director, Tata Limited as the new Chairperson to take over leadership of the CII India Business Forum (IBF) in the UK for 2017.
After three and a half years of supporting CII-IBF UK as Chairperson, Mr. Prashant Jhawar, Chairman, Usha Martin will be handing over to Dr… Read More
MoD & OFB ensure a level playing field for Private Sector
The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) in association with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), organised a Seminar & Exhibition on OFB-Industry Partnership for Vendor Development and Outsourcing by OFs on 24th & 25th of August 2016 at New Delhi. The Seminar was inaugurated by Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Raksha Mantri while the exhibition was… Read More
Urjit R Patel takes charge as RBI Governor
Dr. Urjit R. Patel assumed charge as the twenty-fourth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India effective September 4, 2016 after serving as Deputy Governor since January 2013. He was re-appointed as Deputy Governor on January 11, 2016 after completion of his first three-year term of office. Among his assignments as Deputy Governor, Dr. Patel chaired the Expert… Read More
Technology will power new wave of change for the Indian Insurance Industry
Technology will power the new wave of change for the Indian Insurance Industry, reveals the CII-EY report titled Insurer of the Future. The report recommends pursuing technology to improve the traditional insurance process and to re-configure the insurance business model. The customer is at the center of digital transformations across the value chain… Read More
Untapped Hydroelectricity Capacity key to meet Energy Deficit: CII-PwC
India has witnessed transformational change in the energy sector over the past few years, through supportive policy interventions and sector reforms, making it the fourth largest producer of electricity in the world. However, rapid economic growth has led to a surge in energy demand leading to a grappling power deficit situation in the country. Managing… Read More
India improves its GII innovation rank 15 positions in 2016
India has improved its innovation ranking in GII to reach 66th position from its last year’s rank of 81st, this improvement in the rank for India comes after 5 years of continuous drop in its ranking. Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Finland and Singapore lead the 2016 rankings in the Global Innovation Index, released… Read More
CII – IBA Financial Conditions Index improves to 61.1 in Q1 FY 2016-17
The CII – IBA Financial Conditions Index at 61.1 for Q1 FY 2016-17 shows healthy improvement in the overall financial conditions in the Indian economy vis-à-vis the previous quarter (47.8) reflecting from strong expectations of leading banks and financial institutions of reduction in cost of funds, comfortable liquidity position and better external… Read More
Suresh Prabhu urges corporate sector to use CSR to spur development
The Railways is very keen on seeking Industry participation in the areas of Water Management & Renewable Energy, said Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways. He was speaking at the inaugural session of the National Summit on CSR – Towards Effective CSR: Innovations – Approach and Application, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)… Read More
Indian Industry and institutes need to be in equilibrium on research and development
Dr R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor, and Chairman, Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet delivered the First Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial Lecture organised by CII and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation, in New Delhi. He outlined future areas of research such as big data analytics, high-tech startups, etc and stressed that industry… Read More
Urjit Patel appointed new RBI Governor
The government has appointed Dr Urjit Patel to replace Shri Raghuram Rajan as the RBI governor. Urjit Patel will take charge on September 4, the day Raghuram Rajan completes his three-year term. Rajan had announced in June that he would step down in September and return to academia after a single three-year term at the RBI. Patel has been known as ‘inflation… Read More
