Industry Leaders Ramp-up Momentum In Advance of PM’s U.S. Visit
NEW DELHI, INDIA – November 10, 2009 – Industry leaders from the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), led respectively by Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo, Indra K. Nooyi, and TVS Group Chairman, Venu Srinivasan, met face-to-face in New Delhi to discuss [...]

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing the National Conference on MNCs in India under the theme of Partners in Sustained Economic Growth on 9 November 2009 at Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. The inaugural address will be delivered by Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
A resilient [...]

Quality is an integral part of a company’s strategy while the mechanism to achieve quality is a matter of choice. The quality deliverables should be driven from the top and Airtel takes pride to call itself a quality company, stated Mr. Sanjay Kapoor, Deputy CEO, Bharti Airtel Ltd. He was speaking at the 6th National [...]

USIBC Food Security Mission to India Unveils “Unlocking India’s Rural Sector: U.S. Industry Contributions”
Secretary for Agriculture Shri T. Nanda Kumar today unveiled the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) publication “Unlocking India’s Rural Sector: U.S. Industry Contributions” at a joint roundtable with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Council on Agriculture and Food Processing senior executives and [...]

“State Governments should be given more role in channeling Foreign Investment in ICT Sector”
“The Union Ministry for Communications & Information Technology is for extending the tax benefits enjoyed by the STPI registered ICT units by three more years from 2011. The proposal is, however, pending for the Cabinet approval,” said Mr A Raja, Union [...]

Transparency, Governance and Social Responsibility – Essentials to Take Indian Real Estate Sector to the Next Level: Arun Nanda
“Revival of Indian real sector lies in providing affordable housing by cross subsidization and conscious effort on part of the developers to inculcate corporate social obligation”, recommended Mr Arun Nanda, Deputy Chairman, CII Western Region and Executive [...]

India does not have a level playing field for FTAs, especially in the backdrop, where inter-state trade is not free. Industry and services today are at an extraordinary crossroads in history, quality is not what one delivers but what one promises to deliver. The government therefore should be able to deliver the facilities to the [...]

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has submitted five point recommendations on Telecom & Broadband to Mr A Raja, Hon’ble Minister for Communications and Information Technology on 23rd June 2009.
Mr Manoj Kohli, Chairman, CII National Committee on Telecom & Broadband and Jt. MD & CEO of Bharti Airtel Ltd in the CII representation has said “The [...]

Labour, GST Top Priorities for Competitiveness
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today made recommendations to the new Government on the 100 days action plan. Titled “Economic Agenda for Action: CII Suggestions”, the paper aims at addressing resilience and competitiveness of the Indian economy. Key recommendations include monetisation of fiscal deficit and reducing interest rates to [...]

45% Dividend pay-out recommended
New Delhi, May 27, 2009: Tata Communications Limited reported about Rs 9963 crore (about US$ 2.1 Billion) in consolidated revenues for the year ended March 31, 2009 against Rs 8297 crore for the year ended March 31, 2008, according to audited financial results under Indian GAAP.
The company’s consolidated operating profit (EBIDTA) [...]