High interest rates have been discouraging fresh investments and dragged industrial production down for nearly two years now.
Human Resources practices in India are 10-15 years behind the curve and it is imperative to remodel them to suit the changing needs, aspirations and behaviour patterns of the skilled workforce, member of the Infosys board T V Mohandas Pai said in Bengaluru on Thursday.
ICICI Bank chief K V Kamath to be new CII vice president.
MAG was constituted by Department of Electronics and IT in February 2014.
Last year SBI's credit growth was 15.6 per cent.
The Confederation of Indian Industry has set up a Mission for Manufacturing Innovation to create "100 new billion-dollar companies over three years".
India has the world's largest treasure-trove of skilled manpower and is on the way to become a global IT powerhouse.
The Confederation of Indian Industry, Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games 2010 and Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce entered into an agreement to boost business ties between India and Canada.
Under the banner of the CII, domestic drug majors have approached Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi for being allowed to present their views on the new pharmaceutical policy, scheduled to be discussed by the Union Cabinet on Thursday.
Favouring self-reliance in military technologies and weapons production, Navy Chief Admiral Nirmal Verma on Wednesday said that India should arrest the trend of importing arms.
Just days before the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas meet at Chennai, surfacing of an email purportedly send by the Indian Mujahideen has prompted the government to redo security arrangements for the diaspora event.The two line mail, which was received on the Confederation of Indian Industries' mail server, is signed off by the 'Indian Mujahideen'.The mail says that the IM is keeping an eye on the developments of the three-day annual event organised for the Indian diaspora.
For the 25 million Indians living abroad, getting information about their country especially the growing investment opportunities in various sectors would now be just a click away.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan welcomed the joint decision of CII and WEF to hold the summit in Mumbai.
We need to first give priority to some other important issues such as affirmative action, skill development, growth of manufacturing and getting the mega projects off the ground, says Muthuraman.
Although India's private health insurance industry's business volumes have grown by over 35 per cent a year in the last few years, a staggering 85 per cent of the population remains uninsured, according to industry estimates.
The filmmaker and new mum spoke candidly about item numbers, and her husband Aamir Khan's new TV show.
India to be an affluent society by 2039? The statement may raise many an eyebrow now but India 2039, an Affluent Society in One Generation, a book edited by Harinder S Kohli and Anil Sood and published by Sage Publication India Pvt Ltd stresses on such a possibility.
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), the investigation arm of the Union corporate affairs ministry, has begun prosecution proceedings against the alleged perpetrators of the country's largest accounting fraud that took place in Satyam Computers last year.
The government is concerned about the spyware and malware associated with imported telecom gear. India had demanded that global telecom gear makers place source codes and design elements in an escrow account.
The government will next month review the foreign direct Investment policy to lay down norms for preventing companies from breaching the sectoral limits, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said on Monday.
A 14-member CEOs' delegation, led by Sunil Kant Munjal, President, CII, will embark on a mission to the UK from June 29 to July 1.
Other proposals include grading of hospitals, expanding network.
Actress Aishwarya Rai inaugurated the CII India Pavilion at the annual Cannes Film Festival, on Thursday evening.
Realising the importance of sustainable development, Indian companies are increasingly taking into account the environmental impact of businesses while taking decisions, industry body Confederation of Indian Industry said on Wednesday.
British Secretary for State for media, culture and sports, Tessa Jowell said on Tuesday that Britain will consider introduction of more flights to India to help boost tourism in both the countries.
Drastic cut in interest rates by the US to avert a recession will affect India, but New Delhi will take steps to counter such an impact, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday.
Will the second master plan and MAP Chennai Region help the city overcome the problems of rapid urbanisation?
The CII feels the 20-year scheme was introduced to boost domestic industry and provide a platform to Indian industry to compete with their foreign counterparts.
