CII begins district-wise roadmap to unlock North Bengal’s economic potential
The CII will prepare a detailed report over the next two to three months containing policy recommendations, that will be submitted to the Bengal government.
The CII will prepare a detailed report over the next two to three months containing policy recommendations, that will be submitted to the Bengal government.
Reacting to the Budget, industry body PHDCCI said it welcomes and strongly supports the Union Budget 2026–27 initiatives aimed at expanding manufacturing across strategic and sunrise sectors.
CII noted that India’s real GDP grew by 8.0 per cent in the first half of FY26, while inflation remained well anchored, reflecting proactive fiscal policy and prudent macroeconomic management by the government.
The recently concluded Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Financing Summit 2025, attended inter-alia, by V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) and SEBI chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey, made headlines because of some plain-speaking by the CEA, who observed: “India’s equity markets have grown impressively, but Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) have increasingly become exit vehicles for early investors, rather than mechanisms for raising long-term capital.”
Speaking at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit in Visakhapatnam, in the presence of Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, he said that India’s progress was the result of deliberate policy, determined execution, and the unleashing of entrepreneurial energy under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal on Wednesday said India is focusing on core trade issues such as import duty and non-tariff barriers in the proposed free trade agreements (FTAs) for faster outcomes from these negotiations.
India has emerged as a bright spot amid geopolitical fault lines that have disrupted global supply chains and posed serious challenges to global growth, the survey said.
There has been a significant increase in jobs from 471.5 million in 2014-15 to 643 million in 2023-24, according to provisional estimates from the RBI’s KLEMS database.
Ahead of the Union Budget, the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) has put forward a 10-point specific suggestion before the central government to increase Ease of Doing Business.
The Union Budget 2025-26 should continue to prioritise employment creation to harness India’s demographic dividend and propel economic growth, apex business chamber CII said on Sunday.
