Confederation of Indian Industry: News

12 Dec 2023

Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala: Governor's convoy attacked; blames CM Vijayan for 'conspiracy'

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of plotting to cause him physical harm.

24 Apr 2023

RRR

South Indian entertainment industry witnessed 96% growth in 2022: Report

In recent years, the quality of filmmaking in India has become synonymous with regional films, that are making waves in the global film industry.

30 Nov 2022

Toyota

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Vice Chairman Vikram Kirloskar dies at 64

Vikram Kirloskar, a well-known industrialist and Vice Chairman of Toyota Kirloskar Motor passed away on Tuesday. He was 64.

12 Aug 2021

Dharmendra Pradhan

At least 15cr children, youths out of formal education: Pradhan

At least 15 crore children and youths are out of the country's formal education system, and roughly about 25 crore population is below the primary definition of literacy, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday.

17 Dec 2020

Sri Lanka

India's neighbors train experts for clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine

India's friendly neighboring nations trained over 100 experts to strengthen capacities in their countries for facilitating phase-3 clinical trials of the Indian COVID-19 vaccine, a senior official of the Department of Biotechnology said.

02 Jun 2020

India

India will get growth back: PM Modi after unlocking begins

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is confident India's economy, which suffered immensely due to coronavirus pandemic, will return on track. He passed these remarks on Tuesday while addressing the annual general meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

15 Apr 2020

India

#Lockdown2: Industry bodies want package of nearly Rs. 16L crore

As India's lockdown was extended for another nineteen days on Tuesday, several industry bodies asked the government to release a financial package to help them and revive growth in various sectors.

10 Mar 2019

Maharashtra

14.9 million jobs created per annum in MSME sector: Survey

Confederation of Indian Industry conducted a survey recently, in which it found out that the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector has created 13.5-14.9 million new jobs per annum over the past four years, at annual compounded growth rate of 3.3%.

06 Sep 2018

Madhya Pradesh

MP: Railways to create infrastructure to preserve Patalpani-Kalakund rail line

The Railways today announced that it would create an infrastructure to preserve the British-era Patalpani-Kalakund meter gauge rail line which is part of Western Railway's Ratlam division in Madhya Pradesh.

RBI likely to hike rates again due to inflation: Analysts

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

10 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

UK needs cheaper visas to attract Indians, says leading think-tank

Leading UK-based think-tank, Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS), released research to support its call for a new, more economical visa regime to attract Indian visitors to the country.

01 Feb 2018

GST

E-way bill system goes live today: All you should know

The e-way bill regime, devised as a tool to check tax evasion under GST, is rolling out nationwide today.

30 Jan 2018

Technology

This Indian techie can make fuel from plastic-waste

The planet is suffocating under the millions of tons of plastic-waste we create daily. The non-recyclable plastic-waste dumped on land also pollutes oceans and air.

27 Dec 2016

Karnataka

Karnataka releases draft reservation policy

Karnataka's Congress government has released the draft amendments to the 'Karnataka Industrial Employment (Standing orders) Rules, 1961,' to seek suggestions/objections from the public.

Need to remove hurdles to achieve 8% sustainable growth

Speaking at the 32nd India Economic Summit, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Indian economy can achieve an 8% sustainable growth in the coming years.