The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will adopt 15 Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) to convert them into centres of excellence.
Says Satyam is not a commodity. B K Modi of Spice had earlier pushed for e-auction, for its transparency.
Days before the national biofuel policy is taken up by the Union Cabinet, the Confederation of Indian Industries has demanded incorporation of enough "flexibility in the biofuel blending mandate" based on the availability of such fuels.
The government needs to allocate more funds for basis amenities like primary education and healthcare in order to attain its inclusive growth target, noted economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said on Wednesday. "Fear of wastage stops the government from spending too much on education and healthcare," Sen said, adding the overall economic growth cannot be enough in itself if these resources are not properly developed.
The centre of excellence, a non-profit joint venture between tobacco-to-hotels major ITC and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), is working on a rating system for companies' corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. The first exercise of its kind in India, the idea is to incentivise CSR programmes to strengthen companies' ability to bargain for tax breaks and create a better image with consumers and stakeholders.
Southern states will soon sell non-prescription drugs in post offices.
Bharti Airtel boss Sunil Mittal already heads the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Former BPL Mobile boss Rajeev Chandrasekhar is slated to take over as Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) president.
Confederation of Indian Industry has sought higher banking exposure norms for lending to steel projects and infrastructure status to the steel industry, besides tax sops on par with special economic zones to boost the sector.
Corporate India is in for a more painful period, as profitability will take a hit over the next six months, ICICI Bank CEO K V Kamath today warned and asked the industry to be patient for opportunities as the economy will start recovering in the second half of 2009.
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.
India has about 9 per cent of the total gold reserves in the world, yet imports gold worth more than Rs 65,000 crore. The government plans to reduce gold and diamond imports by Rs 20,000 crore.
Leader of the opposition (Lok Sabha), L K Advani addressed the annual conference of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on April 30, 2008, in New Delhi. He opened his speech highlighting the significance of the confederation. He said that over the years the annual session of the CII has become an important platform for people from the political and business fields to meet together and exchange ideas on issues of common interest concerning the nation.
Terming inflation as a key challenge, the Confederation of Indian Industry on Thursday said the government is worried, but not panicked, that rising prices may go to levels where controlling it could become difficult.
After a long debate with Planning Commission, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has finally agreed to consider funding infrastructure projects through the country's booming foreign exchange reserves that currently stand at about $170 billion.
The Company Law Amendment Bill is aimed at protecting the interest of investors with stiffer disclosure norms. It proposes tougher penalties for defaults by managements.
India and the United States are considering yet another initiative to boost bilateral economic relations. Both sides are now mulling a Private Sector Advisory Gr
Promoters pay themselves huge sums in diversified firms and shareholders are none the wiser.
Oxford University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Confederation of Indian Industry to set up India Business Centre.
Beth Payne, consul general, consulate general of the United States of America said, "Although we cannot predict the number, there has always been a cap on the H1B visas. The number of petitions filed every year are always more than number of H1B visas we can issue because of which we had to introduce the lottery system. I don't see any major impact on India because of the restriction."
Will the prime minister give the same similar advice to the bureaucracy as he gave to India Inc on pay cuts, etc?
Pointing out there is complete awareness of what needs to be done, who needs to do it and the urgency to get it done, Damodaran said the only thing missing is its execution.
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.
The speech could have been avoided had the industry representatives been more attuned to the nuances of PM's views on inclusive growth.
Striking a different chord with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who prescribed a social charter for the industry, Confederation of Indian Industry's new president Sunil Mittal on Friday
ICICI Bank chief K V Kamath to be new CII vice president.
Reforms in the Indian economy have brought about a change in the nature, role and functioning of industry chambers and their membership, both in terms of composition and numbers.
Young Indians, part of the Confederation of Indian Industry, invites you to attend a two-day social summit, Transforming India: Making it Happen.
The draft Environment Impact Assessment notification will throttle speedy implementation of projects\n
The government plans a comprehensive law to streamline assessment of security threats arising from business transactions and enable its agencies to decide on the cases of foreign direct investment in sensitive areas.\n\n
A meeting to discuss what goods should be included in the negative list of items for India-European Union Free Trade Agreement, was held here recently.
As the president of Assocham, Dhoot has asked Confederation of Indian Industry and Ficci to join him in requesting the prime minister to reconsider the move to ban states from acquiring land.
Riding high on the buoyant economy, an overwhelming majority of the India Inc lists innovation among the top three strategic priorities as compared to their global counterparts, a survey says.
In terms of microeconomic parameters such as return on capital, development of domestic entrepreneurship and corporate governance, India is ahead of China, which is more essential for long term growth.
Only 39.5 per cent of graduates in India are employable and the challenge is to bridge the human resources gap by providing skills training to the other 60 per cent, says a Confederation of Indian Industry-Aspire report released at the 'Skills World 2008' summit organised by the CII and Aspire on Friday.
Covering 37 different legislations such as the Partnership Act of 1932, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, and laws on environmental protection, consumer protection and labour interests, the recommendations have been shared with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
CII plans business events across China, a 'Made-in-India' show in the booming Guanzhou city, a CEOs meet and visits by 1,000 young Indian businessmen -- all aimed at increasing India's market share in China and spurring Indian entrepreneurs to invest in the world's fourth largest economy. On its part, the CII would expand its Shanghai office and open one more in Beijing, CII Chief Mentor Tarun Das told PTI.
Following its conversion into a corporate body, the Bombay Stock Exchange on Wednesday said it will strengthen its governance standards and practices and expected listed entities to diligently follow governance norms.
The company had last year said that it would begin selling its XC90 and S80 models in India by the end of 2006 or early 2007.
The Congress-led government was caught napping over the Left Front's opposition to the India-United States nuclear agreement, feels B J Panda, a member of the Rajya Sabha.
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