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Trust-Based Governance: Industry’s Responsibility to Carry the Reform Journey Forward
The GST Council’s landmark decisions are an important milestone in India’s Reform Utsav. Indian industry must now build on this achievement through stronger compliance, responsible conduct and a shared commitment to trust. India’s economic...
Emerging Frontiers of Globalization: Opportunities and Challenges
As India progresses on a journey to become a global economic powerhouse, three frontiers of globalization stand out as having the highest impact on its trade trajectory: the...
India's Trade Diplomacy Rewriting Its Place in the Global Economy
Today, the global economic order is undergoing a profound change. We are moving from the era of hyper-globalization...
State Finances in Transition: Deficits, Debt, and Fiscal Space
State governments anchor India's fiscal architecture, with combined expenditure exceeding the Centre’s. Their fiscal...
A Truer Mirror for a Transformed Economy: Why CPI Rebasing Matters for Indian Industry
The release of India’s revised Consumer Price Index with base year 2024 on 12th February by the Ministry of Statistics...
The Future of Pharma: Patient-Centric, Equity-Driven and Innovation-Led
India’s Pharma Sector: Advancing Innovation, Access and ResilienceIndia’s pharmaceutical sector is entering a phase where generics strength alone will not define competitiveness...
The CII Global Leadership Centre: Building Leaders for the Future
The defining challenges of the 21st century do not fit neatly within organizational, sectoral or national boundaries...
Securing India's Energy Future: The Role of Domestic Upstream Oil & Gas in Reducing Import Dependence
India's energy security challenge is, at its root, an arithmetic one. The country's crude oil import dependence crossed...
How TReDS Is Reshaping Working Capital for MSMEs
Delayed payments remain a persistent challenge for the growth of India’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)...
Emerging Frontiers of Globalization: Opportunities and Challenges
As India progresses on a journey to become a global economic powerhouse, three frontiers of globalization stand out as having the highest impact on its trade trajectory: the...
Bridging the Gap Between Trade Agreements and Trade Outcomes in India
India’s trade agreements can broadly be classified into three epochs - early regional orientation starting with the...
Dealing with the West Asian Turmoil
That the West Asian conflict will adversely impact the Indian economy is a foregone conclusion. Not just the external...
India–New Zealand FTA: A New Era of Partnership
India–New Zealand FTA: A New Era of PartnershipUnlocking a plethora of opportunities, the India and New Zealand...
Sport as a Tool for Community Development and Industry Engagement
Sports are no longer viewed as a leisure activity but as a low-cost, high-impact tool for broader social and economic change. Today, success in sport is not just measured by...
World Youth Skills Day: Skilling India for the Future of Work
The world navigates an era defined by artificial intelligence, digital transformation, sustainability, and new models...
Healthy Ageing, Healthy Economy: Why Yoga Matters for India's Future
As economies across the world grapple with ageing populations, rising healthcare expenditure and the growing burden of...
Play-Based Learning: A Foundation for Viksit Bharat
The journey towards a vibrant society must start by nurturing the potential of our youngest citizens. In the past few...
A Decade of Startup India: How Green Entrepreneurs Are Driving Climate Action
Protecting the planet requires collective action from governments, businesses, communities, and individuals, along with a strong shift toward sustainable innovation and...
World Environment Day 2026: Accelerating Global Climate Action for a Sustainable Future
World Environment Day 2026, to be observed on 5 June 2026, comes at a crucial moment when the world is facing...
Women in Food Systems: From Participation to Powering India’s Agri-Future
India’s agri-food systems are undergoing a profound transformation. Driven by technological innovation, evolving...
Modernizing Indian Railways: A New Era of Efficiency and Sustainability
India's commitment to providing a safe, efficient, and clean mode of transportation to its citizens is highly dependent...
Future of Education: Technology, Skills, Well-being and Resilience
The future of education will not be shaped by technology alone. The collective outcome will depend on how effectively educators, schools, policymakers, and industry work together...
India’s Data Center Revolution: Fuelling Infrastructure Transformation
Data centers have emerged as India's fastest-growing commercial real estate segment, backed by strong pipelines fuelled...
India’s Digital Payment Revolution: From Cash Counters to QR Codes
Not long ago, financial transactions meant long queues, waiting in line to pay a bill, send money, or simply withdraw...
Women in STEM - Powering Inclusive Innovation for India’s Technology Future
The global economy is being reshaped by rapid advances in artificial intelligence, semiconductors, biotechnology...
Logistics intelligence
For much of modern economic history, national competitiveness was shaped by visible infrastructure. The investments in roads, ports, railways and warehouses investments enabled...
Tamil Nadu must now begin focusing on new growth engines
Tamil Nadu has built a strong base for its next phase of growth, with rising exports, new investments and deep human...
Match AI models to workloads, not leaderboards
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry has remained fixated on model rankings. A new release claims the top of some...
Productivity: The engine of manufacturing growth
For the past decade, India’s manufacturing story has been about scale—bigger factories, higher investments, and...