Confederation Of Indian Industry

Working on providing visa-on-arrival on reciprocal basis: Tourism minister

The minister stated that the government was also working on further easing visa processing by reducing the time taken to apply for e-visas, which will also make travel easier for foreign tourists

We should look at FDI from China with safeguards: CII President Memani

Memani said the government should fast-track disinvestment of public sector units and use this capital for some large transformational projects

CII seeks national M&E policy to position India as global creative hub

CII has called for a National Media and Entertainment Policy to unify regulations and unlock growth, arguing that India can build a globally competitive creative economy by 2030

CII seeks overhaul of Environment Protection Act for unified clearance body

CII has proposed amending India's environmental laws to establish a single Environmental and Climate Clearance Authority with powers to fast-track approvals for low-risk and green projects

CII flags $1 tn green funding gap, seeks new finance body in Budget 2026

Industry body calls for a GIFT City-based intermediary to scale green capital, recycling and fast-track clearances

High confidence, low investment marks India's Gen AI push: EY-CII report

EY-CII survey shows 47 percent have live GenAI use cases, though most spend less than 20 percent of IT budgets on AI

CII urges govt to establish India Development and Strategic Fund

The industry body has urged government to set up a professionally managed, sovereign-backed fund to mobilise domestic and global capital and strengthen India's economic and strategic interests by 2047

CII calls for India Development and Strategic Fund to finance growth

Industry lobby CII on Sunday urged the government to establish a professionally managed India Development and Strategic Fund to finance the country's long-term growth, resilience, and secure critical economic interests abroad. India needs a twin-armed India Development and Strategic Fund (IDSF) to power growth and secure the country's strategic future, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said. Conceived as a national fund, IDSF would mobilise patient, long-horizon capital to build India's productive capacity at home and secure critical economic interests abroad, it added. CII believes that with disciplined design and funding, IDSF could, over the next two decades, build a managed corpus in the range of USD 1.3 to 2.6 trillion by 2047, comparable in ambition and credibility to the world's leading sovereign investors. The proposed capitalisation roadmap includes a modest initial budgetary allocation to establish credibility, followed by systematic channelling of a share of ass

CII seeks tax holiday, rule harmonisation to boost India's GCC sector

CII suggests tax holidays, concessional rates, GST clarity and harmonised permanent establishment rules for GCCs, projecting $600 bn GDP impact and 25 mn jobs by 2030

Govt must bite the bullet on land reforms to ease manufacturing growth

How to make land available quickly and cheaply for development, without alienating landowners or eroding their rights, remains a point of contention

Enact legislation to ensure time-bound delivery of services: CII

Industry lobby CII on Sunday called for the enactment of a central legislation to guarantee time-bound delivery of services to businesses by Union ministries, with penalties for delays or deficiencies and a strong grievance redressal framework. This reform, it argued, is crucial for strengthening regulatory certainty, enhancing predictability and improving the overall ease of doing business in India. A key challenge remains the uncertainty on timelines for approval, which creates delays and cascading costs. Addressing this issue would strengthen confidence and support more timely and predictable service delivery, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) stated. "Despite commendable initiatives to mandate timelines in a range of areas, businesses continue to face procedural delays, regulatory uncertainty and non-adherence to timelines, significantly affecting operational efficiency and long-term investment planning. Absence of strictly enforced timelines is also felt in areas such

FTA with UK adds strength to India's hand in other deals: Sunil Mittal

It's a win win for both sides with a balanced outcome after a very long and hard negotiation, says Mittal

Urban consumption not growing as anticipated: CII President Rajiv Memani

Memani talked about issues ranging from India-US FTA to India's complex relationship with China and the labour code implementation

EY India Chairman and CEO Rajiv Memani takes over as CII president

The newly constituted National Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry at a meeting elected its new office bearers for the year 2025-26, CII said

India's defence budget may near Rs 32 trillion by 2047: CII-KPMG report

The report notes that achieving the vision of India as a developed nation by 2047, particularly through a strengthened defence sector, faces several roadblocks and challenges

CII urges govt to establish centralised oversight mechanism for tribunals

CII recommends amending Tribunal Reforms Act to create a statutory central oversight body for performance, appointments, and governance across tribunals

India's trade body to decide on halting all trade with Turkey & Azerbaijan

Confederation of All India Traders' reaction came after Turkey and Azerbaijan openly supported Pakistan after India's 'Operation Sindoor', launched to limit Pakistan's capacity to sponsor terror

BTAs are the way to go in the new world order: CII President Sanjiv Puri

Puri said that the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has set a template for future deals and will create opportunities for India to build alternate supply chains

Stronger judicial data grid can boost investments, says CII report

The NJDG was launched in 2015 under the e-Courts Mission Mode Project to track, manage and reduce case pendency across India's judicial system

In a short period, India could well be signing multiple FTAs: Sanjiv Puri

He said that with the developments in the world, it was more likely that in a very short period of time, India could sign multiple FTAs