BUILD INDIA INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT A Shared Responsibility
ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16
BUILD INDIA INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT A Shared Responsibility
ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 PRESIDENT’S REVIEW Looking Back
This was the year that India was globally acknowledged as the world’s fastest growing large economy with 7.6% GDP growth rate, offering a plethora of new opportunities to the world. It was an exciting and challenging period for CII as the Government continued on an accelerated pace of reforms and new missions under the leadership of a dynamic Prime Minister.
As the leading and premier apex Industry organisation of the country, CII was called upon to play an increasing role as partner of choice for Central Ministries as well as State Governments. Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with CII on several occasions, including an exclusive meeting in which many new ideas were discussed. With the theme of ‘Build India: Invest in Development, A Shared Responsibility’, CII took up new initiatives while intensifying existing ones.
Our theme was consolidated into three buckets. 8nder the ½rst one, ‘Strengthening +uman Capacity’, CII built upon Tuality and excellence in +igher Education, while in Skill Development, we set up new Sector Skill Councils. Cleanliness and toilet construction were at the heart of our activities on Public +ealth and Sanitation. ProMect Muskaan for school infrastructure and a new initiative for corporate involvement in Anganwadis took forward activities under the Women and Child Development component.
Manufacturing, Infrastructure, and Entrepreneurship stood as part of the bucket on ‘Investment for Shared Responsibilities.’ As investments remained subdued, we sustained the policy dialogue for a facilitative investment climate with concerned Ministries. In particular, CII Regional and State Of½ces partnered CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 3
with State Governments on industrial policies, it was heartening that these were highlighted during single-window clearances, and administrative the ½rst Make in India Week in Mumbai. processes. The progress on infrastructure is heartening and CII’s interventions on sectors such CII was the exclusive partner for the prestigious as Roads and +ighways, Power, Railways, and others Make in India Week, showcasing India’s were well taken. We have taken the lead on the manufacturing prowess to the world. We were Smart City initiative by setting up country consortia also privileged to participate in the high-pro½le and partnering with ½ve city Governments on +annover Messe in Germany, attended by the Prime programmes and proMects. Minister. All these events had strong international participation, and I also led a dozen delegations The launch of the prestigious mission Startup India, overseas while having the honour to interact with top Standup India as a way to promote entrepreneurship leaders visiting India to build on global connectivities gave a big push to CII’s continuous endeavours to for Indian Industry. The India-Africa Forum Summit make citi]ens Mob creators rather than Mob seekers. and The +orasis Meeting were two notable events for CII’s partnership with the Dalit Indian Chamber the year. of Commerce and Industry is also a step in this direction and takes forward our Af½rmative Action For me personally, it was a privilege and a matter of agenda. great pride to lead such an outstanding institution. CII’s gamut of activities has spread so much that Given the many new directions being taken in without an effective team, it would be impossible the economy, CII’s third bucket for the year to deliver effectively. I would like to thank the Past encompassed new sectors of engagement, Presidents for their wholehearted advice, guidance including Public-Private Partnerships, Financial and support. Naushad and Shobana helped in too Sector, Integration with the World, Clean Energy many ways to count and I am deeply grateful to them and the Knowledge Economy. Our comprehensive for taking up many areas of work. I would also like to suggestions on improving Public-Private thank the Regional Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen, Partnerships for infrastructure construction resulted and Chairmen of the National Committees and in welcome policy announcements on renegotiation Councils for their support during the year. ChandraMit of contracts, dispute resolution and exit criteria. and his team stood like a pillar with me. Each and every member contributes in making CII a partner The strong CII presence at the Paris Climate for national development and I extend my thanks to Change conference, COP21, underlined the need for all for an eventful and an enriching year. renewable sources of energy for sustainability. We continued to take up solutions to stressed assets of banks and our ½rst ever Banking Summit brought together many stakeholders on this challenge. Innovation, Intellectual Property Rights and Design SUMIT MAZUMDER are of critical importance to the nation’s future and President, CII (2015-16) PRESIDENT DESIGNATE’S REPORT Looking Ahead
Macroeconomic conditions at the end of 2015-16 are certainly better than a year ago, and the ecosystem for growth acceleration seems to be ½rmly established. In¾ation is within reasonable limits, the ½scal de½cit is under control, and the interest rate regime appears set on a downward trend.
CII’s policy interventions to boost investments were perhaps the most critical part of our agenda during the year as we presented detailed submissions on a range of macroeconomic and sectoral issues such as Ease of Doing Business, Budget 2016-17, Make in India, MSME, and so on. It is indeed heartening that many of CII’s submissions were aligned with Government policies. We are particularly happy that the task of building a stable, predictable and simple tax regime is being taken up with urgency. CII made recommendations on issues such as dispute resolution, transparency and tax administration apart from widening the tax base, many of which found mention in policy documents.
Make in India is a cornerstone of national strategy for Mob creation in the Manufacturing sector. CII submitted inputs for various key sectors such as Capital Goods, Electronics System Design and Manufacturing, Defence Production, and so on which we believe will foster growth and generate employment. Defence procurement has huge potential for manufacturing and CII was included in the expert committee for policy changes. Technology and innovation are at the heart of the manufacturing endeavour, and our efforts in these two areas continued through the scholarship programme in higher education and our technology development centres.
Agriculture is the backbone of the economy and must be ef½ciently connected with the Manufacturing CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 5
sector for optimal productivity. CII took up the issues rede½nition of limits, ½nancing, technology access, of food processing quality and safety as well as cold and entrepreneurship development. The Indian chain development. Agricultural exports can be a MSME Alliance (TIMA) is a new initiative to bring key foreign exchange earner for the country and related associations on a strong platform. bring higher incomes to our farmers, for which the enabling framework was taken up. With agriculture I was particularly proud of CII Foundation’s initiatives being a state subMect, suggestions for productivity as it set forth to action the ½rst year of the legal enhancement were made by our of½ces across the CSR mandate. Members stepped forward to assist country as well. with relief and rehabilitation during the Nepal earthquake and the Chennai ¾oods, bringing succour India’s vibrant Services sector contributes greatly to thousands. We also met the Government’s to the overall GDP and employment. To expand expectations of toilet construction in schools across India’s global footprint, including in sectors like the country. IT & Telecom, Tourism, and R&D, CII held the first ever Global Exhibition on Services to immense CII’s holistic, multidimensional portfolio of activities success. 8niversal +ealth Coverage is critical to reaches out to each and every Member as well India’s overall human capacity and a report with as other constituencies. I envisage an exciting comprehensive suggestions was shared with agenda for the coming year as we continue to meet Government. Retail, Media & Entertainment and expectations of all stakeholders. Tourism, along with others, remained on the CII agenda.
In the Energy sector, CII contributed to the oil and gas exploration policy regime as well as policies NAUSHAD FORBES on coal auction and New and Contractual Fiscal President Designate, CII (2015-16) Regime. Our suggestions on the Draft Renewable Energy Act and the solar power sector were well received. The Roads and +ighways sector saw considerable progress during the year as issues in model concession agreements, exit policy and land acquisition were taken up. In the Railways sector, CII’s Task Force interacted with the Ministry for greater private sector participation.
Given the global growth moderation, CII’s business development and competitiveness services remained a pillar of support for industry, especially the MSME sector. Advocacy in the MSME segment covered VICE PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS Reaching Out
This year, CII marked 120 years since its inception in 1895. As a partner in development, CII reaches out to multiple stakeholders in a meaningful manner and adds value in every ½eld of its engagement.
CII’s competitiveness solutions accord high importance to creating the right ecosystem for growth as also to assisting ½rms reach new heights of performance. Policy engagement is driven through our Councils, Committees, and Task Forces which are fonts of new ideas. They work with diverse groups to draft cohesive agendas on a range of different issues covering all industry sectors.
Our Centres of Excellence have truly evolved over the years as they converge with the expectations of industry and offer a wide spectrum of tailored services. With nine CoEs proactively undertaking a variety of training, consultancy and advisory programmes, Industry Members can select their own modular paths to competitiveness, be it in Quality, Energy Management, Green Buildings, Sustainability, Agriculture or Water Management. Speci½c CoEs target leadership development, MSME excellence and logistics ef½ciency.
I am happy to report that during the year, each of the CoEs reached out to a growing set of bene½ciaries. The CII cluster movement has enabled close to 3,000 MSMEs to drive productivity in some 250 clusters. About 10,000 bene½tted from our interventions in developing manufacturing excellence. The Champions for Societal Manufacturing (CSM) has been evaluated by the Japanese Government and extended to 2018. The Village Buddha programme is helping companies ½nd new opportunities in villages. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 7
Likewise, CII’s exhibitions and conference portfolio newsletters, add to the overall knowledge base for creates the right platforms for stakeholders to industry. This year, CII brought out several attractive increase investments and identify new opportunities. coffee-table books, such as ‘Manufacturing: The This year, the Make in India Week, Auto Expo, and India Way’ and ‘India Rising @ Silicon Valley’. We the Global Exhibition on Services were only a few also added a ‘Global Watch’ regarding India’s of the several hundred high-pro½le value-added relationship with various countries to our regular events held annually whose salience to industry is policy publications. escalating. Just to set the context, the Make in India Week covered 7 lakh square feet of air-conditioned Engagement with Members is interactive and space, hosted 1.5 lakh visitors, and organised takes place in both directions. Through a range delegations from more than 50 countries. It was of meetings and workshops, CII sought to seek truly a meeting ground for manufacturers across the Members’ views and perspectives on critical issues. world. Each year, we add more such relevant ideation CII’s hotline is a preferred mode of communication and networking platforms to meet the felt needs of for Members and we are constantly working on new Members. outreach models to better respond to felt needs.
Our Regional and State of½ces work on the ground I have enMoyed my term as Vice President, especially to address issues such as investment climate and the interaction with Members across the country. ease of doing business, create manufacturing CII’s in¾uence in Government and internationally and investment opportunities, and assist ½rms to is tangible and has made a positive difference in engage with social development. CII has emerged strengthening our economy. as a partner for proactive State Governments such as RaMasthan, +aryana, and PunMab, seeking I look forward to sharing your ideas and thoughts new solutions to attracting investments. These in the coming year as we together continue our endeavours help work towards balanced regional endeavour to transform India and Indian industry development while enabling each area to identify into a leading global force. and meet its potential as per its natural advantages. The North East Region worked on sustainability and connectivity in addition to promoting industry. It is noteworthy that the range of events organised by each of the of½ces was broad and helped Members to identify new areas of opportunity. SHOBANA KAMINENI Vice President, CII (2015-16) CII’s portal mycii.in is an invaluable resource centre for ½rms of all sizes, providing a vast amount of pertinent data and tracking new policies. In addition, CII’s publications, including regular Mournals and CONTENTS
POLICY 12 ADVOCACY
COMPETITIVE SOLUTIONS 24 AND NURTURING COMPETITIVENESS
CONNECTING 58 WITH SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL 72 AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
94 SECTORSCAPE CII IN THE 132 REGIONS
MEMBERSHIP 154 SERVICES
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POLICY ADVOCACY
• Economic Policy & Taxation • Ease of Doing Business • Corporate Governance and Regulatory Affairs • Public Sector Enterprises • Financial Reporting & NFCG • Ethics in Business & Society • Public Policy ECONOMIC POLICY AND TAXATION
In 2015-16, CII laid emphasis on strengthening the Interactions were held with policy makers, at economic revival process and strongly advocated both the Central and State Government levels, continuation of credible policy measures which would for easing of regulatory bottlenecks to revive catapult the moderately growing Indian economy onto investment as well as consumption demand and a full-¾edged, self-sustaining path to recovery. improve the ease of doing business. Suggestions were also made to the Expenditure Management CII provided valuable suggestions for engagement Commission on rationalizing non-productive with key policy makers on the actionable points to expenditure. strengthen the growth momentum in the economy. In a short span of less than one year, India has ADVOCACY improved its ranking in the World Bank’s Ease of Suggestions were made to the Government to help Doing Business Survey, raised limits for foreign boost demand and provide a ½llip to the economic investments in key sectors and reduced interest growth. A CII report titled ‘One )URP/WR5 &KDQGUDMLW%DQHUMHH'LUHFWRU*HQHUDO&,, 6KDNWLNDQWD'DV6HFUHWDU\'HSDUWPHQWRI(FRQRPLF$ͿDLUV0LQLVWU\RI)LQDQFH R Seshasayee, Past President, CII and Chairman, Economic Growth & Investment Council and Non-Executive Chairman of the Infosys Board and Executive Vice Chairman, Hinduja Group at the 2nd 0eetinJ of the CII Economic Growth and Investments Council in New 'elhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 15 In an interactive session, Dr Saurabh Garg, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, discussed the Government’s reforms agenda, and also highlighted the Government’s thinking on implementation of NIIF, roadmap for bank recapitalization, dispute resolution and bankruptcy code, amongst others. In the Roundtable with Mr Shaktikanta Das, Secretary, Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance the discussions veered around reviving investment and rural demand, boosting capital expenditure, strengthening social infrastructure and infrastructure ½nancing. In a session organised by CII, Mr Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP and Professor Akhilesh Ranjan, Joint Secretary – FT&TR, Central Board of 'irect Taxes, 0inistry of Finance unveils the CII - 'eloitte Report Lord Kumar Bhattacharya, Chairman, Warwick on BEPS – An India Perspective on Critical Areas durinJ the Manufacturing Group, shared their views on Conference on BEPS BiJ ChanJe in GloEal Taxation – Impact on Make in India: The Next Wave. India in New Delhi. From L to R: Archie Parnell, Vice Chairman, BIAC Tax Committee & 0anaJinJ Director, Goldman Sachs Sudhir Kapadia, Partner & National Tax Leader, EY India; Akhilesh A series of Roundtables on the Ease of Doing Ranjan; Neeru Ahuja, Chairperson, CII SuE Group on BEPS & Business were organised in several States, including Partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP RaMasthan, West Bengal and Karnataka, where several of CII’s recommendations were accepted by ½ the Government. Valuable inputs and reactions were simpli cation of the Income Tax Act, 1961. In addition provided to the media on pertinent issues such as to various other representations, Pre-Budget and industrial growth, in¾ation, monetary policy and Post Budget Memoranda were submitted to the Ease of Doing Business. Ministry of Finance. CII engaged in a continuous dialogue with the Finance Minister and the Revenue Secretary. Taxation ACTION An interactive session with the CBEC deliberated on During the year, CII’s Taxation Committee focused on the agenda of enhancing competitiveness of Indian working with the Government towards simpli½cation businesses. Mr V S Krishnan, Member-CBEC of Tax Laws and making the country’s tax structure Mr Piyusha Patnaik, Chief Commissioner°Service more conducive and Industry friendly. Tax and Mr Ravneet Khurana, Deputy Commissioner- GST provided perspectives on GST legislation and ADVOCACY implementation. CII continued to submit its representations to the Government and various committees constituted Mr Akhilesh RanMan, Joint Secretary, FT&TR, Central during the year. Amongst others, submissions were Board of Direct Taxes, along with Senior Of½cials made to the Government on ICDS, safe harbour from Ministry of Finance addressed the 2nd annual rules, POEM, reducing litigation, GST, black money, conference on Base Erosion and Pro½t Shifting transfer pricing, contentious legal issues and TDS. (BEPS). Representations were also made to the +igh The 3rd Global Tax Summit led to meaningful Level Committee on Tax Laws headed by Dr Ashok discussions on the global taxation issues. Lahiri, SIT on black money constituted under the Ms Anita Kapur, the then Chairperson, CBDT and chairmanship of Justice M B Shah, Committee on Justice Shri V S Sirpurkar, Chairman, Authority MAT on FIIs constituted under the Chairmanship of for Advance Rulings (AAR)-IT deliberated with Justice A P Shah, Justice R V Easwar Committee for Members. EASE OF DOING BUSINESS CII worked closely with the Government to realise and designing comprehensive State-level action the Prime Minister’s vision of positioning India plans towards this obMective. amongst the top 50 countries globally for Ease of Doing Business and making India a preferred Two interactive sessions were organinsed with investment destination by emphasizing policy Mr AMay Shankar, Chairman of the Expert reforms. CII was the only industry body represented Committee on Regulatory Approvals. As an outcome on two important Government Committees: of these deliberations, recommendations were submitted to the Expert Committee to examine the Expert Committee headed by Mr AMay Shankar possibility of replacing multiple prior permissions Group set up under the Chairmanship of NITI with a pre-existing regulatory mechanism. Aayog Vice Chairman to ½nalise the scope and Discussions were held on third party certi½cation methodology of Enterprise Survey on Business capabilities in India, reducing regulatory burdens Regulatory Environment. under Labour Laws and regulatory streamlining of processes for MSMEs. During the two workshops on Ease of Doing Business, organised in partnership with DIPP, A report titled ‘Assessment of State Implementation Mr Shailendra Singh, Joint Secretary, DIPP of Business Reforms’ prepared in partnership with highlighted the Government’s initiatives in this area DIPP detailed the reforms implemented by States and also understood the stakeholders’ perspectives. between January 1 to June 30, 2015 based on the Several Make In India workshops were held in 98-point action plan for business reforms. Inputs partnership with DIPP across the country. were shared with DIPP for the next report on the 30 point reform agenda to focus on improving the Ease 8 8 A Mo was signed with the National niversity of of Doing Business at the State level. Singapore (N8S) to collaboratively conduct research and prepare a Masterplan on Ease of Doing Business During the Resurgent RaMasthan Summit, CII in India: Vision 2020. Capacity building on Ease of organised a session on Regulatory Reforms: Doing Business in India would also be undertaken Creating Investor Friendly Environment in Jaipur. 8 8 under this Mo . Subsequent to the bilateral Mo , Shri Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals and 8 8 N S and CII signed various individual tripartite Mo s Fertilizers, Government of India was the Chief Guest with States for developing State-wise Masterplans during this session. From L to R: ShihaE Ansari A]har, 2perations 2cer – Trade & Competitiveness, :orld Bank Group; ArEind Prasad, Director General, FICCI, ShatruJhna SinJh, Additional Secretary, DIPP, 0inistry of Commerce & Industry, Sunil Kant 0unjal, Past President, CII and Chairman, Task Force on Ease of DoinJ Business, CII, and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII and Jaijit Bhattacharya, Partner, KP0G India at the launch of ¶Assessment of State Implementation of Business Reforms· Report CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 17 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS CII continued with policy advocacy on Corporate Competition law Laws engaging with the Government to share The annual conference on Competition Law and Industry views on the Companies Act, 2013 and Practice was presided over by Mr Ashok Chawla, Rules framed thereunder SEBI Regulations and the the then Chairman, Competition Commission of Competition Law, among others. India (CCI). CII submitted Industry views to CCI on procedures with regard to the transaction of ADVOCACY business relating to combinations of Amendment The Companies Act, 2013 Regulations, 2015. CII continued with sustained policy advocacy on Companies Act, 2013 (Act). Detailed inputs were Engagement with SEBI submitted to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) CII engaged with SEBI and submitted during the year constituted +igh Level Committee on the changes vital inputs on subMects of corporate governance, needed in the Act. Presentations were also made dissenting shareholders, ESOP and insider trading. to the Committee reviewing changes to the CSR regime. ACTION At the 10th edition of Corporate Governance summit, CII delegations held a series of meetings with senior Mr 8 K Sinha, Chairman, SEBI was the Chief Guest. of½cials of the MCA to highlight the provisions of the CII and IFC entered into a cooperation agreement to Act that need amendments. A number of issues with promote good corporate governance practices in the respect to CSR, loans to employees, e-voting, ½ling country and in the development and implementation of certain events with RoC, exemption to certain of initiatives like Independent Directors and Women companies from creating Debenture Redemption on Board programmes. Reserve, transition period for undertaking deposit insurance were resolved. Provisions for easing CII Governance Series 2015-16 was launched with a related party transactions, con½dentiality in view to discuss the latest issues related to Corporate business, loans, fraud, providing exemptions Governance. Various breakfast sessions with leaders to private companies were also announced. of Indian Industry were hosted under this series. 8 K Sinha, Chairman, Securities & ExchanJe Board of India SEBI unveils the CII - Deloitte Report on Corporate Governance in the Ànancial capital of India, 0umEai. From L to R: P R Ramesh, Chairman, Deloitte India; 8 K Sinha; Leo Puri, Summit Chairman and 0D, 8TI Asset 0anaJement Co Ltd and Vladislava RyaEota, ReJional Corporate Governance Lead-South Asia, IFC at the th Corporate Governance Summit in 0umEai PUBLIC SECTOR ENTERPRISES The initial engines of economic growth for a newly independent India, the Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs), continue to be the pillars of the economy, with many featuring amongst the Fortune 500 companies. Through the year, the CII Council on Public Sector Enterprises engaged with the PSEs as well as the relevant Government departments and Ministries, to help build a vibrant public sector. ADVOCACY Various recommendations, made speci½cally by CPSEs considering their governance structure, were accepted. A Noti½cation on Exemption From L to R: B Prasada Rao, Chairman, CII Council on PuElic Sector Enterprises and Former C0D, BHEL; K D Tripathi, Former Modi½cation Adaptations on the Companies Act Secretary, DPE and 0arut Sen Gupta, Deputy Director General, was also issued by the Government CII at the interactive session with K D Tripathi in New Delhi • Suggestions were made with respect to SEBI (listing Obligations and Disclosure requirements) Joint Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Regulations 2015 Issues pertaining to the Public Sector with respect • A core group comprising Procurement to the Companies Act 2013 were discussed +eads of the Maharatna CPSEs made • The forthcoming pay revision and other important recommendations to the Finance Ministry policy issues found attention of the Members on the Public Procurement Bill during the council meetings. A forum of +R Directors drafted the recommendations to be ACTION submitted to the Pay Commission for Central PSEs CII created a number of platforms to encourage • At the seminar on CSR- Impacting People, deliberations and discussions on matters pertinent Transforming Lives, Shri Anant G Geete, Minister to the PSEs. of +eavy Industries & Public Enterprises released a CII CSR Compendium, Transforming Lives • In separate sessions, Members interacted with the through CSR,chronicling the CSR activities then Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, • A conference on Kick Starting Manufacturing Mr K D Tripathi and Mr Amardeep Singh Bhatia, through Oil & Gas was also organised From L to R: Commodore SuEramaniam, then C0D, Cochin Shipyard Ltd; 0adhukar Gupta, Additional Secretary, DPE; Anant G Geete, 0inister of Heavy Industries & PuElic Enterprises; B Prasada Rao, Chairman, CII Council on PuElic Sector Enterprises and then C0D, BHEL; Vimal :akhlu, Chairman, CII SuEcommittee on CSR and SD and C0D, TCIL at the Seminar on CSR- ImpactinJ People, TransforminJ Lives in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 19 FINANCIAL REPORTING AND NFCG CFO Committee During the year representations were submitted During the year 2015-16, the CII Committee on IndAS, ICDS and SEBI’s Listing Obligations and for CFO deliberated on various developments Disclosure Regulations 2015. A series of meetings in the regulatory environment. Members were organised with senior of½cials of the MCA and provided valuable inputs on issues arising from other authorities on the subMect. implementation of the Companies Act 2013, Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS) and Indian Accounting Standards (IndAS), which formed part of CII’s representations to the National Foundation authorities on the subMect. for Corporate Financial Reporting Governance (NFCG) With India’s ½nancial reporting system undergoing signi½cant developments, the CII Committee on NFCG is a unique PPP model set up by the Ministry Financial Reporting, focused on ensuring smooth of Corporate Affairs (MCA) in partnership with CII, transition and easier compliance to the new Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), standards i.e. IndAS and the ICDS. Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI), National With this background, the Conference on Financial Stock Exchange (NSE) and Indian Institute of Reporting focused on understanding the IndAS and Corporate Affairs (IICA). It aims to foster a culture ICDS noti½ed by the authorities. Mr Pritam Singh, of Corporate Governance at the corporate as well as Additional Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs the Industry levels. (MCA), Ms Pragya S Saksena, Joint Secretary, NFCG has, over the years, built a reputation Central Board of Direct Taxes, Ministry of Finance, for itself as: and Mr AmarMit Chopra, Chairman, National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards deliberated • A referral point on the subMect of Corporate with the delegates and other speakers on the Governance and related ½elds by granting challenges expected in the implementation accreditation to 6 premium Indian Institutions, of these Standards. engaged in promoting Corporate Governance, as National Centre for Corporate Governance • A facilitator for creation of a business environment that aims at promoting voluntary adoption of good Corporate Governance practices by supporting / organising more than 250 programmes on the subMect • A centre for dissemination of knowledge on Corporate Governance and related ½elds by commissioning over 30 research studies From L to R: Vishesh Chandiok, 0emEer, CII National Committee on the subMect on Financial ReportinJ and National 0anaJinJ Partner, Grant Thornton India LLP; Amarjit Chopra, Chairman, National During 2015-16, NFCG supported maMor CII initiatives Advisory Committee on AccountinJ Standards NACAS ; in the area of Corporate Governance and related PraJya S Saksena, Joint Secretary, Central Board of Direct Taxes, ½ 8 0inistry of Finance; Pritam SinJh, Additional Secretary, 0inistry elds, including a Research Paper on CSR. nder of Corporate AͿairs; Dipankar Chatterji, Chairman, CII National the aegis of NFCG, over 10 events were organised Committee on Financial ReportinJ at the National Conference on and two Research Papers were completed by the Financial ReportinJ in New Delhi Institutions. ETHICS IN BUSINESS & SOCIETY Transparency in Governance the Indian School of Business and GE. It would CII’s National Committee on Integrity and enable the candidates to design and implement Transparency in Governance continued its efforts to an effective compliance programme based on the minimize corruption in business, the focus being on organisation needs. encouraging Members to follow good practices. CII also engaged with the Government to put in place A Special Task Force is working on the setting up transparent and unambiguous policies, simpli½ed of a CII Centre of Excellence on Governance to raise procedures as well as enhance the usage of awareness on ethical practices in business and to technology in Government interactions. guide companies to meet compliance requirements. Industry guidelines for business courtesies were ADVOCACY also ½nalized during the year. A seminar on Fighting A Model Code of Conduct re¾ecting the identity and Bribery in Business Transactions was organised values of an organisation, its commitments to integrity, Mointly with OECD. to be responsible and compliant, to abide by the law and to have high ethical and moral standards was CII and the Vigilance Study Circle (Delhi & NCR drafted and is being discussed with Members for Region) organised a Roundtable where the Chief possible adoption. Principles which would enable Vigilance Commissioner, Mr K V Chowdary was a company to become a good corporate citizen are Chief Guest. The Roundtable aimed at promoting also being worked on. A proactive and voluntary cross learning of best practices and experiences practice, these principles cover CSR, environment, amongst Chief Vigilance Of½cers of Public Sector industrial relations, skilling, recruitments, and women 8ndertakings and the private sector. Going forward, empowerment, amongst others. such meetings will be held at regular intervals across the country involving local public sector units ACTION and the private sector. A course to provide necessary training, skills and competency to compliance of½cers and management The Committee also provided inputs to the draft professionals is being designed in partnership with legislation on anti-corruption at the Central level. From L to R: K V Chowdary, Chief ViJilance Commissioner; AEha Anand Kishore, Vice-President, ViJilance Study Circle Delhi & NCR ; Parve] Hayat, President,ViJilance Study Circle Delhi & NCR and Chief ViJilance 2cer, Power Grid Corporation; Dr Sudhir Kapur, 0emEer, CII National Council and 0D & CE2, Country StrateJy Business Consultant Private Limited; S Sen, Principal Adviser, CII at the RoundtaEle Interaction with CV2s and Compliance 2cers in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 21 PUBLIC POLICY CII Public Policy department acts as an interface between Industry and policy makers (MPs/MLAs) and leadership across political parties with an aim to build a consensus on social, national and international issues vital for the development and growth of the country. ADVOCACY CII presented Industry perspectives and Industry interaction with 0emEers of Parliament from recommendations to the Parliamentary Standing Uttar Pradesh Committees on the following issues: • Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency • Mines & Labour Safety Act in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Settlement • Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill (Second Amendment) Bill 2015 2010 • Real Estate (Regulation and Development, 2013) • Lok Pal Bill 2011 8 • Land Acquisition Bill 2010 Industry interactions with MPs from ttar Pradesh • Companies Act Amendment Bill 2011 and Telangana were organised. While interacting ½ • Mines and Minerals Development and with State MPs, CII presented issues speci cally Regulation(MMDR) Bill 2011 pertaining to the development of the States. • Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2012 ACTION • The Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2012 Every year, MPs are allotted funds under the • Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Member of Parliament Local Area Development • Payment Settlement Bill (Finance Committee), (MPLAD) Scheme, primarily to be spent towards M 2015 development pro ects in their respective • Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry, constituencies. Sensing the need to share 2015 best practices across sectors, CII developed a Industry interaction with 0emEers of Parliament from TelanJana Sumitra 0ahajan, Speaker, Lok SaEha and 0emEers of Parliament at the release of the Compendium of Select Development Initiatives under the 0PLAD Scheme in New Delhi compendium of proMects undertaken in MPLAD Member of RaMya Sabha and Vice Chairman Scheme. A maiden effort by CII, the Compendium of +ouse Committee-RaMya Sabha the aims to help build a positive perception about delegation also saw participation of MPs from MPLAD scheme and encourage MPs to take more Congress, The Nationalist Congress Party and community development proMects across the country. the BJP. The obMective of the visit was to enhance The Compendium is inspirational and conveys a understanding and explore scope to further strong message that developmental initiatives strengthen mutual cooperation in Railways, with are being undertaken at the ground level. a special focus on high speed trains and climate The annual delegation of Indian Members change. In the meetings with various Ministers of Parliament visited Japan under the aegis of the Government of Japan, the delegation of CII°Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF). discussed other areas of cooperation such as Led by Mr V P Singh Badnore, Senior BJP Defence and Energy. From L to R: BaEu Khan, Senior Director, CII; Vandana Chavan, 0emEer of Parliament NCP ; V P SinJh Badnore, 0emEer of Parliament BJP and Leader of the 0Ps deleJation to Japan; From L to R: Vandana Chavan; Riti Pathak; Yohei Sasakawa, 0asaka]u HA0ACHI, Parliamentary Vice 0inister for ForeiJn Chairman, Nippon Foundation; V P SinJh Badnore; Vincent AͿairs, Japan; Vincent H Pala, 0emEer of Parliament INC ; H Pala; Junko Chano, Executive Director, The Sasakawa Peace Riti Pathak, 0emEer of Parliament BJP Foundation CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 23 RoundtaEle meetinJ on trajectory of Indo-German relations with Parliamentarians from India and Germany and Leaders of the Indian Industry in BenJaluru CII, in association with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAF), organised a Roundtable meeting with Members of Parliament from Germany and India. The participation from Indian and German Parliamentarians and Industry focused on strengthening cooperation, shared democratic values and paved the way for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Defence and Aviation sectors. Members discussed the scope for mutual cooperation on a range of subMects including clean and green energy, climate change, security and ways to counter terrorism. From L to R: Deep Kapuria, Chairman, CII Trade Fairs Council and Chairman, Hi Tech Group; SteͿen BilJer, 0emEer of the German Parliament and Chairman of the YounJ Group of the CDUCSU Jroup in the German Parliament; Dr Lars Peter Schmidt, Resident Representative to India, KAS at the RoundtaEle meetinJ on trajectory of Indo-German relations in New Delhi RoundtaEle meetinJ on trajectory of Indo-German relations in BenJaluru. From L to R: Ravi RaJhavan, Vice Chairman, CII Karnataka and CE2, Bharat Frit] :erner Ltd; Sandeep 0aini, Immediate Past Chairman, Karnataka State Council and Director, 0aini Precision Products Pvt Ltd; SteͿen BilJer; AEhishek Goenka, Convener CII Karnataka Economic AͿairs Panel and Partner & BanJalore Tax Leader, PwC; G K 0oinudeen, Head, CII, Karnataka COMPETITIVE SOLUTIONS AND NURTURING COMPETITIVENESS • Centres of Excellence • Building Competitiveness ~ CII Institute of Logistics ~ Competitiveness Development ~ CII Institute of Quality Services ~ CII-ITC Centre of Excellence ~ Design for Sustainable Development ~ Innovation & Entrepreneurship ~ CII-AVANTHA Centre for ~ Intellectual Property Rights Competitiveness for SMEs ~ Technology ~ CII Naoroji Godrej Centre ~ Public Private Partnership of Excellence Technology Centres ~ CII Sohrabji Godrej Green ~ Skill Development Business Centre ~ Knowledge Management and ~ CII Suresh Neotia Centre Business Transformation of Excellence for Leadership ~ Human Resource Development ~ CII-Triveni Water Institute ~ Industrial Relations ~ CII-Jubilant Bhartia Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence CII CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE CII Institute of Logistics The CII Institute of Logistics (CIL) aims to address • College students bene½tted from the preparatory the need of sharpening Indian industry’s competitive short term certi½cate programmes in Logistics edge through better Logistics and Supply Chain and SCM practices. • Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed with Karunya University, Christ University, ADVOCACY IMT, Hyderabad, TKM Institute of Management, • Enhance functional skills through training Karnataka Law Society and Rajiv Gandhi National and development Institute of Youth Development for offering • Conduct educational programmes in areas courses and certi½cations such as logistics and supply chain • Create a professional competency assessment WAREX and Improvement Projects framework (SCM PRO and SCM EXE) The Warehouse Excellence Certi½cation Model • Focus on Warehouse Operational Excellence and improvement studies in Logistics and SCM Assessment and Certi½cation (WAREX) enabled 23 organisations to improve. • Provide advisory services by selective involvement and consultation TCM Maturity Model and Improvement Projects • Undertake Total Cost Management (TCM) initiatives Over 20 organisations participated in the TCM for manufacturing and services maturity model and improvement studies programme. ACTION Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence Established in 2004, CIL works to gain insights into (SCALE) Awards emerging trends, Industry speci½c problems and SCALE Awards, aimed at encouraging the industry global best practices in logistics and supply chain to become a global benchmark for best practices management. The Institute works with stakeholders in logistics and SCM, were given to 86 companies in image building, enhancing knowledge, achieving of the 252 entries received. The SCM Maturity competitiveness, developing and implementing Model assesses and rates the Supply Chain standards and recognising best practices. competitiveness of organisations and ½ts them into any of the ½ve hierarchical levels in the Training evolution path. • Over 1,500 professionals were trained through open training programmes and in-company programmes • 200 Supply Chain practitioners were certi½ed in SCM PRO/SCM EXE competency assessment • More than 300 executives were trained in the Total Cost Management Tool Education • More than 500 participants were enrolled in the Logistics and SCM education programmes • Revised and upgraded training material for Logistics and SCM courses was released Winners of the Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence Awards 2015 CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 27 CII Institute of Quality The CII Institute of Quality (CII IQ), as the nation’s takeaways of the National Business Excellence reference point on quality, provides role model Conclave where CII dedicated its Bangalore products and services for continuous betterment premises to Mr K N Shenoy, Past President CII and of organisations and society. With international Founder Chairman, CII IQ. The National Excellence footprints, it offers standard solutions, creates Practice Competition, National Services Sector practical insights and drives tangible results thereby Excellence Summit and the 23rd CII National Quality enhancing competitiveness and inclusive growth. Summit provided platforms for encouraging Business Excellence. Besides various training and Business Excellence cluster programmes, consultancy services were provided to companies across the globe. ADVOCACY • Build sustainable capabilities to deliver high Total Productive Maintenance stakeholder value and recognise high performing organisations ADVOCACY • Promote manufacturing excellence to make ACTION companies competitive through TPM practices The CII-EXIM Bank Awards, based on the international EFQM model, are aimed at enhancing ACTION business excellence. Bhilai Steel Plant-Steel The Manufacturing Mission to Germany visited the Authority of India and Rallis India Limited won the plants of BMW, Sona Auto, LAPP Group, Robert CII EXIM Bank Award for Business Excellence in Bosch Diesel Systems and Kramski in Munich and 2015. Twenty other organisations were conferred Stuttgart. The Best Practices in Manufacturing Study Commendation Certificates. SMB Performance Mission with 70 participants from 40 companies Excellence Recognitions and BE STAR visited TVS Motors and Titan Industries. Four Recognitions commenced this year with Kaizen conferences, The Champion’s Competition, 10 and 13 winners respectively. the TPM National Conference and the TPM Circle Competitions were instrumental in promoting Sustainable performance excellence, quality manufacturing excellence and competitiveness compliance and perception of value were key through TPM practices. Attendees of the TPM From L to R: David Keeling, Senior Partner and Director, McKinsey & Company; L Krishnan, Chairman-OE, CII IQ and Managing Director, TaeguTec India Pvt Ltd; Yaduvendra Mathur, CMD, Export-Import Bank of India; N Kumar, Chairman, CII IQ, Past President, CII and Vice Chairman, The Sanmar Group; Preetha Reddy, Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd and Greeta Varughese, Executive Director, CII IQ at the 23rd CII National Quality Summit 2015 in Bengaluru Analytical Methods. More than 60 training sessions addressing over 1,000 industry professionals greatly helped in both capacity and capability building. Education Excellence ADVOCACY • National awareness in education excellence; convergence of assessments, accreditation and institutional effectiveness Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister, Karnataka presenting the CII-EXIM Bank Award for 2015 to Bhilai Steel Plant, SAIL in Bengaluru. ACTION From L to R: P R Deshmukh, GM (I/C), CO & CCD; N Kumar, Two Missions on School Excellence to Singapore S Chandrasekaran, CEO, Bhilai Steel Plant; SPS Jaggi, GM, BE, Bhilai Steel Plant and Yogesh Shastri, DGM, BE, Bhilai Steel Plant representing over 1.5 lakh students and one to Finland, helped Indian schools benchmark with Facilitators Course, including overseas participants, the best international practices. CII IQ was invited were certi½ed as internal TPM Facilitators. Of the to share perspectives on internationalization of 292 JIPM-TPM Excellence Awards achieved by 199 school education at the International Conference Indian companies till date, 90 companies with 119 for Teachers in Kunming University, China. Various awards have been supported by TPM Club of CII IQ, seminars and training programmes helped which also consults in South Africa, Oman, Bahrain, stakeholders share good practices, and learn from Egypt and several other countries. each other. Project Sarvottam, Project Shikshottam, the Teacher Engagement Network (TEN) and In- QMS & Laboratory Management service Certi½cation In Teaching Excellence (INCITE) Programmes continued during the year. So far the ADVOCACY Education Excellence team has engaged with over • Build Capacity in standards, quality management, 2,500 Pan India institutions and trained over 10,000 application of quality tools, risk management, teachers in India and overseas. laboratory practices, legal metrology • Sensitise stakeholders with national and Lean & Six Sigma international best practices, non-tariff barriers relating to standards ADVOCACY • Delivering transformational changes through • In¾uence policy on standardisation, conformity capability building and certi½cation in Lean Six assessment and technical regulations with Sigma strong interface with relevant Ministries and national bodies • Forge strategic partnerships with international ACTION Transformation in productivity, quality and and foreign Standards bodies customer satisfaction were brought about by developing lean experts, lean practitioners ACTION and different levels of Six Sigma experts. The 4th edition of the National Conclave for Certification training was delivered to over 250 Laboratories held in partnership with National executives and awareness training to another 500 Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration through open programmes as well as in-house Laboratories (NABL) led to signi½cant decisions on trainings for companies such as Vizag Steel Plant accreditation policies and laboratory development. A and Bharat Forge. For the regional round of the proprietary Risk Assessment Tool that links risk to 9th Lean Six Sigma competition, 45 companies organisational objectives was developed. CII IQ’s ½rst submitted 63 entries, of which 50 teams presented ever international training workshop on Enterprise at the national level. Besides an overall increase Risk Management was conducted in Saudi Arabia. of 75% in the number of projects, the level of Over 100 participants from BHEL, Mahindra Group participation from Services and ITeS rose from and Coromandel Group joined the unique online 10% to over 30%. Certi½cation Course on Quality Assurance and CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 29 CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development With an aim of becoming a global leader and driving improve Ease of Doing Business. An input paper was transformation towards sustainable development, created for consideration by the Expert Committee. the CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development’s (CESD) activties are driven by Inputs on Draft Waste Management Rules 2015 Knowledge, Action and Recognition. Knowledge The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate includes developing new frameworks, conducting Change (MoEFCC) partnered with CII for organising surveys, and creating platforms on various stakeholder consultations to seek feedback on the sustainability issues. Action entails all training, Draft Waste Management Rules 2015, covering all advisory and advocacy work. Recognition consists of waste categories i.e. municipal solid waste, e-waste, CII-ITC Sustainability Awards and Sustainable Plus. biomedical waste, plastic waste and hazardous waste. CII submitted a compendium of inputs ADVOCACY on each of the regulations to MoEFCC. Ease of Doing Business The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion Inputs on Draft Environment Laws Amendment (DIPP), constituted an Expert Committee under Bill 2015 the chairmanship of Mr Ajay Shankar, Former The MoEFCC prepared the Draft Bill, inviting inputs Secretary, Industries, to examine the possibility from all relevant stakeholders. CII, in consultation of replacing multiple prior permissions with pre- with its National Committee on Environment 2015-16 existing regulatory mechanisms and to prepare a provided inputs to the Ministry for its consideration. draft legislation. CESD worked with the CII National Committee on Environment to highlight procedural ACTION challenges with respect to Environment and Forest Business and Biodiversity Clearances and suggest possible solutions to The India Business and Biodiversity Initiative (IBBI) From L to R: Dr Subir Gokarn, Former Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India and then Director-Research, Brookings India; Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest and Climate Change; Y C Deveshwar, Past President, CII & Chairman, Advisory Council, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development and Chairman, ITC Limited; Seema Arora, Executive Director, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development at the 10th Sustainability Summit in New Delhi was hosted along with the MoEFCC and with the CII-ITC Sustainability Awards support of the German International Cooperation The CII-ITC Sustainability Awards recognise and (GIZ). IBBI is a front-running business league in reward outstanding contributions by corporates conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, to sustainable development in the country over instituted within the Global Platform for Business the last 10 years, CII-ITC Sustainability Awards and Biodiversity, hosted by the Secretariat of UN have set benchmarks for excellence in sustainable Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). At the businesses in India. CESD thus celebrated 2006-2015 international level, IBBI organised a session at the as the decade of sustainable businesses in India. World Forum for a Responsible Economy in France Twenty six winners were recognised for excellence and also participated in the CBD Business and in sustainable businesses. Shri Suresh Prabhu, Biodiversity Forum in Finland. Minister of Railways and Former Jury Chair and Dr R A Mashelkar, Former Jury Chair and President, Integrated Reporting Global Research Alliance presented the prestigious CESD introduced Integrated Reporting to India by awards to the winners. setting up a business network called Capacity Building CESD undertakes capacity building through a diverse range of training and counselling services. In 2015, From L to R: H.E. Ambassador Shyam Saran, Jury Chair and CESD reached out to 2,000 participants through 28 Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries; Y C Deveshwar; Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways open programmes and 18 in-company programmes, and Former Jury Chair; Dr R A Mashelkar, Former Jury Chair conducted both in India and abroad. and President, Global Research Alliance and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII with winners of the CII-ITC Sustainability KNOWLEGDE Awards 2015 in New Delhi 10th Sustainability Summit CESD celebrated its 10th year with the Annual Sustainability Summit. The session themes such as Solutions 2025, Road To & Beyond Paris, Smart Cities: Transforming Life, Transforming India, were current and topical. RECOGNITION Sustainability Label A CESD innovation, the Sustainable Plus Label provides a brand identity tool for companies to communicate that they are sustainable, responsible and well-governed. ITC, Tata Chemicals, Tata Power, Mahindra and Mahindra, Siemens, Maruti Suresh Prabhu handing over the CertiÀcate of recognition to one Suzuki and Wipro use the label on their websites of the Assessors at the CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2015 in and sustainability reports to communicate their New Delhi. From L to R: H.E. Ambassador Shyam Saran, Y C Deveshwar, Dr R A Mashelkar and Chandrajit Banerjee sustainability performance. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 31 CII-AVANTHA Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs The CII-Avantha Centre for Competitiveness for come together, interact in a constructive and SMEs focuses on bringing about a change in the complementary manner to generate newer and culture of Indian Small and Medium Enterprises smarter ways of doing things. The Cluster approach, (SMEs) by embedding competitiveness in their DNA, which is the Centre’s forte, is based on this tenet. thereby giving a competitive lead to the country’s Aimed at facilitating mutual learning, this approach economic scorecard. was pioneered by CII about 18 years ago. Till date about 3,000 SMEs have been impacted with the ADVOCACY formation of over 250 Clusters. The Centre works towards enhancing competitiveness and reach of SMEs through MSME QMS/QTT Awareness Programmes networking. In 2015, efforts were directed towards As part of the countrywide awareness drive, 10 facilitating bilateral social and economic relations, QMS/QTT programmes were conducted at multiple promoting balanced and sustainable growth and locations across India. helping India in its war against corrosion. Trainings and Workshops ACTION More than 60 training programmes and workshops Enhancing Competitiveness were conducted throughout the year in areas The Centre handholds SMEs to improve their such as manufacturing excellence, human business indicators and enhance productivity, resource management, cost, energy and corrosion innovativeness and competitiveness. management. These workshops bene½tted over 1,500 managers. Cluster Approach – Catalyst for Growth and Transformation Enhancing Reach and Networking Innovation is better triggered in dynamic The theme of the Centre’s annual ¾agship event, environments where similar organisations the 8th National Cluster Summit was Build SME 117 National level Kaizen and Championship Awards were conferred during the National Cluster Summit 2015 in New Delhi Competitiveness: Invest in Clusters. The theme had its genesis partly in the Prime Minister’s clarion call of Make in India including that of Zero Defect, Zero Effect and the fact that Clusters have been testi½ed as important means of growth and transformation. During the Summit, both Indian and international companies deliberated on issues pertinent to the growth of the industry. Facilitating Bilateral Social and Economic Relations The Indo-German Manager Training Programme (IGMTP) brings together Indian and German enterprises with a view to enabling them to harness From L to R: Yogesh Munjal, Chairman, National Cluster Summit and Managing Director, Munjal Showa; Dr Anup K Pujari, the their business potential. The programme has then Secretary, Ministry of MSME and R Narayanan, Head, been crucial in facilitating and fructifying deals CII-Avantha Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs during a pertaining to exports, imports, technology transfers, walkthrough of the Kaizen gallery at the 8th National Cluster collaborations and joint ventures. Till date, 222 Summit in New Delhi Managers have bene½tted from the programme and it has resulted in imports and exports of over 3.03 Corrosion Management million Euros and 1.03 million Euros respectively. CII is committed to the cause of enhancing competitiveness of Indian Industry. A part of the endeavour is to disseminate sectoral as well as issue based knowledge to the stakeholders. With this view CII-Avantha Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs initiated the Corrosion Management Services in 2006. To drive the mission of mitigating corrosion various seminars, workshops, training and certi½cation programmes, including the 3rd Corrosion Management Summit, were organised. Nearly 1,500 organisations and 2,500 managers and engineers bene½tted from these initiatives. Interaction with International delegates at CII-Avantha Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs in Chandigarh International delegations in many batches from about 24 countries visited the CII-Avantha Centre for Competitiveness for SMEs to learn how the Centre is promoting and developing competitiveness. Promoting Balanced and Sustainable Growth Energy ef½ciency is a high priority area for the industry. Research shows that there is around MoU signing between CII and NACE International Gateway 10–30% energy saving potential in almost all sectors. India Section (NIGIS) in the presence of Surjit Kumar Chaudhary, Till date, the Centre has undertaken over 1400 the then Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers; John McCaslin, Minister energy audits, both in India and abroad, realizing Counselor for Commercial AͿairs, US Embassy, New Delhi; annual recurring savings worth Rs 2,350 million. Dr Baldev Raj, Chairman, CII-Corrosion Management Committee Training programmes on Energy Management were and Dr U Kamachi Mudali, Chairman, CII-Faraday Council of Corrosion and other dignitaries in New Delhi also conducted. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 33 CII Naoroji Godrej Centre of Excellence Provoke, Inspire, Transform is the motto that drives Under partnership with the Warwick Manufacturing the CII Naoroji Godrej Centre of Excellence. With Group UK, 10 modules of the Engineering Business a mission to establish itself as an international Management Programme were held at the Centre. Centre of Excellence that recognises the importance of manufacturing to India’s economy and works Task Force on Industrial Safety to create a global manufacturing hub in India, the The Centre set up a National Task Force on Centre’s initiatives are aimed at: Industrial Safety with the objective of building and strengthening the culture of safety and to promote • Enhancing competitiveness and manufacturing safety excellence in companies operating in India. excellence These will be achieved through a slew of initiatives • Forging alliances with academia, R&D to be launched by the Centre. establishments, Government and industry • Helping build a well trained 'smart force' • Creating globally relevant manufacturing leaders • Compiling narratives on 'Indian' manufacturing ACTION Training Programmes In 2015, the Centre organised 72 competency building programmes on developing people potential, ½nance, taxation, risk management, marketing and sales, amongst others. Close to 10,000 Managers from 341 companies participated in these programmes. In addition, 20 customised short term programmes for nine companies and two customised long term programmes were also Jamshyd N Godrej, Chairman, CII Naoroji Godrej Centre of conducted. Excellence and Chairman & Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd in an interaction with the participants of the Intensive CEO Speak Series Programme on Manufacturing Excellence in Mumbai Under the CEO Speak Series, three sessions were organised with various senior leaders of the industry, such as Mr Anant J Talaulicar, Vice President, Cummins Inc and Chairman & Managing Director, Cummins India Group on Leadership at Cummins; Mr Basudev Banerjee, President, National Centre for Quality on Quality Management Systems and Mr N Ravichandran, Executive Director (Retd), Lucas TVS. Intensive Programme on Manufacturing Excellence The Centre offers the exclusive Gold Sash Programme, an intensive one year modular programme on manufacturing excellence, aimed at developing professionals who can take on challenging roles globally, set new benchmarks and carry forward next practices. The ½rst batch of the Basudev Banerjee, President, NCQM at a CEO Speak programme got underway in January 2016. Session in Mumbai CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (CII-Godrej GBC) was established in the year 2004, as CII's Developmental Institute on Green practices and technologies, offering world class advisory services on conservation of natural resources. CII-Godrej GBC works closely with the stakeholders in facilitating India to emerge as one of the global leaders in Green Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge), businesses by 2022, by demonstrating Green makes Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, presenting the business sense. CII-Godrej GBC is housed in India’s IGBC plaque to Dr Mangu Singh, Managing Director, DMRC Ltd ½rst Platinum rated Green building. in the presence of Asim Ahmed Khan, Minister for Environment & Forest, Government of NCT of Delhi and Dr Prem C Jain, Chairman, IGBC for Platinum rated Janpath and Mandi House KEY AREAS Stations, DMRC at the Conference on Green Metros 2015 • Facilitate India to emerge as one of the global leaders in sustainable built environment factories. IGBC’s Rating Systems, based on the ½ve • De½ne & assess how Green a company is, through elements of nature (Panchabhutas), are designed GreenCo Rating System and highlight to address national priorities with respect to the way forward to become globally competitive sustainable development. • Enable Indian Industry to achieve world class levels in energy ef½ciency Growth of Green Buildings in India • Facilitate market transformation of green Beginning with 20,000 sq. ft. green built-up area products and technologies through GreenPro in 2003, today, India with over 3 billion sq. ft. is the Certi½cation 2nd country in the world with the largest registered • Facilitate wider adoption and promotion green building footprint. Over 3,500 projects are of renewable energy technologies adopting IGBC Green Building Standards. IGBC aspires to facilitate 10 billion sq. ft. of registered ACTION green building footprint by 2022. India has committed to the world that its Greenhouse Gas Emissions from one unit of GDP in 2030 will be IGBC Local Chapters at least one third of the 2005 levels. CII-Godrej GBC To facilitate adoption of Green buildings at the has been working to reduce these for over a decade State and Regional levels, three local chapters having facilitated reduction of over 10 million tons / were established in 2015, taking the total of IGBC annum of CO2. Chapters to 20. Partnerships were forged with Gujarat Technological University and Gujarat IGBC Green Building Rating System Institute of Housing and Estate Developers (GIHED). The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has till Training programmes on Green Buildings were date launched 13 Green Building Rating Systems organised in 10 cities in partnership with the Ministry for various types of buildings. Four of these were of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE). launched in 2015: • IGBC Green Interiors GreenCo Rating • IGBC Green Residential Societies Designed to facilitate adoption and promotion • IGBC Green Campuses of environment friendly measures, this rating is • IGBC Green Cities the ½rst of its kind in the world. GreenCo provides The other speci½c IGBC Green Rating Systems companies a holistic framework to become globally include those for new and existing buildings, homes, competitive and environmentally sustainable. schools, MRTS, townships, SEZ, landscape and It also helps to provide strategies for long term CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 35 conducted to date. The audited units have together achieved an annual recurring energy saving of over Rs 2,830 million. Monitoring and Verification under PAT Scheme CII Godrej GBC team conducted monitoring and Dr Kirit Somaiya, Member of Parliament & Chairman, veri½cation of 19 designated consumers in various Parliamentary Committee on Energy addressing the Energy Eciency Summit 2015 in Hyderabad sectors including Power, Cement, Iron & Steel, Aluminum and Fertilizer. competitiveness besides being an excellent tool to monitor Green performance. GreenCo Best Practices Awards 2015 The Awards, presented to 17 companies at the Today 57 companies are GreenCo rated and over GreenCo Summit 2015, aimed to recognize projects 175 companies are working on the Rating System. implemented by GreenCo rated companies. These 11 GreenCo rated companies have together reported awards are also aimed at encouraging companies annual savings of Rs 180 million. to implement many more innovative practices. GreenCo Rating for SMEs National Award for Excellence in Energy Launched in 2015, this rating evaluates SME’s Green Management performance and helps in de½ning the path for Over 125 companies were felicitated for their energy achieving global competitiveness in Green practices. conservation and management initiatives at the 16th edition of the Award. GreenCo Forums In an effort to share Green practices and spearhead Recognition the GreenCo Movement at State/City level, GreenCo Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, BEE presented ½ Forums were earlier launched in Bangalore, CII, the Certi cate of Merit of the Ministry of Power Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. In 2015 under the National Energy Conservation Award they were launched in Delhi and Hyderbad. 2014 and 2015. GreenPro Certification India Specific Transport Sector Emission Factors With a life cycle based holistic approach the Air, rail and road emission factors, along with the GreenPro certi½cation assesses the Greenness methodology to compute transport related emissions of a product and facilitates Green product were released under the India Greenhouse Gas market transformation. As on date, 55 products (GHG) Programme. Launched at the India Business are GreenPro Certi½ed. A MoU was inked with and Climate Summit 2015 these will enable Underwriters Laboratory (UL) to be the Knowledge companies to effectively measure, manage Partner for offering GreenPro Services. and mitigate Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. Green Power Market Development Group – India Benefits Achieved by CII’s Facilitation Role (GPMDG) Phase- II Based on feedback This joint initiative of CII and World Resources Recurring Reduction in Annual Institute (WRI) is supported by Shakti Sustainable Activity CO2 achieved Savings Energy Foundation. It explores innovative (Tons / Annum) (in Million Rupees) approaches that increase the share of Renewable Energy Audits &Energy Energy in the overall energy consumption of Ef½ciency Improvement 5,792,292 2,830 Commercial and industrial establishments. studies-1500 Energy Audits As on date, GPMDG has facilitated around Implementation of CII Code by MSG Signatories and GreenCo 9,64,000 2,110 209 MW of Green Power Procurement. rated companies Green Buildings-780 completed 35,52,500 1,420 Energy Audits green buildings Over 1,500 national and international detailed Total 1,03,08,792 6,360 energy audits in various industrial sectors have been CII Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for Leadership Leadership for 2020 Corporates are participating in driving India’s growth agenda through several channels such as creating employment, innovating for new products and services to meet aspirational needs and also meeting social obligations. A high level panel discussion on Leadership for 2020 highlighted the fact that business is a key player in the Indian economy, and business leaders must play an important role in driving India’s growth. Emerging HR Challenges for the Next Decade From L to R: Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Arun In a brainstorming session Members shared Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance, Corporate AͿairs and experiences and strategic interventions undertaken Information & Broadcasting and Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman, CII-SNCEL and Chairman Ambuja Neotia Group at the 1st Suresh to mitigate key challenges being faced by HR Neotia Memorial Lecture on Vision for India 2020 in Kolkata leaders, in both the Manufacturing and Services sectors. The discussions were speci½cally focused The CII-Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for on: Leadership (CII-SNCEL) facilitates development of leadership attributes, skills and appropriate • The challenges of managing Gen Y with respect business processes in Industry and institutions, to talent acquisition, development and retention which would be the principal drivers for India to • How HR was adopting, responding and leveraging emerge as one of the global business hubs. In disruptions created by technology this regard, the Centre provides cross-sectoral • The importance and criticality of Employee leadership through a multitude of interventions Relations in the overall people processes in education, training and consultancy. • How HR enables Leadership and diversity ACTION Leadership Dialogues During the year the Centre organised a range of Leadership Dialogues as platforms for top minds to share their vision and perspectives on different aspects. Vision for India 2020 The First Suresh Neotia Memorial Lecture on Vision for India 2020, emphasized that India’s growth model, at the centre of which lies fueling all round investments and demand, is irreversible. Policy From L to R: Pankaj Bansal, Co-Founder & CEO PeopleStrong; diversions that could dislodge it must be avoided. Aquil Busrai, Chief Executive Ocer, Aquil Busrai Consulting; Delivered by Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Minister S Y Siddiqui, Chief Mentor, Maruti Udyog Ltd; A Mookherjea, of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Chairman, Advisory Committee CII Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for Leadership & Past Chairman, CII-ER; Nadeem Broadcasting, the Lecture witnessed a galaxy of Kazim, Director HR & Personnel Exide Industries Ltd; Indrani senior industry leaders, diplomats and eminent Kar, Deputy Director General, CII and Head CII-SNCEL at the HR people. Leader’s Interactive Session in Kolkata CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 37 forecasting for an ef½cient supply chain and the use of technology by the Next Generation Supply Chains • Help participants learn techniques available for effective cost management across the value chain for increasing pro½tability and improving bottom lines • Appreciate the current scenario of cyber security in India, threats and mitigation tools and Workshop on Total Cost Management in Kolkata techniques. The importance of understanding the information Security Audit – ISO 27001:2013, Enhancing Leadership through People hacking versus corporate espionage as well as Transformation the present and future of IT security defence were With leadership development in companies as the also touched upon focus, CII-SNCEL undertook the following initiatives • Recognise the Media metamorphosis, application in 2015: of digital media in marketing, effective application of digital media for a start-up, SOLOMO – social, • Developing leadership skills to manage, develop local and mobile in digital marketing, digital media and release the full potential of juniors and build analytics and digital assets on their commitment to use their skills and • Enhance knowledge of the quantitative concepts knowledge for the bene½t of the organisation and models in Marketing Analytics and the skill • Understanding current trends in the Indian to execute them Industrial relations scenario, developing a • Competitiveness is a key challenge for the participative culture, evolution of statutory industry, both in the domestic and as well as in the environment and constructive role of Trade global market. The Centre provided knowledge Union Leaders and hand-holding support to several organisations • Appreciating human capital deliverables that across sectors to implement tools and techniques impact business, focus on creating business value, to improve Productivity, Quality and Cost enhance knowledge of measuring impact of HR initiatives and activities Capacity Building for Statutory Compliance • A certi½cation workshop helped to analyze CII-SNCEL undertook several initiatives for creating the psychological and emotional mapping of knowledge and expertise on the legal and statutory employees with a view to maximize performance framework within which organisations must operate. and eliminate expensive mistakes • A Seminar was organised to enhance knowledge • A traning programme was held to help and awareness about Prevention, Prohibition and participants learn how to manage workplace Redressal Rules 2013 (The Sexual Harassment con¾icts, address confrontation, deal with dif½cult of Women at Workplace). Prevention strategies, people and create a healthier and more productive complaint resolution and ways to avoid crises and work environment con¾icts at the workplace were deliberated upon • A workshop was held to enhance knowledge, Enhancing Leadership through Strategy and assess relevance and understand the applicability Process Transformation of changes in the salient features of statutes such Interventions aimed to create leadership through as the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) process transformation focused on key drivers Act and the Trade Union Act 1926 such as strategy, cost, supply chain, digitization and operational excellence models on the shop ¾oor. Various workshops and training programmes were organised to: • Spread awareness and develop skills amongst junior and middle level managers on usage of Analytics in Business across sectors • Understand the importance of an ef½cient and Leadership Development Programme on Data and Information Driven Marketing in Kolkata analytical approach for demand planning and CII-Triveni Water Institute The CII-Triveni Water Institute (CII-TWI) works • Interfacing municipality and Industry, towards enabling India make substantial progress a key enabler for achieving water security towards achieving water security by 2022. • Facilitating an ef½cient framework for water usage for sustainable Smart Cities The Institute's work is focused on transforming • Water auditing across sectors such as industry, water conservation and management in India by municipality and buildings changing the mindset and behaviour of diverse • Developing skill and capacity through training stakeholders resulting in more effective and in water and wastewater management sustainable water management practices at • Benchmarking and baselines for improving water grassroots level. The Institute aims to create use ef½ciency a difference on the ground focusing on areas • Thematic national and international conferences of improving water use, water risk assessment, on improving water use ef½ciency for information strategizing and mainstreaming water related CSR dissemination, awareness generation and initiatives, awareness generation, undertaking advocacy training programmes, and implementing scalable solutions and strategies for effective water and ACTION wastewater management. Water Audits for Promoting Water Use Efficiency CII-TWI undertook comprehensive water audits of ADVOCACY various sectors in 2015. A water saving potential • Basin or watershed evaluation using CII-TWI’s of about 85 billion litres was achieved as against state-of-the-art Water Risk Assessment Tool 60 billion litres achieved in 2014. This is equivalent (WATSCAN) for assessing water availability, risks, to supplying drinking water to the entire rural and appropriate community centric strategies for population of India for a day. Water audits of iron ensuring water security ore mines of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), • Facilitating a conducive policy framework for helped improve water use ef½ciency and water treated wastewater; promoting new modes of competitiveness. Detailed water audits of companies ½nancing for implementing PPP projects across sectors revealed that water savings From L to R: Dr Ravi Singh, Member, Advisory Board, CII- Triveni Water Institute and Secretary General & CEO, WWF India; Raj Chengappa, Group Editorial Director, India Today Group; N K Ranganath, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Water and MD, Grundfos Ltd; Uma Bharati, Minister for Water Resources, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation; Dhruv M Sawhney, Chairman, CII–Triveni Water Institute, Past President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd; Dr Ashok Gulati, Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture and Former Chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices; Dr Vinod Tare, Professor, IIT Kanpur at the 1st Water Innovation Summit in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 39 Dr Ravi Parthasarathy, Chairman, CII Mission on Smart Cities addressing the delegates at the Conference Making our Cities Smart: The Urban Water Connect. From L to R: Hari Prasad Hegde, Chairman, Industrial Water use Eciency Group, CII National Committee on Water and Senior VP and Global Head Operations, Wipro Limited; A B Pandya, Chairman, Central Water Commission, Ministry of Water Resources; Sushil Gupta, Advisor, National Water Mission, Ministry of Water Resources and Dr Kapil Narula, Executive Director and CEO, CII-Triveni Water Institute equivalent to 40-50% of current water consumption Watershed Evaluation for Water Resource can be achieved by adoption of low-medium cost Management strategies, with payback of less than a year. The Institute’s Water Risk Assessment Tool (WATSCAN) was successfully applied at different Advocacy for Water and Wastewater Management scales to seek solutions to water challenges. CII-TWI provided inputs to the Government on water These included application at: and wastewater management related policies. • Farm level – application to a 4,500 acre farm Recommendations on the National Mission on Clean in Mirzapur helped identify sustainable water Ganga (NMCG) included: management strategies in farm management. • Water auditing of all major water users • Plant watershed level – the bene½ts of various (municipalities, Urban Local Bodies, industry) interventions undertaken by the industry in the Ganga basin to be made mandatory to upstream and downstream users were • All developmental projects to be designed determined and approved using the integrated watershed • Constituency level – community centric water approach (IWRM) management interventions were devised to enable • Enable/ encourage ULBs to develop a Special water security and thereby income and livelihood Purpose Vehicle (SPVs) established in Ganga river sustainability. A detailed study evaluated the basin, and promote innovative concepts such as extent of water related imbalances as well as industry-municipal interface demand-supply gaps and recommended strategies • Encourage subsidies and incentives for recovery to address the challenges. The assessment was of pollutants and recycling / reuse backed by a cost bene½t analysis to work out the impact through adoption of strategies in a time During a special plenary session on Namami Gange bound manner. at the 1st Water Innovation Summit the need for combined efforts by Government and private sector Pursuing the theme of Making Cities Smart, for cleaning river Ganga was reiterated by Sushri a session on Cities in context of their watershed was Uma Bharati, Minister for Water Resources, Ministry organised. The underlying conference theme dwelled of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga upon the Water- Urban Connect, a sensitive area Rejuvenation. The need for India and Bangladesh required to be addressed while building a Smart City. to have a shared vison to manage precious water resources was also emphasised. The Institute continued to provide technical support for re½nement of the online India Water Tool, being At a workshop on Enhancing Water Use Ef½ciency developed in partnership with Industry, coordinated by and Competitiveness of the Auto Sector sustainable World Business Council for Sustainable Development practices with regard to water use ef½ciency were (WBCSD). The updated version will provide high brought forth. granularity and will have within its engine a dynamic hydrological decision-support-system. CII-Jubilant Bhartia Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence The CII-Jubilant Bhartia Food and Agriculture skilling and capacity building of farmers and agri Centre of Excellence (FACE) actively works towards entrepreneurs in partnership with private players building ef½ciencies across the agricultural value and relevant stakeholders. chain from farm to fork by leveraging technology and innovation to improve agricultural productivity and Building Capacity – Food Safety & Quality 2015 strengthening post-harvest activities. FACE engages An estimated 16,500 participants and 5,000 Food with Government, policymakers, think-tanks and Business Operators have been reached out to in industry on key issues related to agriculture, food the area of Food Safety and Quality till date. processing and safety and contributes actively to policy reforms. Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan- National Campaign for Safe Food, in partnership with Cargill India, ADVOCACY NASVI and VOICE, is a pan India campaign to raise This year FACE focused on custom hiring of farm awareness on hygienic and food safety practices machinery which eliminates the need to incur on Safe Food for All. It was inaugurated by Shri high initial costs of procuring farm machinery and Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, enables a farmer to rent the latest farm technology. Food and Public Distribution at the Ministry of This in turn, leads to improved yields, better quality Consumer Affairs. Impacting over 12,500 consumers output and reduced production costs. in Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune and Jamshedpur this campaign featured special ACTION consumer awareness sessions and training sessions FACE undertook an in-depth survey of the for street food vendors and Industry. entrepreneurs and farmer bene½ciaries to understand their experience and perspective of the 6th CII National Award for Food Safety services provided by the Custom Hiring Centres. Mrs Anuradha Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry These Centres are potential platforms for not just of Food Processing Industry along with Dr Mrinalini fast tracking adoption of farm mechanization but Darswal, Commissioner Department of Food Safety, also providing agri services, skilling and technical Government of NCT of Delhi gave away four sector knowhow. As a next step, CII will undertake speci½c awards at the 6th CII National Award for From L to R: Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer AͿairs, Food and Public Dr Mrinalini Darswal, Commissioner, Department of Food Distribution, Siraj Chaudhary, Chairman, Cargill India and C Safety, Government of NCT of Delhi and Anuradha Prasad, Viswanath, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer AͿairs, Food and Joint Secretary, MoFPI felicitating D K Litti, Patna, Street Food Public Distribution, at the launch of the Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan Recognition Winner of the CII National Award for Food Safety in New Delhi 2015 in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 41 Food Safety. Over 68% award applicants represented SMEs and street food businesses. The 10th National Food Safety and Quality Summit focused on integrating global perspectives on food safety and quality for enhanced consumer safety. FACE will contine to build capacity of farmers on good agricultural practices through the Cluster Development Awareness Programmes of Fruits and Vegetables in 15 States for 14 product groups in partnership with APEDA and State Governments. Courses to promote a culture of excellence are being planned in collaboration with the Government. From L to R: B Rajagopal, President, DSM India; Siva Nagarajan, Chairman, CII National Committee on Dairy & Managing Director, Innovation and Technology Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Pvt Ltd; Vinita Bali, Chair, The need to connect research with adoption of Board of Directors, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition(GAIN); Vandana Singh, CEO, Food Security Foundation India and technology has set the stage for ideation, incubation Member, Advisory Board of India Food Banking Network; Siraj and adoption of technology at individual and smaller Chaudhry; Sarvesh Shahra, President - Foods, Ruchi Soya group levels. FACE thus announced a Network of Industries Ltd; Meetu Kapur, Executive Director, CII at the launch of Resource Centre : Business4Nutrition, under the campaign Agri-startups, Venture Financiers and Incubators Swasth Bharat Sashakt BharatTM (NAVI) under the CII Agriculture Technology and Innovations Initiative. NAVI will provide Swasth Bharat Sashakt BharatTM an opportunity for: CII in partnership with Global Alliance for Improved • Agri-startups to pitch and present their ideas Nutrition (GAIN) launched a project to address the ½ ½ • Venture nancers to select ideas for nancing micronutrient de½ciency (hidden hunger) widespread and scaling up among both children and adult population. The • Incubators to provide a platform for launching project aims at building consensus on voluntary technological solutions forti½cation of edible oils and create an enabling • Provide access to Mentors (comprising of business environment for the Edible Oil Industry. leaders, experts from the sector) An advocacy platform, National Alliance on Edible Oil Forti½cation (NAOF), comprising business leaders (from edible oil sector, policymakers, nutrition experts and others) was created. Consultations and workshops were conducted across India. In addition, awareness consensus building around forti½cation was done through media campaigns, partnership with organisations such as VOICE and consumer seminars/workshops. Manuals on Quality Assurance and Quality Control From L to R: Dr Vipin Kumar, Chief Innovation Ocer, National protocols for forti½cation were developed and Innovation Foundation; Dr Daniel Chamovitz, Dean, George S training and assistance provided for adoption and Wise Faculty of Life Sciences and Director, Manna Center for sustainability of forti½ed food products. Many oil Plant Biosciences, Tel Aviv University Foundation; Siraj Hussain, ½ Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry manufacturers and re neries expressed their keen of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, S Sivakumar, Chairman, interest in implementing these learnings at their CII National Council on Agriculture and Chief Executive ABD, factories. ITC; Dr David Bergvinson, Director General, International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) and Salil Singhal, Co-Chair, CII National Council on Agriculture and A Nutrition Resource Center has also been instituted Chairman and Managing Director, PI Industries at the CII Agri within FACE to take forward business led initiatives Technology and Mechanization Summit 2015 in New Delhi on achieving nutrition security. BUILDING COMPETITIVENESS Competitiveness Development Services 7th Champions for Societal Manufacturing Graduation Ceremony at Mumbai Scale up and sustain was the beacon call for the programme has been recommended for extension Competitiveness Development Services (CDS) of CII till September 2018. for 2015. The period saw CDS growing its activities towards transforming Indian manufacturing. Senior Manager’s Course th CDS focused on enhancing manufacturing • The 9 Batch of the Course was launched competitiveness and promoting inclusive, successfully economic and social development, and integrating • The new batch saw a full house of 59 CDS’s work into the larger Make in India canvas. participants from 28 companies • 10 new companies were enrolled into the VLFM Community ADVOCACY • 55 participants visited Japan to conduct Self- This year CDS focused on building a visionary Initiated Research (SIR) and gained insights and futuristic leadership and evolving a robust and learnings on the Japanese Society and supply chain, besides transforming society by Manufacturing eco-system creating synergies between community development • The Course faculty were systemically trained and business through identi½cation and uptake and empowered to run the Course independently, of scalable models for holistic village management under overall guidance from Professor Shoji and business development. CII’s CDS also worked Shiba, Chief Advisor, CSM Project. towards accelerating business growth of SMEs threefold over the next 3 years. 1000 Visionary SME Programme • By December 2015, the programme expanded ACTION its bene½ts to 788 manufacturing plants In a signi½cant development, the VLFM (re-titled • A unique and path-breaking Volunteer-driven Champions for Societal Manufacturing – CSM) Model of VSME for Tier 2 and Tier 3 companies Programme underwent Terminal Evaluation by was initiated. It is expected that through this Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) – the Model, the programme will be able to reach Japanese Counterpart Organisation, after which the 100,000 SMEs in India CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 43 Senior Managers’ Course Years 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Cumulative Companies 27 23 30 27 23 35 30 26 28 155 Impacted Leaders Developed 48 48 48 51 60 80 55 59 59 508 Change Leaders Participating New Corporate New Participating Developed Companies Groups Companies 59 28 4 10 Village Buddha Programme Session 2014-15 2015-16 Cumulative Module Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module A Module B No of Participants (Companies) 16 (6) 24 (11) 32 (15) 19 (5) 25(12) 116(25) 1000 Visionary SME Programme • The Business Process Transformation Project was 900 788 instrumental in installation of a 40 MW automatic 800 solar module line 684 700 • The Manufacturing Excellence Project resulted 600 513 in the implementation of Lean Manufacturing 500 Systems concepts including the 5S system, 400 inventory management system, scrap 300 management system, Kaizen implementation 200 141 system, etc 77 100 28 0 Awards and Recognition 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 In recognition of its outstanding contribution Rural Community Tier 3 Tier 2 to capacity building of Indian manufacturing and Tier 1 OEM Total enhancing India-Japan relationship over the last nine years, the CSM Project was awarded the Village Buddha 11th JICA President Award 2015. • Launched in 2014, Village Buddha is a unique programme which aims to build a strong The G Mark-Good Design Award was conferred on relationship between business and society VLFM graduates from Godrej Appliance Division by to create a win-win for both. The 3-Module the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JIDP) for Round 1 had a cumulative 72 participants from ef½ciently applying the VLFM tools and techniques 21 companies. over the last few years. • Round 2 of the Programme was kicked off in June 2015 with a new and modi½ed Module A on Holistic The Government of Japan announced the conferment Village Transformation-A Systematic Approach. of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with 19 participants from ½ve companies took the Rosette on Dr Sarita Nagpal, Principal Advisor, CII. cumulative impact of Village Buddha to 91 industry members from 23 companies • Module B of Round 2 on Holistic Emerging Market Development was held in March 2016 with 25 participants from 12 companies Good to Great (GTG) Initiative In its 2nd phase, the initiative has witnessed execution of 10 projects: • The New Product Development Project assisted in the creation of railway toilets, retention tanks, Participants of Village Buddha Module ‘B’ at TVS IQL fuel tanks and supplies to coach factories in Bengaluru Design CII through its Design Division plays an active role in establishing the importance of design to promote business sustainability and growth through innovation and evolving new paradigms of manufacturing. It is imperative to establish the manner in which design can aid in new product development, new market creation, go-to-market mechanisms for new ideas, and creation of product- service eco-systems. In 2015, the initiatives thus focused on the theme, Make in India: Making it Happen by Design. From L to R: Hrridaysh Deshpande, Member – CII National Committee on Design and Director, DYPDC Center for Automotive Research & Studies; Anjan Das, Executive Director CII; Dr Y S ADVOCACY Rajan, Distinguished Professor, ISRO; Dilip Chhabria, Founder and Recommendations and suggestions submitted Managing Director, DC Design; Dr Naushad Forbes, President- Designate CII and Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall P Ltd; Udayant to the Government were aimed at: Malhoutra, Chairman, CII National Committee on Design and CEO & Managing Director, Dynamatic Technologies Limited; Prof • Including design and procurement of IP under Pradyumna Vyas, Director, National Institute of Design & Member Secretary, India Design Council at the 15th CII NID Design Summit 35 (2AA) and (2AB) of the Income Tax Act in New Delhi • Reintroducing Section 80-IB (8A) of the Income Tax Act, to encourage setting up R&D ½rms and Design ½rms Various platforms were provided to foster a culture • Making design interventions an integral part of design and new product development as well as of DMIC–DC Smart City project. Roads and to align the design community to the Government’s Services Tender for Dholera Smart City Phase 1 Make in India initiative. The MSME Conclave focused was submitted by two design ½rms on New Product Development and was organised in partnership with Department of Scienti½c & ACTION Industrial Research (DSIR) and Industrial Design The 15th edition of the Design Summit brought Centre, IIT Bombay with support from Design together the best of the Indian and international Innovation Centre. On the occasion of World design thinkers, policy makers, designers, design Industrial Design Day CII and India Design Council educators and design users for sharing and learning (IDC) in partnership with Department of Industrial from each other. With emphasis on Designing in Policy & Promotion (DIPP) organised a session on India for the Indian consumer, the main takeaway Make in India: Making it Happen by Design. The CXO from the conference was that India’s design-led sessions held in partnership with IDC provided an revolution has to be rooted in an understanding opportunity to learn from the leadership journey of the culture and user context and focus should of Sony. be on R&D to enable productivity. The Design Excellence Awards established new benchmarks for design excellence and showcased Innovation and how the design profession is rising to the challenge Entrepreneurship of new technological opportunities and business needs. The Awards ware announced for Visual CII’s innovation and entrepreneurship work aims Communication, Industrial Design, Interaction to build structured innovation processes within Design and Mobility Design. This year CII also the industry through assessment and recognition recognised students in order to encourage, support of innovation, encourage the start ups to scale and nurture new talent entering the industry. Nine up operations and to create an ecosystem that ½ awards were given based on the nal year thesis encourages innovators and entrepreneurs. All projects submitted by students. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 45 Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico) participated in the summit and discussed new opportunities for collaboration in innovation and entrepreneurship space. Intellectual Property Rights CII facilitates the development of a robust Intellectual Property (IP) ecosystem in the country From L to R: Professor Anil Gupta, Executive Vice Chair, and works to substantially increase the number National Innovation Foundation; S Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, of Indian IP owners through IP protection and CII Innovation & Entrepreneurship Council and Co-Founder, enforcements. Infosys Ltd; Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Navas Meeran, Co-Chair, CII Innovation & Entrepreneurship Council and Chairman, Eastern Group of ADVOCACY Companies presenting the Grand Award (Most Innovative Start- IP is a key consideration in day-to-day business Up) of CII Industrial Innovation Award 2015 to Right Track Admizzionz Campuz Pvt Ltd in New Delhi decisions and a strong IP regime is key to building an innovation led economy. CII thus focused on working stakeholders, including the Government, are with the Government to build a strong legislation engaged to facilitate an exchange of ideas and best and enforcement mechanism and a conducive policy practices leading to greater business opportunity. framework. Recommendations were also made on the draft National IPR policy shared by ADVOCACY the Government. CII made detailed recommendations on the National and State Level Entrepreneurship Policy to both ACTION the Central and State Governments. This policy CII facilitates leveraging of IP by Indian industry is aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship under and creating a strong IP ecosystem in India through Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s clarion call of various platforms. Of½cers of the enforcement Startup India, Standup India. Discussion were held authorities, lawyers as well as industry players on the regulatory challenges and how these can be changed to positively impact the entrepreneurial landscape in India. ACTION With a view to encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation CII provided start up and innovation platforms to showcase innovations at a national level. Along with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MoSDE), the Startup Summit and the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summit were organised. The aim was to harness the growing enthusiasm and accelerate the pace of innovation From L to R: Deep Kapuria, Chairman, Hi-Tech Group; R Saha, and entrepreneurship development in India. Senior Advisor, CII; Maurizio Cellini, First Counsellor, Head of Trade and Economic aͿairs, Delegation of the European Union to India; Rajiv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, DIPP and Controller During the summit, awards were conferred upon General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks; François-Régis the top 10 Startups and top 25 most innovative Hannart, Principal Director, European and International Co- companies from large, medium & small segments operation, European Patent Oce (EPO); Poul V. Jensen, Director, EBTC at the Indo-European Conference on Fostering Co-operation for their excellence in innovation capability. Also in Research, Innovation and IPR in New Delhi ambassadors for 5 Latin American countries (Brazil, Technology CII works to bring technology to the centrestage and make it into a movement in the Indian Industry. With this objective the division focused on the following: • Work with the Government towards a comprehensive Knowledge Economy Policy to transform India to a knowledge-driven economy • Signi½cantly scale up Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA) through large scale participation of CII Members in R&D Dr Pawan Goenka, Chairman, IP Committee & Executive Director by collaborating with the Central and State of Mahindra & Mahindra and Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP Governments presenting the awards at the CII Industrial Intellectual Property • Roll out high level technology management Awards held in New Delhi executive programmes in partnership with global universities attended capacity building workshops and • Through existing bilateral platforms such as conferences including the National IPR Conference. India-UK Joint Economic & Trade Committee (JETCO) and others, facilitate global technology The Indo-European Conference on Fostering partnerships Economic Development through Bilateral Co- operation in Research, Innovation and IPR was ADVOCACY organised in partnership with the Department of CII works with the Government to develop policies Scienti½c & Industrial Research (DSIR), European to encourage industry to increase their R&D Business & Technology Centre (EBTC) and European investments with a view to enhancing India’s R&D Patent Of½ce (EPO) to sensitise stakeholders on IPR expenditure from the current 1% to 2% of GDP. CII related issues. has also been actively pursuing the case to continue existing R&D incentives for in-house research, R&D The 2nd International Conference on IP Law and Enforcement of IPR was a collaborative effort of CII, DIPP and IPO where Japan was the country partner and the deliberations revolved around building a conducive IP Ecosystem in India. Those who contributed to harnessing the country’s intellectual capital and to creating an ecosystem that boosts creativity and innovation were recognised at the National IP Awards 2015 organised jointly by CII, DIPP and IPO. The 1st Industrial Intellectual Property Awards honoured those who leveraged IP for gaining business advantage and also contributed to intellectual and economic progress of the country. From L to R: Dr Arabinda Mitra, Adviser & Head, International (Bilateral) Cooperation, Department of Science & Technology; Public Private Partnership Model Dr Gopichand Katragadda, Chairman, CII National Committee on Technology & Group Chief Technology Ocer, Tata Sons Limited; Under the PPP Initiatives CII has set up Technology Y S Chowdary, Minister of State for Science & Technology & Earth Development Centres and IP Facilitation Cells (IPFC) Sciences; Minsik Ahn, Minister, Embassy of the Republic of Korea; as an institutionalised mechanism to bene½t the B V R Mohan Reddy, Executive Chairman, Cyient Limited & Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Hyderabad and Dr Sang Won industry. The three IPFCs one each in Indore, Mysore Ra, Director of Center for International AͿairs, National Research and Ahemadabad are operated in collaboration with Foundation of Korea at the 21st Technology Summit & Expo the Ministry of MSMEs. in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 47 not undertaken in house and expenditure incurred on R&D. Given that both excise and VAT will be included in GST, a key policy advocacy work was related to the waiver of GST on 80-IB (8A) for DSIR recognised companies. The other issue being pursued is the continuation of 200% Weighted Deduction for Indigenous R&D. ACTION To scale up and sustain global trade and investments, it is important to strengthen global science, technology and innovation partnerships with the Central and State Governments, Indian industry Frome L to R: M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of Urban Development, and Indian institutions. CII and the Department Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliament AͿairs; of Science and Technology (DST) therefore co- Hideaki Horiuchi, Managing Director, Hitachi Zosen India Private Limited; Dr B Janardhan Reddy, Commissioner & Director of st organised the 21 edition of the Technology Summit Municipal Administration, Government of Telangana, Telangana with the Republic of Korea as the Partner Country. Swachh Bharat-State Mission Director; Nrupender Rao, Vice An ICT delegation from Korea participated in the Chairman, CII – Telangana and Chairman, Pennar Industries Ltd; Ramesh Datla, Deputy Chairman, CII Southern Region and Summit themed Smart Technologies for Sustainable Chairman & Managing Director, Elico Limited at the International Growth. Symposium on Municipal Solid Waste Management in Hyderabad TIFAC and CII embarked upon a new initiative to INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS deliver a technology roadmap for the advanced APTDC emphasized on creating and promoting an manufacturing sector identifying various application effective Intellectual Property Ecosystem in the State areas vis-à-vis technology sub-themes resulting through various interactive platforms. Through its IP ½ in technology/ product development projects. A Services including drafting, ling and prosecution of series of workshops were also organised to identify patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyrights, application areas and industry academia joint geographical indications, APTDC facilitated the ½ projects. Industry, academia and R&D labs actively ling of more than 75 IPR Services including four participated in these workshops to understand, Geographical Indication (GI) applications. assess and capture their aspirations, views and vision for the future. Apart from open programmes, IP Training was conducted speci½cally for corporates such as GVK Bio and also for Government of½cials. The US Patent & Trademark Of½ce (USPTO) and the Industries Public Private Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh were partners for some of these. The 6th edition of IPEX, Partnership an international conference was focused on the Technology Centres Interfacing IP in a Globalized World: Think Local-Act Global. Andhra Pradesh Technology FOOD AND AGRICULTURE Development & Promotion In the area of Food and Agriculture, APTDC Centre (APTDC) promotes modern technologies for agriculture and disseminates knowledge. APTEC 2015 at Established under the joint participation of Rajahmundry highlighted technologies for modern Government of Andhra Pradesh, CII and Technology agriculture. Foodbiz India 2015 and Dairybiz India Information, Forecasting and Assessment 2015 focused on sustainable technologies and Council (TIFAC), the Andhra Pradesh Technology opportunities for food and allied industries. Development & Promotion Centre (APTDC) is a pioneer in establishing Public Private Partnerships MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE for technology intellectual property services. Solid waste management in India leaves much Awards for Excellence in Solid Waste Management. Smart India 2015 deliberated on Smart Solutions for Smart Cities. Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnology CII - Gujarat Centre of Excellence in Nanotechnology (CoE-NT) works to promote clean and green nanotechnology processes for industrial applications. The Centre encourages knowledge and experience sharing and conducts collaborative J Nivas, Joint Collector, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra research with corporates and academic institutions. Pradesh addressing the inaugural session of Smart India 2015 in Visakhapatnam Networking platforms are provided to create awareness, facilitate technology application and to be desired, with cities struggling to cope with meet the training needs of industry and establish the extent of their solid wastes. APTDC provides standards for nanotechnology processes. Municipal Corporations with services from concept In 2015, CoE-NT’s initiatives were focused on to commissioning of projects in this area. The Centre areas such as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, also disseminates knowledge and provides advisory designing and characterization of green services in municipal solid waste management for nanomaterials, nano as well as ¾exible electronics Smart Cities, amongst others. and restriction on hazardous electronic wastes. Project reports were prepared for the Bengaluru ADVOCACY and Bhubaneswar Municipal Solid Waste to Power The Centre is preparing a primary draft paper on Projects. Various companies bene½tted from the the Nanotechnology Mission in consultation with advisory services of the Centre such as those on Members and nanotechnology experts. In addition, exemption of excise and concession of customs various summits and workshops provided a platform duty on waste to power generation equipment. for the stakeholders to learn from each other. The At the International Symposium on Solid Waste Centre focused on building market connectivity and Management, the Centre also announced the technology solutions for the nanotechnology based industries. From L to R: Harjeet Bajaj, President, Canada India Business Exchange (CIBX), Canada; Joachim Rocha, Trade Commissioner, From L to R: Dr B S Chakraborty, Chairman, GiGaNTiC 2015; Canadian High Commission; Dr H G Koshia, Commissioner, Dr A K Gupta, Head, CoE-NT, CII; Dr H Purushotham, CMD, Food & Drug Control Authority, Government of Gujarat; Dr D NRDC, Professor Y S Rajan; Dr M O Garg, DG, CSIR; Dr H G Sengupta, Senior Advisor, CII; Dr Sachdev Sidhu, Centre Director, Koshia, Commissioner, FDCA, Government of Gujarat; J Gajjar, Centre for Commercialization of Antibodies and Biologics, Canada; Senior VP & Head-R&D, Amneal Pharma; S Roy Chowdhury, Dr Jason MoͿat, Centre for Commercialization of Antibodies and Director & Head- Gujarat State Oce, CII at the Global Green Biologics (CCAB), Canada at the CCAB - Industry Interaction Meet Nanotechnology Conclave (GiGaNTiC 2015) in Ahmedabad in Ahmedabad CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 49 ACTION ADVOCACY Nanotechnology offers immense potential Effective utilization of IPR tools assists companies in and promise to develop new and sustainable technology upgradation, enhancing competitiveness technologies. With this backdrop and in the light of and protecting their ideas. The IPFCs thus work the Make in India initiative, CoE-NT organised the towards enhancing awareness about Intellectual Global Green Nanotechnology Conclave (GiGaNTiC Property Rights (IPRs). IPFC Ahmedabad conducted 2015). Over 225 people witnessed innovative about 75 such sessions and Indore conducted close nanotechnology products demonstrated by various to 20. IPFC Ahmedabad engaged in the formation of companies at the Conclave that highlighted major the Startup Roadmaps in Gujarat. areas where nanotechnology is being used. ACTION The collaboration meetings and industry interactions IPR services were provided to more than 146 for the Centre for Commercialization of Antibodies companies. The Centres have ½led over 21 national and Biologics (CCAB), Canada provided a platform patent applications, ½ve international patent for product development and commercialization applications through PCT and facilitated ½ling of of ABS and Biologics to Indian pharma and 52 trademarks, including the CII brand registration. biopharmaceutical companies. Assistance was provided for ½ling of 17 design application(s) and two GIs. Out of these total ½lings- CoE-NT partnered with the Centre for Materials six trademarks, one copyright and one industrial for Electronics Technology (C-MET), supported by design have been registered. DietY as well as with the National Centre for Flexible Electronics, IIT Kanpur to disseminate knowledge The Centres organised workshops on IP Valuation and foster collaborations. Opportunities in Solar and Management as well as on Intellectual Property were highlighted through a joint workshop with Rights in Electronics, IT & ICT. Dr CL Patel R&D Centre, Charusat University. Global Innovation and Intellectual Property Technology Alliance Facilitation Centre The Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA) CII with the support of Ministry of Micro, Small & aims to be an effective institutional mechanism Medium Enterprises has set up Intellectual Property for providing end-to-end services and support for Facilitation Centres in Ahmedabad, Indore and the emergence of an innovation ecosystem with Mysore with an objective to boost the IP culture demand pull for industrial innovation and technology amongst MSMEs, Technoprenuers, Startup(s) and startups. individual entrepreneurs. The focus is on enabling them to reach and compete in global markets INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL by enhancing intellectual capital and meeting R&D PROGRAMME (BILATERAL) international standards. GITA, on behalf of the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), technically and administratively manages various Industrial R&D programmes. The India-UK Collaborative Industrial R&D Programme, the India – Spain Programme of Cooperation on Industrial R&D, India-Republic of Korea Joint Applied R&D Programme, India-Canada From L to R: Dr Kishor Vinchhi, Global IPR Head, Zydus Cadila Collaborative Industrial R&D Program, India–Israel Healthcare, Ahmedabad; Padmin Buch, IPR Domain Expert and Initiative for Industrial R&D (i4RD) Programme Senior Visiting Faculty, EDI, Ahmedabad; Dr Subhdip Sarkar, Senior Director (IP), Cognizant, Bangalore; Harpreetsingh Banker, and India-Finland Industrial Technology, R&D and Patent Attorney, Ahmedabad; Kunal Dalsaniya, Patent Agent-H K Innovation Programme are some key initiatives. Acharya, at the Workshop on IP Valuation and Management The Industrial R&D Programme is focusing on in Ahmedabad technologies such as Cleantech, Affordable (EC), which mainly aims to implement transnational Indo-European Joint Calls for Proposals in which funding agencies from India, EU Member States (MS) and Associated States (AS) participate. INNO INDIGO focuses on the involvement of SMEs/industries as well as clusters/networks of excellence/ competence. GITA, in cooperation with other INNO INDIGO consortium partners, organised the India-EU From L to R: Dr Bindu Dey, Secretary - Technology Development Innovation Workshop followed by a dissemination Board (TDB); Shubhra Singh, Joint Secretary DIPP, Ministry of session alongside CII’s 21st Technology Summit. Commerce & Industry; Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry; Dr Suprotim Ganguly, Chief Executive Ocer – Global Innovation & Technology HOMELAND PROGRAMME Alliance (GITA); Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP; Vimal Kumar, DIPP’s Technology Acquisition and Development Deputy Director, GITA; Vibhu Jhanb, Deputy Director, GITA and Fund (TADF) under the National Manufacturing K K Sinha, Industrial Adviser (Engineering), DIPP at the launch of DIPP’s Technology Acquisition & Development Fund in New Delhi Policy 2011 was launched by Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Commerce & Industry. TADF, the ½rst Healthcare, Water Technology, Smart Cities, Homeland fund /scheme, is being technically Advanced Manufacturing, ESDM focusing on Large and administratively managed by GITA. It is a Area Flexible Electronics, Internet of Things (IOT) & transformational mechanism for the Micro Small Devices for Internal Security amongst others. & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to acquire clean, green and energy ef½cient technologies from India or INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES (MULTILATERAL) anywhere across the globe. Under the programme, At the 13th ASEAN India Summit at Kuala Lumpur an Indian MSME can avail grant of upto Rs 50 lakhs the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced for Direct Technology and Indirect Technology the ASEAN INDIA Science & Technology Innovation Acquisition and Subsidy for Manufacturing Platform (AITIP) with an annual budget outlay of Equipment / Technology in reimbursement mode. US$ 5 million. AITIP will be co-funded with an equal contribution by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Department of Science & Technology (DST). It will be technically and administratively Gujarat NRE Knowledge managed and implemented by GITA in coordination Application and Facilitation with the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta. The erstwhile Centre AISTDF programme has been converted into AITIP with three major initiatives – a study on technology CII with the support of the Government of Gujarat mapping, encouraging technology partnerships and set up the Gujarat NRE Knowledge Application collaborative industrial R&D programme. and Facilitation Centre (GKAFC) for supporting The Embassy of India, Berlin with the support of DIPP and MEA is implementing a programme to assist the market entry of German Mittelstand (SMEs) and Family Owned Enterprises. Under the Make In India Mittelstand (MIIM) Programme support will be offered to select high-potential German Mittelstands operating in the Make in India focus From L to R: Dr Kirit N Shelat, Executive Chairman, National sectors and interested in the Indian market. GITA, a Council for Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Technology Partner in the project, will support the Public Leadership; Devanshu Gandhi, Chairman, CII Gujarat companies with a bouquet of services and products. State Council and Managing Director, Vadilal Industries Ltd; Bhupendrasinh Manubha Chudasma, Minister, Education (Primary, Secondary and Adult), Higher and Technical Education, Food, Civil Innovation-driven Initiative for the Development and Supplies and Consumer AͿairs, Legislative and Parliamentary Integration of Indian and European Research (INNO AͿairs; K S Murthy, Director & Head, Gujarat NRE Knowledge Application & Facilitation Centre at the seminar on Sustainable INDIGO) is a project funded by European Commission Food Value Chain for Climate Smart Agriculture in Ahmedabad CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 51 industry, technopreneurs and society at large. as an intermediary between industry, institutes, GKAFC has been envisaged to facilitate research Government, international partners and other and development, product and process innovation, potential stakeholders to meet the technological intellectual property, technology commercialization, needs of companies, especially MSMEs, whilst industry academia collaborations, capacity building, developing a stronger business network. pilot projects, counselling and advisory services, publications and making policy recommendations. It AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR also supports the State in exploiting its true potential TNTDPC works across industries in the automotive and realizing the vision of becoming an investor value chain to understand the key challenges and friendly destination. emerging technology trends and works towards possible solutions and interventions. The Centre ADVOCACY worked with the Dindigul Lock Manufacturing Bambaoo has been used for everything from food Cluster to improve manufacturing efficiency, to building bridges and has huge potential to marketing capabilities and to promote technology provide livelhoods. GKAFC thus worked with the based entrepreneurship. The Conference on Madhya Pradesh State Bamboo Mission to promote Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for investments and entrepreneurship in bamboo Engineering Sector was an initiative to convene oriented industries and artisan products, including potential ideas for the Government’s Make in developing market linkages. The Centre also India programme. Through the year the Centre developed the Tripura Bamboo Mission’s Strategy also organised platforms for deliberations on 2020 for ecological, environmental, sustainable automotive R&D trends, future of automotive livelihoods and highlighted the economic bene½ts design and on making Tamil Nadu a global of bamboo. manufacturing hub. ACTION FOOD AND AGRICULTURE GKAFC undertook various initiatives in areas such The Centre disseminates information on new as electric vehicles, geosynthetics, infrastructure, business opportunities and supports entrepreneurs biotechnology, sea food processing, climate smart in the food and agriculture sector by connecting agriculture and dairy industry. The Centre engaged them to technology providers. The 29 Member stakeholders in debates and deliberations on wide Mission to Israel learnt global best practices in ranging subjects including technology transfer, agriculture and dairy, explored opportunities for innovation, sustainable food chains, infrastructure, technology collaboration and R&D besides market digitization and industrial excellence. Given that access. MSMEs contribute nearly 8% to the country’s gross domestic product, initiatives were undertaken to enable them to improve their processes and systems. Through various workshops insights were provided on the Zero Defect - Zero Effect (ZED) initiative which focuses on quality and zero environmental impact under the Make in India umbrella. Tamil Nadu Technology From L to R: Michael Boneham, Group Executive Chairman, Development & Promotion Sewells Group; S H OH, Senior Director & COO, Hyundai Motor Centre (TNTDPC) India; Vinod Dasari, Managing Director, Ashok Leyland Ltd; Rajeev Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Highways & Minor Ports Department, Government of Tamil Nadu; Dr SteͿen Berns, Managing The Tamil Nadu Technology Development & Director, Bosch Ltd; Yang Woo Nam, Managing Director, Visteon Promotion Centre (TNTDPC), a joint initiative of the Automotive Systems India; V Vivekanand, Director, Caterpillar India; Pradeep Agarwal, Director, IDSE, National Automotive Government of Tamil Nadu and CII completed ten Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) at the Seminar years of operation this year. The Centre functions on Automotive R&D Trends in Chennai From L to R: Navas Meeran, Chairman – Foodpro 2015; Alphonsus Stoelinga, H.E. Ambassador to India, Embassy of Kingdom of The Netherlands, New Delhi; Kyungsoo KIM, Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Korea, Chennai; Rajshree Pathy, Chairperson, CII Southern Region and Chairman & Managing Director, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Limited; Piruz Khambatta, Chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing and Chairman, Rasna Limited and Mahesh Natarajan, Regional Director, CII Southern Region at the 11th CII Foodpro 2015 in Chennai TNTDPC’s Foodpro 2015 focused on fostering new To build capacity amongst the MSMEs a Certi½cate business opportunities and technology platforms Course on Intellectual Property Rights was for small agro enterprises. The policy framework conducted alongwith the Centre for Intellectual and Government initiatives, private Industry in the Property Rights of Anna University. The World IP sector and the potential to develop Tamil Nadu Day was celebrated with a conference on Leveraging as an agri and food processing hub were highlighted Intellectual Property Rights for a Creative and at an investor meet. Innovative India. The IP-VAULT seminar provided a forum for stakeholders on various aspects of IP INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) management and how to pro½t from IP which would Over the years TNTDPC has emerged as a one lead to successful technology transfer. stop solution provider for MSMEs, academia and stakeholders in the area of Intellectual Property TNTDPC prepared a detailed report on IPR Mapping Rights. The Centre enables MSMEs to harness Landscape of Tamil Nadu. The report was funded the power of innovation and research through by UK IPO and was presented to the Government of IP Counselling sessions and by helping them to Tamil Nadu. register their patents, designs and trade marks. The Centre works with Government, Industry The Centre ½led eight patents and four design and academia to sensitize and train them on applications of which one has been granted. In IP protection and build an IP Culture in the State addition, over 10 trademark applications were ½led of Tamil Nadu. and more than 50 IP counselling sessions conducted. From L to R: K Ramesh, Head – CII Tamil Nadu State Oce; V Natarajan, Deputy Registrar of Trademarks, Indian Patent Oce, Chennai; S N Eisenhower, Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu and Director – Operations, Saint Gobain India Limited; M S Shanmugam - Additional Secretary, Industries Department, Government of Tamil Nadu; Justice P N Prakash, High Court of Madras; Bharat Joshi, Deputy High Commissioner of UK; R Devan, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Indian Patent Oce, Chennai; T K Ramkumar, President – IPASI at the World IP Day celebrations in Chennai CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 53 Skill Development Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched Skill FLAGSHIP INITIATIVES India under the National Skill Development Mission • The 4th National Conference on Skill Development on July 15, 2015 to create a robust ecosystem for & Job Fair - Linking Skills to Jobs skill development in India. Skill India was launched • The National Skill Conclave for industry and simultaneously across 19 cities. Given that the industry interface in partnership with the success of Skill India will directly impact the success Government of India of Make in India, Start-Up India and Digital India by • Expert seminars on the German Dual System of providing skilled manpower to address the growing Apprenticeship Training in the Indian Context demands of the Industry, various platforms were • India-Germany: Towards a Strategy Skilling India created for deliberations. at Hannover Messe, Germany STAKEHOLDER INTERFACE AND SKILL BUILDING One lakh youth were impacted in 2015 through a CII in partnership with the Ministry of Skill number of initiatives. Ten Pan-India workshops Development & Entrepreneurship and various on the Apprenticeship (Amended) Act 2014 were stakeholders is working towards creating a organised towards advocacy and scaling up industry sustainable skill system through policy advocacy, participation. Technical seminars and workshops research and studies, ¾agship initiatives like PPP with Panasonic, Japan helped enhance skilled models; training of trainers; quality and on time manpower in high precision arc welding towards assessments and on- ground training initiatives. Make in India. CII through active consultation with industry The CII WorkSkills Competitions conducted in ½ve submitted recommendations on: regions witnessed 600 participants in 26 industrial • National Policy on Skill Development & trades. CII supported NSDC in 7 trades for the Entrepreneurship 2015 WorldSkills Competition in Sao Paulo, Brazil. • Multi Skill Institutes Indian contestants won 5 Medallion of Excellence • The National Skill Quali½cation Framework at the Worldskills and a Gold medal at Oceania (NSQF) competition. • Skill development for Ease of Doing Business to Department of Industry Policy & Promotion (DIPP) CII believes it is most important to link skills to jobs. • The Skill Development section of the Union 7 Job fairs showcased the outcome of skill training Financial Budget 2016 by linking job seekers to job givers. From L to R: Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary AͿairs; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Rohit Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship; Hari Bhartia, Past-President, CII and Co-Chairman & Managing Director Jubilant Life Sciences Limited; Pramod Bhasin, Chairman CII National Committee on Skill Development & Founder, Genpact at the 4th National Conference on Skill Development 2015 Rajiv Pratap Rudy handing over oͿer letters to candidates at CII Indian Medallion Winners at the 43rd WorldSkills Competition, Job Fair Sao Paolo Third party assessment is an integral feature in various programmes. Over a period of 10 years the ensuring quality. As a National Assessing Body, CII HPCL Swavalamban Project through its 17 courses, has a pool of 500+ assessors on a Pan India basis trained 17,300 Below Poverty Line youth at 16 centres located in 14 States. Sector Skill Councils: CII promoted Sector Skill Councils in Beauty and Wellness; BFSI; Furniture Special programmes are delivered for Women, and Fitting; Green Jobs; Healthcare; Infrastructure PwDs, SC & STs through focused projects. Every Equipment; Logistics; Life Sciences; Paints and year the Aditya Birla CSR Project Kaushalya provides Coating; People with Disabilities (PwDs); Strategic skill training to 2,000 underprivileged youth. At the Manufacturing and Tourism and Hospitality. ½ve Training Centres in Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu youth are Public Private Partnerships (PPP): PPPs were provided training in welding, retail sales, stitching, created to rejuvenate institutions such as ITIs with tailoring, ½tter, beauty and hair care, IT/IETS. members adopting and upgrading 398 of them and strengthening the management by implementing Over a 1000 youth were impacted through recommendations of the CII ITI study. the training, capacity building initiatives and employment/self-employment opportunities Skill Gurukuls in Association with PanIIT Alumni provided by the project delivered along with the Reach For India (PARFI): The 20 Gurukuls are Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India residential technical training centres that provide (DFCCIL). hands-on-training to the marginalised youth in welding, construction, catering, driving etc. With a Skill Hubs: CII through industry support has been self-sustainable model and micro-½nance assistance able to scale up the training at the 3 Skill hubs set by NABARD they also offer 100% placement up in Bhiwadi (Rajasthan), Chhindwara (Madhya assurance. Pradesh), Kendrapada (Odisha) and Digboi (Assam). On Ground Projects The Skill Hub in Chhindwara is supported by A large number of youth are provided training nine members and the one in Digboi is set up in leading to employment/self-employment through collaboration with Indian Oil Corporation. From L to R: Anil Jauhri, CEO, National Accreditation Board for CertiÀcation Bodies (NABCB); Vijay Nair, Vice President – Employee Relations, Automotive Division and Head – Auto Farm Sector Administration, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.; Dr Shubnum Singh, MD & Chief Executive, Max Institute of Health Education & Research; Pawan Agarwal, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship; S Mahalingam, Former CFO & ED, TCS Ltd; R Dinesh, Joint Managing Director, TVS Sons Ltd; Clement Chauvet, Chief, Skills & Business Development, UNDP, Divya Jain, Founder & CEO, Safeducate at the 4th National Conference on Skill Development 2015 in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 55 Knowledge Management and Business Transformation The CII Knowledge Management and Business oganisations assess their KM maturity index. The Transformation (KM&BT) Committee works to build framework captures KM vision, strategy, technology, awareness about the strategic impact of Knowledge people and processes. Management (KM) on business transformation. Over the years the committee has facilitated sharing, Varanasi, the city with a legacy of being the learning and collaboration amongst KM practitioners fountainhead of knowledge, played host to the 10th so as to effectively manage intellectual capital to edition of the CII Knowledge Summit organised in gain a competitive edge in a knowledge driven global partnership with Banaras Hindu University and IIT economic scenario. (BHU). A ¾agship event for the KM community in India, the Summit drew focus to the latest trends, ACTION technologies and important issues impacting To undertake new initiatives aimed at building knowledge management. an enabling ecosystem and to carry forward the work initiated in 2014, the Committee formed A city-speci½c social online network, the CII two Task Forces. The Task Force on Education K-Community Platform is presently available in New and Collaboration with Colleges, is designing a Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Bangalore. With KM Certi½cation Programme aimed at creating a over 700 KM professionals as members, it functions basic understanding of Knowledge Management. as a platform for networking and accessing the KM A Task Force on Developing a KM Benchmarking ecosystem. Framework and Building a Repository of Best Practices and Case Studies in KM was also formed. A series of monthly webinars on elements of KM This Task Force, in collaboration with the CII-IQ BE were conducted by TCS, Infosys, Wipro, MindTree, Excellence team, is developing a benchmarking CGI and Tech Mahindra and attended by about 150 framework using the Baldrige/EFQM model to help KM professionals. From L to R: B V R Mohan Reddy, Past Chairman, CII (SR) and Executive Chairman, Cyient Limited; Ganesh Natarajan, Chairman, CII National Committee on Knowledge Management & Business Transformation and Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Ocer, Zensar Technologies Limited; Rajeev Sangal, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University; Greeta Varughese, Executive Director, CII with the 2015 Indian MAKE award winners at the 10th edition of CII’s Knowledge Management Summit 2016 Strengthening India’s Knowledge Economy: KM for Digital Education, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, in partnership with Banaras Hindu University and IIT (BHU) in Varanasi Human Resource Development During 2015 CII- HR Committee was driven by the vision for capability building for transformation and innovation through strengthening of Human Resource processes. ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE IN HR PROCESSES CII HR Excellence Awards The 6th edition of the CII HR Excellence Awards focused on driving HR as a critical business agenda and competition differentiator by strengthening people processes within organisations and identifying industry best practices in the area. Richard Rekhy, Chief Executive Ocer, KPMG and Pramod Bhasin, Chairman, CII National Committee on Skill Development and Saint Gobain Glass India Pvt Ltd became the Founder, Genpact and Chairman, The Skills Academy at the 6th CII ½rst organisation to reach the highest level of National HR Excellence Award ConÁuece and Conclave on HR distinction in the six years since the Award was Game Changers in New Delhi instituted. Mr V S Oberoi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource open programmes and in-house trainings were Development handed over the awards for Signi½cant organised for HR Excellence Assessors. Achievement in HR Excellence to Bharat Petroleum, Endress+Hauser Flowtec, Jamshedpur Utilities EXPOSING MEMBERSHIP & Services, Mahindra Intertrade, Sears IT & TO EMERGING HR PARADIGMS Management Services, Intelenet Global and Vedanta. HR Conclave 2016 20 other organisations were recognised for strong The annual HR Conclave on HR Game Changers commitment to HR excellence. focused on the theme of understanding game changing HR practices. Some of the best HR HR Excellence Assessor Training Workshops practices of leading organisations were showcased To equip participants with necessary management at the Conclave, with several HR leaders sharing and assessment skills on the HR Excellence model, their experiences. From L to R: T R Choudhary, Team Leader HR, Saint Gobain India Private Limited- Flat Glass Business; Pugalenthi M, Team Leader-HR, Saint Gobain India Private Limited-Flat Glass Business; Ashank Desai, Co-Chairman CII and HR Leadership Council & Founder, Mastek Ltd; V S Oberoi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development; P Padmakumar, Team Leader (Flat Glass), Saint Gobain India Private Limited-Flat Glass Business; Ajay S Shriram, Immediate Past President, CII and Chairman & Senior Managing Director, DCM Shriram Limited; Balaji K, Team Leader-HR, Saint Gobain India Private Limited-Flat Glass Business; Sajiv Shankar, Team Leader-HR, Saint Gobain India Private Limited-Flat Glass Business; Indrani Kar, Deputy Director General, CII and Head CII-Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for Leadership at the 6th CII National HR Excellence Award ConÁuece and Conclave on HR Game Changers in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 57 Industrial Relations The year 2015 witnessed a slew of activities on the part of CII to actively engage stakeholders, be it the Government at the Centre or the State level or the trade unions, to build a broader consensus on labour reforms to create congenial industrial relations. ADVOCACY Industrial Relations (IR) are directly relevant to the competitiveness of an organisation, and how they are managed impacts enterprise performance From L to R: Sanjay Bhatia, Managing Director, Hindustan Tin and productivity. CII thus engaged with the Works Ltd; Virjesh Upadhyay, National General Secretary, Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh; Dr Ajay Shankar, Chairman, Expert Committee on Ministry of Labour on both tripartite and bilateral Regulatory AͿairs; Pradeep Bhargava, Co-Chairman, CII National forums. Amongst others, CII speci½cally submitted Committee on Industrial Relations and Director, Cummins India recommendations for amendments in labour laws Ltd; Babu Khan, Senior Director, CII; Gautam Mody, General including Code on Industrial Relations, Labour Code Secretary, New Trade Union Initiative; Ritu Chakraborty, Vice President, Teamlease Services Pvt Ltd at the Industry–Trade Union on Wages, Factories (Amendment) Bill, Payment of Dialogue meeting in New Delhi Bonus Act, Small Factories Bill, etc. Maira, former Member, Planning Commission and To create a platform for free dialogue on issues Ms Panudda Boonpala, Director, ILO India. pertaining to Industrial Relations and to promote best practices, CII constituted the Industry–Trade ACTION Union Dialogue Forum. The Forum was joined by The National Conclave on Employee Relations Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), Indian National themed an imperative for growth and development Trade Union Congress and the New Trade Union highlighted the changing legal and regulatory Initiative in addition to select industry leaders. landscape. It also provided a platform to share and Mentored by Dr Ajay Shankar, Chairman, Expert exchange experiences on good industrial relations Committee to Regulatory Approval, Government of practices and for interaction amongst Central and India, the Forum also has the guidance of Mr Arun State Governments and trade unions. From L to R: Saptarshi Chatterjee, Director, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd; Panudda Boonpala, Director, ILO India; Shankar Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment; Pradeep Bhargava; Rajeev Dubey, Conference Chairman and Group President – HR and Corporate Services & CEO - Aftermarket Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd at the National Employee Relations Conclave in New Delhi CONNECTING WITH SOCIETY • CII Foundation • Development Initiatives • Backward Districts • Youth Power ~ India@75 ~ Young Indians ~ Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust • Sports • Education CII FOUNDATION The CII Foundation (CIIF) enables inclusive Strengthening Primary Education development by providing a meaningful bridge Through project Muskaan, the Foundation between marginalised communities in India and strengthened the learning environment in the donors, especially corporates, by giving strategic reconstructed Government schools in Tehri guidance on CSR, and developing and managing District. With support from Industry, CIIF provided high impact programmes. infrastructure for teaching underprivileged students; built reading, writing and speaking capabilities; and The Foundation works with Governments, sensitized teachers and parents. The community was companies,communities, and civil society institutions engaged to address issues of school dropouts, low to channelize their collective resources for social enrollment and absenteeism. development. The thematic areas of CII Foundation’s interventions include: Public Health and Sanitation CII supports National Programmes such as Swachh • Education Bharat Abhiyan and Integrated Child Development • Public Health and Sanitation Services (ICDS) through industry engagement. • Skilling, Employment and Livelihoods • Gender Equality, Women Empowerment Mission Sanitation in Schools (SoS) and Safety CIIF coordinated private sector support and • Environmental Sustainability Including Water response to construct toilets in the Government • Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation schools across India. In the ½rst phase of Mission SoS, 31 companies undertook construction of 4,394 ACTION toilets in Government schools, out of which 203 are Education undertaken by CII. CIIF undertook construction of Post the Uttarakhand ¾ash ¾oods, the Foundation toilets in Government schools of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, undertook various rehabilitation projects to reach Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Delhi and Rajasthan. out to the affected communities. Along with construction and facilitating O&M of toilets, WASH training was given to the students Reconstruction of Schools and teachers. Eight completely damaged schools in Uttarakhand were reconstructed. Four primary schools in The second phase of Mission SoS aims to construct Sinjal, Mulaya and Bagwan villages and an Upper around 2,000 public community toilets across ½ Primary School in Tehri District were reconstructed. 60 cities. The campaign also identi es, evaluates Construction of four other schools in Hadiyada, and documents innovations/ good practices in Pangaria and Anthwalgaon villages is underway. technology, design and behavior change practices in sanitation. Strengthening Service Delivery Mechanisms CIIF along with UNICEF and the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of West Bengal mobilized corporate support to create 24 model Anganwadi Centers in Metiabruz area of Kolkata. Anganwadi Adoption Programme aims to provide direct support in terms of infrastructure, equipment and capacity building to the Centres; ensure early childhood education; reduce mortality and malnutrition of children, pregnant and nursing Students in their classroom at the Upper Primary School in Satagad mothers through nutritional supplements and village, Tehri District, Uttarakhand immunization. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 61 category. The course curriculum is designed with inputs from industry and English Language Teaching Institute of Symbiosis (ELTIS). Welding Centre of Excellence The initiative undertaken with support from the Department of Prisons, Tamil Nadu and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) provides welding training to the inmates of Trichy Central Prison to build their capacities and help them ½nd a job on their release and lead a normal life. Students at the Skill Training Centre in Gurgaon The aim of the project is to keep the inmates productively engaged; prepare them for social and Skilling, Employment and Livelihoods psychological readjustment and rehabilitation by Enhancing Employment Opportunities of Youth enhancing collaborative and social skills imbibe To provide livelihoods to the youth affected by work discipline and develop self-con½dence and Uttarakhand ¾oods, CIIF, in partnership with economic independence. Uttarakhand Skill Development Society and SNS Foundation, is providing skill training in two wheeler Herbs for Empowerment and Livelihoods auto technician and electrician courses. The Herbs for Empowerment and Livelihoods Project (HEAL) project, implemented with support from Enhancing Employability for SC/ ST students Godrej & Boyce, is aimed at augmenting the income The CIIF Finishing School provides soft skills of the poor and middle-class farmers of Wachcham training to the SC/ ST students from various village, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand through educational backgrounds like engineering, law, herb plantation and sale of their produce at better management, IT, architecture etc, to improve their prices. Each family grows Rosemary, Kala Jeera, communication skills and employability. The course Tulsi / Basil and Jambu on their land, yielding an aims to bridge the gap between academics and estimated earning of Rs. 75,000-1,00,000 per annum. industry requirements and enhance employability of The initiative has reduced migration of the villagers undergraduate / post-graduate students of SC/ ST and restored their con½dence in agriculture. As part Woman Exemplar Award 2015 ceremony in New Delhi. From L to R: Dr Naushad Forbes, President Designate, CII and Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall P Ltd; P Thayammal, Woman Exemplar 2015 under Education category; Arun Jaitley; Minister of Finance, Corporate AͿairs and Information & Broadcasting; Ajay S Shriram, Immediate Past President, CII and Chairman & Senior Managing Director - DCM Shriram Limited; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII of the project, the villagers have also been trained Rebuilding Livelihoods on how to take care of the plantation in extreme CIIF supported Mandakini Mahila Bunkar Samiti conditions. (MMBS) in setting up a spinning centre cum production unit at Devali Bhanigram village in Women Empowerment the Kedar Valley, Uttarakhand. The centre is Recognizing Women at Grassroots providing employment to 300 women in the areas of CIIF carried forward its annual initiative, Woman handlooms, weaving and local crafts. The ½nished Exemplar Programme to identify, recognise, product is sold through local as well as international empower and support women working at the exhibitions. grassroots. These marginalized women have, against all odds, excelled and contributed signi½cantly to Environmental Sustainability Including Water the development of their communities in education, Project PEACE-Plantation for Environmental health and micro enterprise. The exemplars are Awareness & Creative Education given a cash award of Rs 3 lakhs, and are further CIIF, jointly with the Eco Task Force aims to reduce empowered by helping to build their capacities and the risk of slope instability by planting trees in Kunjo facilitating market linkages. Maikot village of Chamoli District, Uttarakhand. Five thousand trees including Guava and Khumani In 2015, the programme recognized Ms Pravasini fruit trees that provide nutritional supplements to Bangari, the Health exemplar from an interior village children and act as an additional income source to near forest, Jamut of Balangir District, Odisha. She the neighboring families, were planted. A playground contributed to making healthcare and nutrition and toilets were also constructed at the Government services accessible to the community, including Inter College in the village. School bags, stationery children with disability, malnourished children and solar lanterns were distributed to the children. and pregnant women. Ms P Thayammal, a young graduate was awarded the woman exemplar under Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Education category. She has been teaching school Tamil Nadu Flood Relief and Rehabilitation students through a tuition center in her village in In response to the massive ¾oods faced by Tamil Isavankulam, Tamil Nadu. Nadu in 2015, immediate relief material was provided and medical camps organised to reach out to those affected. Rehabilitation projects to be implemented in collaboration with the State Government in Chennai and Cuddalore Districts of Tamil Nadu were identi½ed. These are aimed at reviving of aquaculture and agriculture, supporting livelihoods, restoration of water bodies, including Adambakkam and Selaiyur Lake, and rebuilding infrastructure of Anganwadis, kitchen cum noon meal centers, schools etc. J&K Rehabilitation The unprecedented ¾oods faced by J&K in 2014 left the State devastated where CII provided immediate relief. The long term rehabilitation projects are focused on providing quality education and scholarships for the marginalized students in Government schools, providing livelihood support to BPL communities and promoting health and well-being of the marginalized in Baramulla and Medical camps, in and around Chennai during Tamil Nadu Relief Bandipore districts. Operation, organised by CII in partnership with Kauvery Hospital and Narayana Hrudayalaya CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 63 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES The focus of CII’s Development initiatives is to To facilitate impactful CSR initiatives, an online engage the Government, industry and civil society platform, Sammaan was jointly developed by CII, organisations in social development to promote Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and Indian Institute inclusion. CII assists its Members in meeting their of Corporate Affairs (IICA). A ½rst of its kind initiative, social development aspirations by connecting Samman enables corporates to undertake effective Industry with Government and civil society to CSR activities by connecting them to veri½ed carry forward effective programmes for social authenticated NGOs. upliftment. The strength of Sammaan lies in its CSR friendly ADVOCACY programmes in alignment with the Companies Act, • Promoting and facilitating Corporate Social spread across causes and geographies. It offers Responsibility (CSR) corporates a dedicated dashboard to monitor funding • Promoting and facilitating Industry engagement and progress of all CSR programmes initiated to support national programmes by them. Operational since December 2015, the • Advocating and promoting inclusion of Persons platform currently showcases 590 projects from with Disabilities (PwDs) in the mainstream 496 NGOs across 325 locations. Some of the causes addressed by the projects include education, health, ACTION livelihood, sanitation, women empowerment Promoting and Facilitating CSR and environment. CII strongly believes that inclusive growth is necessary for sustainable development and To achieve equitable and inclusive growth, and a equitable distribution of wealth and prosperity. sustainable CSR movement, CII organises various Convinced that the corporate sector can play a role national discussion platforms. One such platform in broadening and deepening the spectrum of growth is CII’s annual CSR Summit, which strengthens in the country, CII through its CSR and Community the movement by enabling discussions and Development Initiative, aims for participation of engaging stakeholders from Industry, Government business for holistic development by making CSR an and the Civil Society. This year the National CSR actionable business agenda. Summit focused on the key national priorities and From L to R: Rakesh Bharti Mittal Chairman, CII National CSR Summit 2015 and Vice Chairman, Bharti Enterprises; Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited; S Ramadorai, Chairman, National Skill Development Agency and National Skill Development Corporation and Non-Executive Chairman, BSE; Pranab Mukherjee, President of India; Anjuly Chib Duggal, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate AͿairs; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Raghupati Singhania, Chairman and MD, JK Tyre at the National CSR Summit 2015 in New Delhi programmes that the Government has articulated change; stakeholder engagement and partnerships and how India Inc can partner through their CSR and policies and institutional frameworks to interventions. Good practices around CSR policy strengthen effective delivery of the Swachh development were discussed and CSR practices Bharat Abhiyan. that have signi½cantly contributed to the national development agenda were showcased. CII undertook facilitation and construction of toilets in Government schools through CII Foundation’s A special interactive session on engaging and project- Mission Sanitation in School. ascertaining industry support in sanitation and cleanliness of railway stations across the country Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities was organised. The Indian Railways proposed (PwDs) in the Mainstream that the private sector could, through their CSR Empowerment of PwDs is an important part of CII’s initiatives, ensure cleanliness of stations and agenda for promoting and enabling inclusion. CII provide important passenger amenities through sensitizes industry members through discussions; environmentally sustainable processes i.e. water by creating videos and manuals; facilitating recycling plants, solar panel lights etc. They would employment through dedicated recruitment drives also be provided opportunities for branding at the and promoting barrier free workplaces to enable stations. access to services and facilities. CII also facilitated the setting up of PwD Sector Skill Council. Industry Engagement in National Programmes CII supports national campaigns such as Swachh To catalyze inclusion of PwDs, CII organised a Bharat Abhiyan by promoting and facilitating the National Conference on Special Abilities, with an corporate sector’s engagement in development objective of building awareness and understanding programmes. With Swachh Bharat Abhiyan the What, Why and How of addressing barriers completing one year, it was time to take stock of and driving inclusion/ diversity in companies. The experiences, deliberate on issues and understand Conference also aimed at encouraging industry how industry engagement in the initiative can be champions to practice inclusion and share best made effective. A National Conference on Sanitation: practices to create momentum in the corporate Towards Swachh Bharat: Creating Demand & sector. Building Partnerships was organised to explore the scope and opportunities in the sanitation sector as an emerging economy; good practices especially in operations and maintenance (O&M) and behaviour Release of Swachh Bharat: Industry Engagement - Scope & Enterprise in Delhi. From L to R: Shefali Chaturvedi, Senior Release of DIY booklet on Inclusion- Breaking Down the Barriers Director, CII and CEO, CII Foundation; Ajay S Shriram, in Delhi. From L to R: Chandrajit Banerjee; Thaawar Chand Immediate Past President, CII and Chairman & Senior Managing Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment; Lov Director, DCM Shriram Ltd; M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities; Patu Parliamentary AͿairs; Dr Pratap Bhanu Mehta, President & CEO, Keswani, Chairman, CII National Committee on Special Abilities Centre for Policy Research and Chairman & Managing Director, Lemon Tree Hotels CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 65 BACKWARD DISTRICTS CII’s Backward District Development Committee Government and Industry to work out ways to continued its efforts to promote holistic development assure business to these BPOs so that they can be of villages by Industry. The idea was to make basic a success. The subject of handloom and handicraft facilities available in a particular village or in a group promotion also engaged the attention of the of villages apart from training for income generation. Committee. It was clear that apart from new designs, Education, healthcare, drinking water, livelihood marketing support would help the sector. opportunities etc were some of the services provided to the villages. WATER MANAGEMENT Rural Water Management conventionally seems to Vizag, Joda in Odisha and Vidarbha in Maharashtra imply supply side solutions, i.e. water harvesting were identi½ed for undertaking pilots. One Member and recharge (construction of check dams and took the lead in each district and involved other ground water recharge structures). That there is Members to bring about changes to make an impact potential for improving water use ef½ciency and crop on the society. More such initiatives would be taken productivity in agriculture is known, but the possible up in different parts of the country based on the magnitudes for both need to be demonstrated results of these pilots. through interventions with farmers. A workshop was organised to encourage more CII implemented projects with a focus on demand Members to take up the initiative. The Minister for side management, i.e. reduction in water use Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water through scienti½c irrigation, particularly in irrigated and Sanitation was the Chief Guest. A publication on agriculture. The possibility of a win-win situation best practices in Backward District Development is where farmers would bene½t while reducing the also being compiled. usage of water was demonstrated through the Neemrana-Behror experience where a sustainable The Backward Districts Committee worked to ground water management project is being encourage rural BPOs. CII engaged with the implemented. The entire target region (27,500 ha) is fully dependent on groundwater with over 80% gap between draft and recharge. The demonstration trials led to an improvement in conventional practices. Along with productivity enhancement a substantial impact on cost of cultivation was also achieved. Chaudary Birender Singh, Minister for Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation, addressing the Workshop on Backward District Development in New Delhi. From L to R: Ramana Prasad Alam, Chief Executive Ocer, Amara Raja Electronics Ltd; S R Gupta, Executive Director, Lupin Foundation; Sudhir Deoras, Chairman, CII National Committee on Backward District Development and Managing Director, TRF Ltd; Manoranjan Kumar, Economic Adviser, Ministry of Rural Development Participatory Crop Trial, Mustard YOUTH POWER India@75 based projects by the non-pro½ts and listing these on the India@75 Pro bono portal. A day long programme India@75 was created to bring sharper on Pro Bono volunteering was held at the Cognizant focus to CII’s nation building agenda. facility in Chennai. With clarity of vision and the ultimate objective of a developed India by 75th year of its independence in India requires a sustainable vocational skills 2022, India@75 started with the outreach to sensitize ecosystem, which faced the challenge of masses. In the implementation phase, it endeavours encouraging innovative and implementable business to facilitate convergence of diverse stakeholders solutions. The 4th edition of Power to Empower (P2E) for expeditious execution of the key mission mode Skills Enterprise Plan Competition encouraged schemes of the Government, by making the exercise students as well as entrepreneurs to harness the collaborative and participative large business opportunities offered by the skills development arena. FOCUS India@75 focused on the issues of skills, education The India@75 week activities were aimed at and urbanisation. Besides these, technology and sensitizing the masses about its vision. The volunteerism have been identi½ed as the enablers Coimbatore Confab organised as a precursor to the cutting across all vision elements; hence, the India@75 Week was themed Transforming Engineers impetus was given to creating an ecosystem for into Entrepreneurs and emphasised the importance structured volunteering to engage individuals, of entrepreneurship. The Mumbai Confab focused communities, corporates and non-pro½ts and to on Harnessing India’s Demographic Dividend. A synergize their efforts for tangible deliverables, by Confab was organised in Pune jointly with CII & leveraging technology for outreach and scale. Young Indians (Yi) to highlight the importance of entrepreneurs in driving economic growth. ACTION India@75 undertakes various innovative initiatives in The role of innovation in achieving the India@75 an endeavour to be milestone driven in achieving the vision of a developed India by 2022 was introspected vision objectives. at a conclave in New Delhi. It also deliberated on the need for innovation, skill development, technology The Pro bono Project Design Workshops organised and urbanization to give impetus to various initiatives in Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad of the Union Government like Skill India, Digital India addressed challenges such as articulation of skill and Housing for All respectively. The young leaders and select stakeholders were engaged in Kolkata to discuss the importance of youth entrepreneurship in shaping India’s economy and way ahead for 2022. A Cyclothon was organised to ascertain its ef½cacy in the outreach of India@75 and in connecting with the masses especially the youth, besides raising awareness about environment and health. Success of the event and an enthusiastic response paved the Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways at the Conclave on Role of way for more structured Cyclothons inTier 2 cities in Innovation in Achieving India@75 Vision of a Developed India the year ahead. by 2022 in New Delhi. From L to R: Rajan Navani, Chairman, CII-Council on India@75 and MD Jetline Group and Chandrajit In the 2nd edition of the 24 hour India@75 Hackathon Banerjee, Director General, CII and Trustee, India@75 Foundation 38 short listed teams participated. Brilliant ideas CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 67 were converted into mobile apps and the winners conducted in association with Childline Foundation were selected based on the relevance of the idea of India that impacted 51,682 children across 27 to the India@75 theme and the potential for social Chapters. Swachh Bharat and the Horn Not Ok impact. Please campaigns also played an active role during the National Volunteering Week held during The 3rd National Volunteering Week (NVW), an annual January 2016. feature, was themed I for India. NVW is a part of the National Volunteering Grid (NVG) under the YOUTH LEADERSHIP overarching Strategic Civic Engagement initiative to The national learning series with thought leaders engage individuals, communities, non-pro½ts and of repute was organised across many cities. The corporates to celebrate the spirit of volunteering in 2nd edition of UnYi was held exclusively for the Yi India. More than 300 activities took place in 35 cities Members at IIM (Ahmedabad). The Leadership Camp across India recording over 22,500 volunteering and other youth focused activities helped strengthen hours. Besides numerous NGOs/CSOs and the engagement with the student community under corporates, the Ministry of Youth Affairs also pledged brand Yuva. To foster an enabling entrepreneurship support to the initiative. and innovation ecosystem, Yi engaged with various stakeholders through the launch of the Young Indians Government’s Startup India campaign, which was Under its three pillars of Nation marked by 22 Chapters holding panel discussions Building, Thought Leadership and on the subject. Yi’s continued engagement with Youth Leadership, Young Indians the Global Entrepreneurship Week saw greater (Yi) initiated activities that engaged involvement of Members. Regional summits close to a million Indians. Yi’s 13th year witnessed were organised in the cities Pune, Bengaluru and close to 1,000 activities, events and projects with Bhubaneswar. the involvement of Members, students and other stakeholders. The 11th edition of the Yi National THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Summit saw participation of close to 300 Yi Members Under Thought Leadership, Yi chapters organised from across India. a nationalwide Visioning for India programme to mark the birth anniversary of the Former President NATION BUILDING of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. This is Yi’s ½rst step The Nation Building pillar saw the initiation towards capturing the thoughts and suggestions of three major projects: Awareness session of the youth to contributing to the nation’s growth. against child sex abuse under Project Masoom One new Chapter was launched at Dehradun. Yi led a global excellence mission to Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi, Vietnam; a delegation to the G20 Young Entrepreneur Alliance Summit in Turkey and to the Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs – Asia Summit in Malaysia. A national retreat for Yi members took place in Kashmir and the Yi Leadership Academy engaged 27 Yi Chapter Co Chairs to prepare them for their roles in leading the Chapters. From L to R: Taher Ali Baig, Managing Partner, Flickrollers; Ankkit Agarwal, Executive Director, Central India Packaging Pvt Ltd; Praveen Agarwal, Chair - Yi (Hyderabad Chapter) and Managing Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Director, GMS Interiors Pvt Ltd; Poonam Shah Srinath, Chair, Yi – Southern Region & Founder and Correspondent, Teeny Boppers Trust Pvt Ltd; K T Rama Rao, Minister for Information Technology CII partners the Bharatiya Yuva Shakti and Panchayat Raj, Government of Telangana; Vanitha Datla, Trust (BYST) to take forward the mission Chairperson, CII Telangana and Executive Director & CFO, Elico of creating employment through Ltd; P Mahender Reddy, Minister for Transport, Government of Telangana and D P Chandrashekhar, Co-Chair, Yi – (Hyderabad entrepreneurship, especially for the youth. BYST Chapter) and Chief Operation Ocer, The Jain Group of Institutions furthers its agenda by creating jobs, providing during the launch of Horn Not OK Please (HNOP) campaign in access to ½nance and supporting the disadvantaged Hyderabad and reaching the unreached. Lakshmi V Venkatesan, Founding Trustee and Executive VP, BYST with Keith Seagrove, Volunteer Coordinator, Prince’s Trust International Oce, UK along with BYST Mentor T Victor and BYST Entrepreneur Siddharth Salunke at the UKIERI exchange visit in London ADVOCACY Entrepreneurship Development Programme aimed The BYST partners the Central and State to create 1,000 entrepreneurs who would generate Governments and Civil Society Organizations in its about 27,000 new jobs over a period of ½ve years. mission to transform the disadvantaged youth into A partnership was forged with Industrial Finance job creators. The Trust engages the Indian corporate Corporation of India (IFCI) for supporting and sector for community development, provides developing disadvantaged entrepreneurs. mentorship as well as business development services. Apart from employment generation and The BYST - JP Morgan partnership for setting up entrepreneurship development, the Trust also the BYST model of entrepreneurship development focuses on skill development. programmes in Hyderabad, Pune and Chennai has grown strongly. The highlight of the Chennai ACTION and Pune region is the Mentor Mobile Clinic The BYST launched a number of initiatives to where experienced mentors go into the interior impact the youth across the country. The success rural regions to counsel entrepreneurs at their of the partnership with Government of Assam’s business units. Three entrepreneurs from Pune and Employment Generation Mission (EGM) was Hyderabad won the Youth Business International celebrated with a seminar on Nurturing Youth Awards for 2015-16. Entrepreneurship. The Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Tarun Gogoi gave away the excellence awards at A pilot project funded through UK – India Education the Seminar. An MoU was signed with Assam Gramin and Research Initiative (UKIERI) was launched to Vikas Bank to reach out to rural entrepreneurs in train and accredit over 500 mentors across India. Assam. The mentors, drawn from Government and non- pro½t sector will be trained by BYST through the The Bajaj Auto - BYST – Youth Entrepreneurship unique Mentor Online Module (MOL). The project Development Programme (BA-BYST-YEDP) was also includes exchange visits between BYST and extended to Wardha region apart from Aurangabad. Prince’s Trust International (PTI) for sharing best The Tata Steel Limited in Kalinga Nagar, Jajpur practices. district of Odisha and BYST started a Youth CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 69 SPORTS In 2015-16, CII focused on making India a Sporting Nation. ADVOCACY To transform India into a formidable sporting nation it is critical to change the perception of all stakeholders, including the Government and the Corporate Sector. Sports is a serious business with a pressing need to identify key investment areas. CII thus undertook various initiatives to sensitise stakeholders, boost the opening up of existing sports facilities and improve the quality of Onkar Kedia, Joint Secretary – Sports handing over the Corporate coaching / infrastructure. The focus was also on Champions Trophy to GroupM at the closing ceremony of the CII increasing the number of brands invested in sports SoccerFest 2015 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi up from the current 100-150 and to get new brands to join. Various suggestions and recommendations and tap the tremendous business opportunities the were made to the Government with respect to the sports sector offers. The two-day SoccerFest held sports policies including working with non-sports in New Delhi emphasised the need for corporate committees. involvement and partnership with the Government in sports. It also endeavoured to emphasise football’s ACTION role as an agent of social change. The 2015 edition With a view to evangelize sports and showcase featured 64 teams including Men’s Corporate Teams, opportunities, stakeholders were brought together Schools/NGOs Boys’ Teams, Girls’ School Teams and on various platforms. CII’s SCORECARD 2015 created Women’s Teams. A Star Night held on the eve of the a roadmap for India to rise up to the challenges SoccerFest brought Football to the forefront. From L to R: Sunando Dhar, CEO, I – League; Sanjay Gupta, Chairman, CII National Committee on Sports & COO, STAR India Pvt Ltd; Rajiv Yadav, Sports Secretary, Ministry of Youth AͿairs & Sports; Bhaichung Bhutia, Former Captain of Indian Football team and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, at the unveiling of the CII SoccerFest 2015 Trophy in New Delhi EDUCATION School Education CII is committed to the cause of facilitating quality school education for the children of India in a spirit that is inclusive and equitable. ADVOCACY To ensure an overall progression towards this objective, constant endeavors are planned and executed in segments such as right to education, public-private partnership, teacher - educator ½ development and role of not for pro t organisations CII School Education delegation in UK in mobilizing quality standards in education, since these directly impact the education system, hence provided an understanding of the Government’s future of the children. vision on school education. CII thus aligned its agenda to the Government’s vision. CII launched a new initiative Building Partnerships in Education wherein partnerships amongst schools A 15 member delegation of school heads and senior are encouraged. The premise is that by working management from Indian corporates participated in together learning will happen and the quality and the BETT Conference in UK. It is the world’s leading standard of education will improve. technology based school education conference. The delegation also met their counterparts from ACTION several schools in Canterbury and Cambridge. The Discussions on the policies required and ground- objective of the conference was to encourage cross- level action necessary to connect India to the world fertilisation of ideas at the national and global level. were held at the National Conference on Education where the focus was Education & Skills – Connecting Higher Education India to the World. Driven by the overarching agenda of bridging the industry-institute divide and contributing towards A meeting with Dr Subhash Chandra Khuntia, creating a high quality, open and diverse education Secretary, School Education & Literacy, MHRD system in the country, CII works in synergy with the Government, industry and academia to create vehicles for driving collaborative initiatives. A signi½cant component of CII’s work is to drive change through policy advocacy on issues such as internationalisation of higher education, industry - academia collaborations and the New Education Policy. ADVOCACY CII presented its recommendations on select themes enumerated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) for nationwide consultation on the New Education Policy. Some of the themes Amita Sarkar, Deputy Director General, CII and Harpal Singh, Chairman, CII National Committee on School Education and included governance reforms for quality; ranking of Mentor & Chairman Emeritus, Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd institutions and accreditations; improving quality of addressing the 1st meeting of the CII National Committee on School regulation; integrating skill development in higher Education in New Delhi education; promoting open and distance learning CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 71 D Shivakumar, Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo India and Professor T Srinivasa Rao, Director, NIT Warangal exchanging a MoU on Collaborative Research and Student Development as Pranab Mukherjee, President of India and Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister for Human Resource Development, look on at the MoU Exchange Ceremony between Industry and Academia, held on the occasion of Visitor’s Annual Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan at New Delhi and online courses; technology enabled learning; relevant research. The number of fellowships internationalization of higher education; engagement conferred on PM Fellows increased from 56 in the with industry to link education to employability; ½rst two years to 67 in 2015, re¾ecting beginnings promoting research and innovation. of change in the industry mindset in investing in R&D and recruiting PhDs. ACTION Industry-academia collaborations were facilitated at In recognition of the organic link between the state a special session of the Visitor’s Annual Conference of the education system and the level of innovation held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. As many as 27 in any society, the 7th edition of i3 was successfully CII Member companies were amongst the 43 who completed with 749 entries across diverse ½elds. The exchanged Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) i3 is jointly conducted by the Department of Science in the presence of the President of India, Shri Pranab & Technology, Government of India, the All India Mukherjee. The MOU partners will collaborate Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and CII. in the areas of governance, curriculum, faculty, Over the past six years it has received more than infrastructure, research projects and placements. 5,000 entries. The 4th edition of the AICTE-CII IndPact Survey saw a steady increase in participation from 156 institutes in the 1st edition (2012) to 901 institutes in 2015. Discipline-wise actual submissions stood at 3035. Conducted every year to assess the status of collaboration between higher education institutes and industry, the survey today stands as a widely accepted tool to gauge effectiveness of institutes- industry linkages. It is also a much-awaited consulting document for the Government and the funding agencies to measure the ef½cacy of their aid to the institutes. Jury members evaluate an innovation at the National Fair of A PPP between the Government and CII, the Prime the 7th India Innovation Initiative held on the sidelines of the Minister’s Fellowship Scheme aims to encourage prestigious India International Science Festival at Indian Institute young result-oriented scholars to take up industry- of Technology in Delhi INTERNATIONAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT • India and the World • Multilateral Forums • Trade Policy and Exports • Promoting Brand India • Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre • Trade Fairs • CII-Family Business Network INDIA AND THE WORLD As India continues to integrate with the global economy, CII worked to connect Indian Industry with global Industry, policy makers and other stakeholders. It also worked closely with counterpart international organisations, think tanks and foreign Governments to enhance multilateral and bilateral cooperation to further the interests of Indian industry. INDIA BUSINESS FORUM The CII India Business Forum (IBF) is a group CII IBF UK delegation at the 1st India-Scotland Business Summit of leading Indian companies with operations in a organized by CII and Scottish Development International (SDI) particular country. IBF facilitates a constant ¾ow in Edinburgh, UK of information among Indian Industry members in a country, shares with key stakeholders the issues IBF UK undertook RoadtripUK, an initiative to explore faced in that country and focuses on building Brand investment and collaboration opportunities across India. UK. Comprised of local UK/ Europe heads of Indian companies, IBF business delegations interacted CII-IBF China promotes Indian businesses in China with local businesses in Nottingham through the and provides a platform for Members to interact Nottingham City Council and also participated in st with Chinese companies and policy organisations. the 1 India-Scotland Business Summit held at the With a view to promoting the Indian States, IBF Edinburgh Castle. Efforts were made to understand China organised interactive sessions for Tamil and address the emerging recommendations of the Nadu, Telengana and Haryana. Efforts were made to UK Migration Advisory Committee. IBF members ½ build Brand India through trade fairs such as China also participated and supported the rst ever Outbound Forum and China South Asia Expo. India’s India Banquet organised in partnership with the attractiveness as an investment destination was Confederation of British Industry (CBI). advocated through the Hubei Trade and Investment Promotion Seminar and the Workshop Series on In 2015, CII-IBF USA further strengthened its India: Navigating your next Growth Opportunity. outreach in Washington DC to highlight the positive contributions of Indian companies to the US economy IBF Egypt held meetings with various Government and to stress their interests and concerns within of½cials as well as with Members of the Egyptian the larger US-India economic and commercial Businessmen’s Association and Egypt India Business partnership. A reception organised on Capitol Hill Council. A delegation headed by H.E. Ambassador in this respect was attended by 22 Members of the Sanjay Bhattacharyya met with Governors, Chambers Congress from both, the House and the Senate, of Commerce and local businessmen of Port Said cutting across party lines and over 25 IBF Members. and Ismailia Governorates. The report ‘Indian Roots American Soil’ undertaken in partnership with Grant Thornton showcased the IBF Singapore’s activities focused on State-wise spread of Indian investments and jobs commemorating 50 years of diplomatic relations created in the United States was also released at between India and Singapore and the visit of the the reception. CII-IBF Members also discussed with Prime Minister of Singapore. An exclusive session H.E. Mr Arun Singh, Indian Ambassador to USA, ½ was organised with Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister of speci c business related issues faced by them in National Development, a young leader expected to the US. Sectors such as ICT and Pharmaceuticals play an important role in the years to come. The CEO continued to face headwinds and hence saw deeper Speak Series was kicked off with Mr Piyush Gupta, engagement by IBF Members though consultations CEO of DBS Group, Singapore as a speaker. and conference calls. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 75 cooperation alike. Since the turn of the Millennium, this bilateral partnership has grown manifold, encompassing cooperation endeavors in diverse areas such as manufacturing competitiveness, innovation and R&D, physical infrastructure development, food and energy security, environmental safeguards, and human capital formation. A major highlight of the year was the India Africa Business Forum organised with the support of the From L to R: Congresswoman Grace Meng; Sumit Mazumder, Government of India and in partnership with various President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited; rd Congressman Pete Sessions; Congressman George Holding; Arun organisations. The conference coincided with the 3 Singh, Indian Ambassador to USA; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director India – Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) - India’s largest General, CII; Congressman Ami Bera; Sumani Dash, Director & diplomatic outreach over many years, wherein all 54 Head North America, CII; Congressman Joe Kennedy; Congressman Todd Rokita; Vivek Sharma, Chairman, CII IBF and Congressman countries of Africa were invited. Chuck Fleischmann releasing the report Indian Roots American Soil at the CII meeting at Capitol Hill in USA Exclusive meetings with Heads of Governments who participated at the Forum were also organised. IBF USA Members attended the CII-Carnegie These included H.E. Mr Ali Bongo Ondimba, Endowment for International Peace conference titled President of the Republic of Gabon, H.E. Mr Uhuru Ten Years of US-India Civil Nuclear partnership Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. addressed by US Vice President Joe Biden, and the Mr Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal CII-Indiaspora Reception featuring Smt Nirmala Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Mr Macky Sall, President Sitharaman, Union Minister of State (Independent of the Republic of Senegal and The Right Hon. Sir Charge) for Commerce and Industry, Goverment Anerood Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius. of India and Ms Penny Pritzker, US Secretary of Commerce, also saw large attendance of the IBF ASIA USA Members. East Asia: Recognizing the growing importance of the East Asia region on India’s economic and foreign AFRICA policy landscape, CII’s activities in the region were The growing India-Africa partnership assumes stepped up through several initiatives that included critical signi½cance in an increasingly inter- business forums, ministerial interactions and connected, inter-dependent world. It is a stellar participation in trade and investment events. example of multi-pronged South-South cooperation, straddling the traditional and emerging areas of An interaction for Members of the India-Japan Business Leaders Forum was coordinated by CII with Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Mr Shinzo Abe Prime Minister of Japan, during the latter’s visit to India. Members deliberated on issues such as economic restructuring, opportunities in strategic areas and Japan-India cooperation at the global level. Speci½c recommendations made to both the Prime Ministers focused on fostering linkages between large Japanese companies and SMEs in India; reviewing and strengthening the India – Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and implementing the India - Japan Social Security Agreement. The India-Japan Innovation seminar was also organised in collaboration with Japan External Interaction with Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of the Republic Trade Organization (JETRO) and other industry of Gabon during the India – Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi chambers during the Japanese Prime Minister’s visit. Gen (Retd) V K Singh and the Governor of Yunnan, Mr Chen Hao. An India-China Economic and Tourism Cooperation Forum was also organised. The 2nd China Outbound Forum held in Sanya, witnessed a special session on encouraging Chinese companies to consider India as an investment destination and leverage the Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry, Government of India and Y B Dato’ Sri Make in India policy framework. Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia with Members of the India – Malaysia CEO Forum in The India-South Korea Business Summit organised Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia along with Chosunilbo underscored the signi½cance of charting a roadmap for expanding bilateral The 6th Asian Business Summit, was organised relations between India and Korea. Around 300 in Tokyo by Keidanren, Japan’s leading business Korean companies interacted with Members chamber. The annual event witnessed participation of the Indian Industry at the Summit themed of leaders of 13 business chambers from 11 Asian Materializing Promises of a Strategic Relationship. economies. The political leadership of Japan The potential for Korean businesses to collaborate including the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr Shinzo Abe with Indian industry, speci½cally SMEs as also and the METI Minister of Japan, Mr Yoichi Miyazawa with various States, was explored at the Summit. addressed the Summit. The complementarities in the India-South Korea relationship, mainly based on India’s software and A 20 Member CEOs delegation visited Shanghai Korea’s hardware capabilities, were also highlighted. coinciding with Prime Minister Shri Narendra The Summit sought to address the concerns of Modi’s visit and also participated in the India-China Korean and Indian investors. Business Forum. Mr Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited ASEAN: The ASEAN Region has been demonstrating was the only Indian Industry speaker at the Forum steady economic growth, functioning as the growth along with the Prime Minister. A coffee-table book engine for global prosperity. The Region continued India and China: Together Forward highlighting negotiations to form a pan-Indo-Paci½c economic the vibrant business connections between the two community involving the ten ASEAN States and six nations was released. In its ½rst ever participation dialogue partners – Australia, China, India, Japan, as Theme Country, CII and the Embassy of India, South Korea and New Zealand- known as the Beijing jointly set up a Theme Country Pavilion at Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership the 3rd China South Asia Expo. The inaugural of the (RCEP). The RCEP would weave India into a much- National Pavilion which promoted Tourism under needed and broader web of economic integration. the Visit India Year 2015 as well as Make in India was Spurred by the Government of India’s Act East Policy, attended by the Minister of State for External Affairs CII continued to strengthen its engagement with the ASEAN. The pre-meeting of the India-Malaysia CEO Forum organised by CII at Kuala Lumpur was attended by Smt Nirmala Sitharaman and Dato Sri Mustapa Mohamed, Minister of International Trade and Industry, Malaysia. CII along with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the ASEAN – India Centre (AIC) at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), organised a Roundtable on ASEAN - India: Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India at the India China Integration for Development. A curtain raiser to Business Forum in Shanghai the ASEAN India Summit in Kuala Lumpur, the CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 77 Roundtable addressed challenges and opportunities Central Asia: Ms Shobana Kamineni, Vice President, to strengthen the ASEAN-India relationship with CII and Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals speci½c focus on connectivity, trade infrastructure Enterprise Limited led the India-Kazakhstan and how to use FTAs for goods, services and Business Forum held in Astana. The session was investment. The Conference was addressed by also addressed by H E Mr Karim Massimov, Prime Mr Anil Wadhwa, Secretary (E), Ministry of External Minister of Kazakhstan and Shri Narendra Modi, Affairs (MEA) and Mr Shyam Saran, Chairman, RIS. Prime Minister of India. Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi South Asia: South Asia has immense potential to be addressed the India Singapore Economic Convention the source of global growth in the 21st century. With organised in parternship with the Ministry of Trade a quarter of the world’s middle-class consumers and and Industry and IE Singapore, the Singapore the largest working-age population, the region offers Business Federation and Singapore Indian Chamber a strong consumer market. Having witnessed close of Commerce and Industry. to 6% GDP growth over the past two decades South Asia is characterized by the right culture to foster Physical connectivity, ½nancial imperatives, sectoral entrepreneurship, a dynamic Industry sector and potential to develop Regional value chains essential geographical proximity of member countries. for economic integration between India and the CLMV countries were the areas of deliberation at A landmark announcement that India would grant the 3rd India – CLMV Business Conclave organised 3 year multiple entry business visas to Pakistani in collaboration with the MoCI, Government of businessmen, was made in Lahore at the 5th India, at Chennai. Attended by four Ministers, ½ve Meeting of the India Pakistan Joint Business Forum. Provincial Heads and over 120 delegates from the four countries, the Conclave witnessed over 80 B2B AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND meetings spanning sectors as diverse as IT to Food The India – Australia bilateral relationship has been Processing. growing in stature ever since India embarked on its economic reforms process in the early nineties. The CII Leadership Mission to Singapore led by The relationship is now multifaceted and spans Mr Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman areas such as Energy, Mining, Science & Technology, & Managing Director, TIL Limited met Mr Goh Information Technology, Education And Defence Chok Tong, Emeritus Senior Minister & Former amongst others. Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister and the The meeting of the India – Australia CEOs Forum Coordinating Minister for Economic & Social Policies focused its attention on the conclusion of the of Singapore as well as Mr S Iswaran, Minister of Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement Trade & Industry, Singapore amongst others. (CECA). This Forum was recently reconstituted with From L to R: Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Somchinth Inthamith, Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce, Lao PDR; Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister, Ministry of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia; Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge), for Commerce & Industry, Government of India; Dr Pwint San, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Commerce, Myanmar; Nguyen Cam Tu, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam; Ravi Capoor, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India; Shobana Kamineni, Vice-President, CII and Executive Vice Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited at the 3rd India-CLMV Business Conclave in Chennai Mr Gautam Adani and Mr Sam Walsh of Rio Tinto across the region, and continued to work closely with as the co-chairs. regional partners and leading regulators. The inaugural edition of the Australia India Coinciding with the visit of H.H. Sheikh Tamim Bin Leadership Dialogue organised in partnership with Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the State of Qatar, Australia India Institute, Melbourne provided a CII in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy platform for leaders across the board to discuss & Commerce, State of Qatar, Qatar Chamber of a wide range of issues such as governance and Commerce and Industry and the Government geopolitics, economics and business, education of India organised the Qatar India Joint Economic and social change. The Hon Andrew Robb AO MP, and Business Meet in New Delhi. A MoU was signed Minister for Trade and Investment, Government of between Medanta Medicity, India and Humavis Group, Australia and Dr Arvind Panagariya, Vice-Chairman, Qatar to set up a super specialty hospital and another NITI Aayog, Government of India; Senator George one was signed for setting up hotels in Qatar. Brandis, Attorney General, Government of Australia, Mr Peter Varghese, Secretary, Department of On the occasion of the visit of H.H. Sheikh Abdulla Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Australia Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr Anil Wadhwa, Secretary (East), MEA, United Arab Emirates to India and the accompanying Government of India participated in the Dialogue. of½cial and business delegation, the India-UAE Business Forum was organised in cooperation with In association with MEA, Government of India an MoCI, Government of India and the Government exclusive business meeting was organised with of UAE. the visiting Heads of States and Governments of 14 Paci½c Island countries on the occasion of the The need for building strong business partnerships 2nd Summit of the Forum for India-Paci½c Islands and exploring investment avenues in diverse ½elds Cooperation (FIPIC). Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister was underscored at the 4th GCC-India Industrial of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and Forum held at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) New and Renewable Energy, gave a special address. in the Saudi coastal city of Rabigh. A 42 Member CII business delegation led by Ms Shobana Kamineni MIDDLE EAST, WEST ASIA AND NORTH AFRICA participated in the Forum jointly organised by CII, With Middle East, West Asia and North Africa the GCC Secretariat, the respective Governments (MEWANA) heightening their engagement with the from India and the six GCC member countries. Asian countries, CII maintained a strong presence With Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and From L to R: Ashok Malik, Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation (ORF); Dr Nick Austin, CEO, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIR); Anil Wadhwa, Secretary-East, Ministry of External AͿairs, Government of India; Professor Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, National Institute for Transforming India, Government of India; Hon Andrew Robb AO MP, Minister for Trade and Investment, Government of Australia; Peter Varghese, Secretary, Department of Foreign AͿairs and Trade, Government of Australia; Swapan Dasgupta, Senior Journalist, India and Arun Jagatramka, CMD, Gujarat NRE Coke Limited at the inaugural edition of the Australia India Leadership Dialogue in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 79 Shobana Kamineni, Vice President, CII and Executive Vice- Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited addressing the 4th GCC Industrial Forum held in Jeddah. From L to R: Abdulrahim Hasan Naqi, Secretary General, Federation of GCC Chambers (FGCCC); Fahd Al-Rasheed, Group CEO and Managing Director, Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Emaar Economic City (EEC), Saudi Arabia; H. E. Dr TawÀq bin Director, TIL Limited; Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi Fazan Al-Rabiah, Saudi Minsiter of Commerce & Industry; Ravneet and the German Chancellor, Dr Angela Merkel at the Indo German Kaur, Joint Secretary, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Business Summit in Hannover Messe Government of India Industry (CSCI), the Jeddah Chamber two speci½c sectoral seminars were also organised. of Commerce & Industry (JCCI) and the Federation Carrying forward the engagement with Germany, of GCC Chambers of Commerce and Industry also as a CEOs interaction was coordinated with H.E. Dr partners, the conference saw the presence of Saudi Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Arabia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Modi. Issues relating to simpli½cation of business Dr Taw½q Al-Rabiah as well as Ms Ravneet Kaur, visa procedures, movement of natural persons, Joint Secretary, DIPP. labour laws, data security, export controls and high technology trade, NTB’s and trade were discussed. The session on Bilateral Opportunities between An Indo-German Business Roundtable was also India, Qatar and the GCC organised in cooperation organised in partnership with other business with the Doha Bank, Qatar, aimed at disseminating associations. information about doing business in the GCC, particularly Qatar. Shri Suresh Prabhu, Union A range of platforms were provided during the year Minister of Railways, Government of India addressed to step up interaction between businesses and the session. Governments of India and France. The engagements were given a ½llip with the Interaction Session of EUROPE the Members of the Indo-French CEOs Forum with Driven by the regional committees, CII’s engagement H E Mr Francois Hollande, President of France and with Europe saw further acceleration during 2015. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in Paris. Speci½c A number of business delegations, interactions with recommendations were made to both President policy makers and participation in trade fairs as well Hollande and to Prime Minister Modi on ½ve focus as conferences marked the year. areas namely Energy (Conventional and Renewable), Water and Waste, Life Sciences, Defence and India was the Partner Country at Hannover Messe, Aerospace as well as Infrastructure Financing. Germany giving a big impetus to the Government’s Speci½c Task Forces were constituted to take this Make in India initiative. The Indo German Business agenda forward. Summit, orgainsed in collaboration with BDI coinciding with the exhibition, was addressed by the Other engagement initiatives during the year Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi and included the India Invest Forum, a tripartite the German Chancellor, Dr Angela Merkel. CII not platform folding in France’s neighbours too and only took a 40 Member CEOs delegation but also the Indo French Forum which met in Chandigarh participated at the exhibition to build the India Inc in the presence of Mr Michel Sapin, the Minister Brand and organised focused State sessions. In of Economy and Finance, France and Mr Amitabh pursuit of the Skill India and Digital India Missions Kant, Secretary, DIPP, Government of India. The Interaction Session of the Members of the Indo-French CEOs Forum with H.E. Francois Hollande, President of France and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chandigarh India – France Business Summit saw the exchange Speci½c recommendations were made to the two of 16 MoUs between Indian and French entities in the Prime Ministers on six priority themes for which presence of the two Heads of Governments. Working Groups have been set up to make detailed A 25 Member CEO delegation from Spain recommendations. accompanied H.E. Mr José Manuel García-Margalloy Mar½l, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, A high-powered CEOs delegation to UK led by Government of Spain to the 1st India - Spain Business Mr Sumit Mazumder aimed at strengthening Summit organised in partnership with the Embassy collaboration with diverse stakeholders and enhance of Spain. overall bilateral economic relationship. Three public events were organised during the visit, one each CEOs from Indian and Dutch Industries discussed in partnership with the Confederation of British issues relating to banking and ½nance and Industry (CBI), the High Commission of India and the cooperation in various sectors at a meeting with H.E. UK India Business Council and the Commonwealth Mr Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of The Netherlands Enterprise and Investment Council. A series of and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi held in New closed door sessions provided an opportunity to Delhi. A CEOs Delegation led by Dr Rajiv I Modi, engage with various diverse stakeholders such Chairman, CII National Committee on Pharma as institutional investors, the British media and accompanied Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President the Chatham House. A session on Strengthening of India to Sweden. The delegation also visited India Unlimited 2015 organised by Embassy of India in Stockholm and Gothenburg. An MoU was inked between CII and Business Sweden. India and UK have been long standing business partners. CII continues to forge partnerships with both businesses as well as Governments to give a stimulus to this partnership. During the year, CII organised a series of interactive sessions, CEOs delegations and closed door meetings to discuss areas pertinent to the two sides. CII coordinated a meeting of the Members of the India-UK CEOs Forum with H.E. Mr. David Cameron, Prime Minister Members of the UK India CEOs Forum with Indian Prime Minister of UK and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Narendra Modi and UK Prime Minister David Cameron CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 81 Manchester-India ties was also organised. The explore new business prospects and commercial delegation also met with Oliver Letwin, Minister tie-ups as well as to align and integrate policy for Government Policy at the Cabinet Of½ce, Lord frameworks to augment economic cooperation Maude of Horsham, Minister of State for Trade and between the two regions. The importance of Investment, Mr Chris Hopkins, Business Relations deepening the ties with the Latin American and Advisor at 10 Downing Street and Sir David Metcalf, Caribbean region was stressed by H.E. Ms Ana Chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee Helena Chacón Echeverría, Vice President of Costa (MAC). Rica and Ms Rita Teotia, Commerce Secretary, Government of India. Attention was also drawn to The India Banquet in London, organised in the need to expand existing trade agreements and partnership with CBI and Infosys celebrated the forge new ones with regional trade blocks as well UK-India relationship and offered a networking as individual countries in LAC such as Chile, Peru, opportunity for Indian and British businesses. Uruguay. Large representation from countries Rt Hon Priti Patel, Minister of State (Minister for such as Costa Rica, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Employment) and Indian High Commissioner to the Paraguay, Guatemala, Suriname, Mexico, Uruguay, UK, Mr Ranjan Mathai graced the occasion. Nicaragua, amongst others joined the Conclave. LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN NORTH AMERICA India’s bilateral relations with Latin America and the CII hosted a high level luncheon meeting in Caribbean (LAC) were given the much needed ½llip partnership with US-India Business Council in San during 2015. In the emerging global scenario, this Francisco featuring Shri Arun Jaitley, Union Minister bilateral relationship assumes greater importance. of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information In this backdrop, CII’s efforts were directed at & Broadcasting, Government of India. Top US boosting interactions between the business multinationals with investments and operations in communities as well as the Governments of both India such as Microsoft, Applied Materials, Amazon, sides. Oracle, Hewitt Packard, Visa, Franklin Templeton, Google, Cisco, Aemetis, Ebay, Blackberry, San Disk The 6th India-Latin America and Caribbean Conclave were amongst those which were present. organised in New Delhi in partnership with MoCI and MEA brought together the Governments and At a meeting organised in cooperation with Kotak business representatives from India and LAC to Mahindra Bank, the Finance Minister alluded to the extensive reforms undertaken by the Government of India and made a convincing pitch about the India opportunity. Some of the biggest funds in the United States including Calpers, Calstrs, Townsend Group, Regents of the University of California, Hall Capital Partners, Stanford Management Company, J Paul Grey Trust, Dodge & Cox, Franklin Templeton, Geneva Advisors, Matthews, Route One, Standard Paci½c, Think Investments, Chris Hansen were present at the meeting. CII and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) joined hands to organise a diaspora interaction with the Finance Minister. From L to R: Alexander Mora Delgrado, Minister of Foreign Trade, Government of Costa Rica; Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Minister of Foreign The US Vice President Joe Biden addressed the AͿairs, Government of Uruguay; Ana Helena Chacon Echeverria, Session on The Future of the U.S.-India Partnership Vice President, Government of Costa Rica; Rita Teaotia, Commerce Ten Years after the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India; Dhruv Sawhney, Chairman, CII LAC Conclave, Past President, Initiative organised along with the Carnegie CII and Chairman and Managing Director, Triveni Engineering Endowment for International Peace. The day-long & Industries; Orlando Sologorzano Delgadillo, Ministry of conference was addressed by some key architects Development, Industry and Commerce, Government of Nicaragua, and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII at the Inaugural of the civil nuclear deal where a high-level CEOs Session of the 6th India-Latin America and Caribbean Conclave in delegation led by Mr Sumit Mazumder participated. New Delhi A report titled ‘Indian Roots, American Soil’ which highlights contributions of Indian companies to the US, as well as the mutually bene½cial bilateral trade relationship was released at a conference hosted on the Capitol Hill. With an aim to attract and expand the spectrum of investments in the State of Haryana, Mr Deep Kapuria, Chairman, HiTech Group led a CII delegation accompanying Shri Manohar Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana to New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, Vancouver & Toronto. Industry Roundtables were organised in partnership with USIBC in Washington DC and with the Canada Indian Business Council in Vancouver. Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States at the CII-Carnegie For the ½rst time CII’s annual CEOs delegation to the Gala Dinner in Washington DC. United States visited San Francisco and the Silicon Valley to bolster ties in technology, innovation and sector held in partnership with American Council entrepreneurship. In Washington DC the delegation on Renewable Energy (ACORE) met with Mr Stefan Selig, Under Secretary for • A reception was hosted in Washington DC International Trade at the Department of Commerce; alongwith the Indiaspora where Smt Nirmala Ambassador H.E. Michael Froman, USTR; Senator Sitharaman and Ms Penny Pritzker joined the John Cornyn; Congressman Ami Bera; Congressman celebration to recognise the role of the 3 million Joseph Crowley and Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. strong Indian diaspora in fortifying the bilateral Another delegation visiting Washington DC on the ties between India and US. occasion of the Strategic and Commercial Dialogue • Given CII’s commitment to deepen the US India ½ participated in several other events organised by CII. Defence partnership, a high pro le Defence • Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Industry Mission accompanied Shri Manohar Charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Parrikar, Raksha Mantri (Minister of Defence), Energy addressed the concerns and challenges Government of India to Washington DC. The faced by investors in India. He was speaking at delegation, led by Mr Sukaran Singh, CEO & a high level gathering of US companies in the Managing Director, Tata Advanced Systems & Renewable Energy Development and Financing Co-Chair, CII National Committee on Defence CII CEO’s delegation with Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman and US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker in USA CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 83 highlighted the tremendous potential for engagement between the private sectors of both countries. The mission also emphasized the need to encourage co-development and co-production of critical technologies and platforms. • Other signi½cant events included the executive Roundtable held in partnership with US-India Business Council and the Roundtable on Standards organised alongwith American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ANSI and CII’s renewed commitment to fostering Indo-U.S. cooperation on standards and conformity assessment was India Russia business dialogue between Indian and Russian CEOs formalized through signing of an MoU. at the Ministry of Economic Development, Russian Federation, on the sidelines of the India Russia Annual Summit in Moscow RUSSIA Development, Government of Russia. The Dialogue A 25 Member CEOs delegation led by Mr Sumit focused on the establishment of Industrial Parks and Mazumder to the St Petersburg International special investment contracts in Russia as well as the Economic Forum (SPIEF) participated in The India incentives being offered to companies to invest in the Russia Business Roundtable, The B20 Turkey Far Eastern Region of Russia. A presentation on the Regional Consultation Forum and The India Make in India Programme was a key component Reception. Smt Nirmala Sitharaman addressed of the Dialogue. the India Russia Business Roundtable. The India – Russia Business Dialogue held on the sidelines of CII coordinated a meeting of select 20 CEOs each the India Russia Annual Summit was co-chaired by from Indian and Russian industry with H.E. Mr Shaktikanta Das, Secretary (Economic Affairs), Mr Vladimir Putin, President of Russia and Prime Ministry of Finance, Government of India and Mr Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi in Moscow. A E Likachev, First Deputy Minister of Economic India Russia Roundtable on Mutual Trade and Investment Opportunities. From L to R: Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited; Aleksander Tsybulskiy, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation; H.E. Ambassador P S Raghavan and Sergei Cheremin, Chairman, BCCI in St Petersburg MULTILATERAL FORUMS Multilateral development organisations have the European Union with 21 Asian Countries and the universally recognized the role of private sector ASEAN Secretariat. The dialogue addresses political, partnerships and consultations in creating an economic and cultural issues with the objective ecosystem for effectively driving the development of strengthening the relationship between the two agenda. During 2015-16, CII worked closely with regions, in a spirit of mutual respect and equal key multilateral agencies bringing together the partnership. The 2nd ASEM Roundtable on Energy major Indian stakeholders from the Government and Ef½ciency in Green Buildings focused on areas of Industry to strategise on effective ways to meet the tangible cooperation amongst the ASEM countries. development agenda. G20/B20 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and The G20 plays a constructive role towards the Development (OECD) world’s efforts to restore growth and build resilience The emergence of Global Value Chains (GVCs) of ½nancial institutions and national economies. throws up numerous challenges as well as B20, an of½cial engagement group of G20, is the opportunities for Indian manufacturing companies primary platform for the global business community to get connected to global supply chains. These are to present recommendations to the G20 countries’ also critical in the light of the Government’s Make in leaders. CII, the India Secretariat for the G20/ India initiative which aims to lead India to becoming B20 deliberations, coordinates Indian Industry’s a global manufacturing hub. A conference on Linking engagement with the Forum. Continuous interaction India with Global Production Networks was thus with stakeholders takes place at platforms such as organised along with the Emerging Markets Network the B20 Conference, the Digital Economy Conference (EMnet), an OECD initiative. and at the events of the newly established Turkey B20 business group, the International The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Business Advisory Group (IBAG). The CII President The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), comprising 53 represented Indian Industry at these forums. partner countries, is an informal process of dialogue and cooperation. It brings together the 28 European International Trade Centre Union Member States, 2 other European countries, CII and the International Trade Center (ITC) worked Amitabh Kant, Secretary, (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India delivering his address at the Emerging Markets Network (EMnet) Meeting on Linking India with Global Production Networks in New Delhi. From L to R: Bathylle Missika, Head-The Policy Dialogue Division (a.i.), OECD Development Centre; Deep Kapuria, Chairman - CII Trade Fairs Council and Chairman, The Hi-Tech Group, and Pierre de Bausset, President, Airbus Group India CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 85 Dr Naushad Forbes, President Designate, CII and Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall P Ltd along with the CII Delegation meeting Valentine Rugwabiza, Minister for East African Community AͿairs, Rwanda at the World Export Development Forum in Doha, Qatar jointly, through a series of workshops, to raise from SAARC conferences in the past, steered the awareness about India’s Duty Free Tariff Preference deliberations towards identifying cross-border Scheme (DFTP) for Least Developed Countries and partnership opportunities. The discussions delved also explored trade and investment opportunities into possible ways of developing a more integrated between India and the African countries. economic region leading eventually to an economic The World Export Development Forum (WEDF) a union with a single currency. The Conclave brought unique global platform of ITC meant to support to the fore the need for greater people-to-people trade-led development, gathered over 500 contact as well as deeper regional economic international policymakers and business leaders at cooperation. Doha to address the issues of trade competitiveness and establish new partnerships. Dr Naushad Forbes, ASEAN-India: Integration for Development President Designate, CII and Co- Chairman, Forbes CII along with the Ministry of External Affairs and Marshall P Ltd led India’s business delegation. the ASEAN – India Centre (AIC) at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) South Asia Economic Conclave organised a Roundtable to discuss the challenges The ½rst South Asia Economic Conclave, organised and opportunities in strengthening ASEAN- with the support of Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India relationship. The focus was on ASEAN and Government of India, and the World Bank brought India being natural partners and possibilities of together various stakeholders from the eight SAARC connecting with the ASEAN Regional Value Chains. countries on a common platform to further the Promoting tourism to the CLMV countries and India oneness of South Asia. The Conclave, in a breakaway was also on the agenda. From L to R: Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways, Goverment of India; Suraj Vaidya, President-Designate, SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nepal; Annette Dixon, Vice President-South Asia, The World Bank; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman-Steering Committee South Asia Economic Conclave, Past President, CII and Chairman, Hero Corporate Services, India; Diwesh Sharan, Deputy Director General, Asian Development Bank at the South Asia Economic Conclave - Achieving Inclusive Growth through Deeper Economic Integration in New Delhi TRADE POLICY & EXPORTS The CII Committee on International Trade Policy preparedness of Indian Industry and the Government and Exports worked to make Indian exports found attention of the Committee. globally competitive in a challenging scenario. The Committee is a representation of trade associations, ACTION trade policy experts and major industry sectors such Policy advocacy was undertaken on issues that drive as Textile, Metal, Mining, Chemical, Engineering India’s exports competitiveness. Representations & Automobile, Telecommunication, IT & ITeS and related to export infrastructure, trade facilitation, business services. legal, regulatory and ½nancial framework, FTA and mega-regionals were made. Inputs on some key FOCUS speci½c areas such as Merchandise Exports from In the backdrop of a continuous fall in exports, India Scheme (MEIS), Services Exports from India Members deliberated on key issues impacting the Scheme (SEIS), SEZ policy, duty drawback scheme growth of Indian exports and the probable factors and exports obligation (EO) were also touched upon. that can take the export performance to the pre-2008 Representation were made to the 46th Session of period. In 2015-16, CII worked extensively on Foreign the Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports Trade Policy (FTP), Trade and Standards, mega- (SCOPE), 2015 – Shipping. FTAs such as Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Trans-Paci½c Partnership (TPP), With a view to creating industry awareness and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and multilateral preparedness towards non-tariff based technical trade negotiations under the aegis of WTO and the barriers to trade (NTB TBTs) in global markets, CII Global Value Chains. in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) organised the National Standards ADVOCACY Conclave 2015 and the six Regional Standards Detailed suggestions and representations were Conclaves. Concerns of Indian industry were raised made to the Government on various issues to the national and international standards setting impacting exports. On the FTP 2015-2020 front, bodies on this platform. Inputs were given to MoCI recommendations were made to deal with a situation based on a series of stakeholder consultation if the Policy did not meet Industry expectations. meeting on the ongoing RCEP negotiations. The Increased coordination with the State Governments, linking of the core sectors to global trade and the improvement of Ease of Doing Business in India consequential proposed changes in India’s policy and reduced transaction costs were key areas of environment were studied in detail. recommendations. With respect to Standards, representations were made on SPS (sanitary and phyto-sanitary), TBT (technical barrier to trade) and domestic regulations that have impeded India’s exports. A roadmap to reduce the gaps in existing procedural, administrative, regulatory or legislative processes to work towards a stronger standards regime was suggested. Dissemination of FTAs and their impact on the Indian industry was a major area of focus. The emerging global trade landscape, given the mega-regional Book on TPP and India: Implications of Mega Regionals for agreements such as TPP, Trans-Atlantic Trade and Developing Countries being released by Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry, Investment Partnership (TTIP) and RCEP, and the Government of India in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 87 PROMOTING BRAND INDIA CII organises and participates in Global mega events In a world characterized by excessive to promote and strengthen Brand India. interdependency and interconnectivity, active engagement and collaboration of India within and The Partnership Summit 2016 with the rest of the world is vital and stimulation of The 22nd edition of the Partnership Summit, CII’s discussions among key stakeholders, essential. A ¾agship international business networking event, unique platform, offering an opportunity for policy was organised in association with DIPP and the makers, investors, industry leaders and associations State Government of Andhra Pradesh. The Summit, to dialogue with each other, the Summit engaged a global platform for dialogue, deliberation and over 1,600 delegates, including 350 delegates from engagement among global leaders, worked towards 41 countries. Ministerial level participation from a greater understanding of the forces that are countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Kuwait, China, shaping our world. While identifying best strategies Malawi, Sudan, Malaysia, Iran and senior of½cials for growth and development, the Summit provided from several other countries were a key highlight. opportunities to look at how both advanced and Facilitation of 331 MoUs between the Government emerging economies can collaborate and build new of Andhra Pradesh and various global and national bridges to foster balanced and equitable growth. businesses promises to bring investments worth Rs 4.78 lakh crore into the State. CII’s Online The 2016 edition of the Summit, hosted in Business Resource Centre - mycii.in powered close Visakhapatnam under the leadership of Shri N to 800 B2B (Business to Business) meetings between Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra national and international delegates. The B2B Pradesh, was chaired by Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, portal provides a unique opportunity for delegates Minister of State (Independent Charge) for to showcase their products / project pro½les to the Commerce and Industry, Goverment of India. participating delegates. Focused on the theme Partnerships for a Shared and Sustainable World Economy, the Summit turned The Summit discussions revolved around pertinent the spotlight on a gamut of business opportunities in topics such as Andhra Pradesh’s Vision 2020, Andhra Pradesh. Multilateralism Vs Regionalism, Make in India Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of Finance, Corporate AͿairs and Information & Broadcasting, Government of India at the Partnership Summit 2016 in Visakhapatnam. From L to R: Murali K Divi, CMD, Divi’s Labs; Shashi Ruia, Chairman, Essar Group; GM Rao, Chairman, GMR Group; Dr Naushad Forbes, President Designate, CII and Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall P Ltd; Baba Kalyani, Chairman, Bharat Forge; Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited; YS Chowdary, MoS for Science & Technology & Earth Sciences; N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh; Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry, Goverment of India; Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, Minister for Civil Aviation, Government of India; Amitabh Kant, Secretary DIPP, Ministry of Commerce & Industry Government of India; Anil Ambani, Chairman, Reliance ADA Group; Y R Krishna Rao, Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh; Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Prathap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group and Dr Ramachandra N Galla, Chairman, Amara Raja Group of Industries Initiative and Port led Development. Breakout sessions focused on Ease of Doing Business as well as the Food Processing and Tourism sectors. The Summit also featured stalls and exhibitions by some Andhra Pradesh-based unique and ethnic products and services. CII Events in Davos The CII delegation to the 46th World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, with over 125 Members was led by the Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley. Over 2,500 global leaders from politics, business, media and civil society converged to discuss global Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Arun Jaitley challenges and initiatives under the theme of and N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh at the India Investment Roundtable at the World Economic Forum Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Annual Meeting at Davos Meeting aimed at understanding technology’s global impact on Governments, businesses, and societies. Like every year, this year too CII, with the support of Indian Industry, organised a series of events and Shri N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of the Make in India Lounge on the sidelines of the WEF Andhra Pradesh led the State of½cials’ delegation Annual Meeting in Davos. that shared the State’s plans for development and attracting investment. Dr Raghuram Rajan, Governor CII and the BCG organised a session on India - the of the Reserve Bank of India, and Mr Kamal Nath, Next Growth Engine of the World?, addressed by former Minister for Commerce and Industry and Shri Arun Jaitley and Mr John Rice, Vice Chairman, Urban Development, also participated. GE among others. ASEAN-India Students Exchange Programme The ASEAN-India Students Exchange Programme of External Affairs. A total of 250 ASEAN students is an important landmark in the India – from Brunei, PDR, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, ASEAN engagement calendar. Envisaged as Myanmar, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and a familiarization tool to build greater cultural Vietnam travelled to Guwahati, Shillong, Delhi and economic understanding between the two and Agra. Based on the recommendations of the dynamic regions of Asia, it enables ASEAN Government, the North East Region was included Students to learn more about the modern vibrant for the ½rst time in the itinerary. India. Over the last seven years CII has hosted 1260 students under this initiative which focuses Visits to global corporates such as Guwahati on enhancing interaction between the ASEAN and Re½nery, Munjal Showa, Institutions such as IIM Indian students. Shillong, IIT Guwahati and JNU, as well as the Taj Mahal and Dilli Haat and interactions with This year, two batches of ten days each were the Chief Election Commissioner and the former conducted under the aegis of the ASEAN-India Ambassador were some of the highlights of the Students Programme, an initiative of the Ministry visit. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 89 INDIA CONNECT INITIATIVES FOR INDIAN DIASPORA Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre India has the second largest Diaspora in the world, Start-up Connect and Social Impact estimated at over 30 million, spread across every Enterprises major region in the world. This strong Overseas OIFC will create an e-platform to Indian community is diverse, eclectic and amongst connect credible Indian Start-ups the best educated & successful communities in the and Social Enterprises with Overseas world. They continue to contribute signi½cantly to Indians to enable them to explore the country of their residence, and yet share a strong opportunities to mentor, guide, invest and scale bond with their country of origin i.e. India. up the Start-ups/Social Enterprises in areas/ geographies of their interest. 2015 AT A GLANCE In 2015, OIFC organised two Indian Diaspora CII, in partnership with the Government of India, Business Meets. At the Indian Diaspora Business through its PPP - Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre Meet in Dubai, 50 Overseas Indian business owners (OIFC), has launched several new initiatives - the networked and connected with a 16 Member India Connect initiatives for proactive and sustained business delegation from India. engagement with the Indian diaspora, especially young Overseas Indians. A 31 Member business delegation from India interacted with the diaspora at the Indian Diaspora India Fellows Programme Business Meet in Los Angeles, USA. Of½cial India Fellows Programme is a delegations of the States of Andhra Pradesh, curated year-long engagement for Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerela and Telangana also young Diaspora entrepreneurs/ participated in the Los Angeles meet. With 14 B2B professionals in decision-making meetings and 44 B2G meetings, the Meet hosted capacity/consultants to help them know the new India. three panel discussions on Renewable Energy, In association with the Indian School of Business, the Digital India and Investments into Indian Social Programme focuses on how to do business in India, Enterprises. and the emerging opportunities therein and includes a 12 - day residential classroom session in India. Expected to roll out in 2016, it also offers opportunities to network with potential Indian business partners, policy makers and domain experts. India Corporate Internship The India Corporate Internship programme offers opportunities to the Indian Diaspora students to re- A K Agarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Indian AͿairs & connect with their roots and work with Chairman, OIFC with Kulwant Singh, President, Indian Business stalwarts of Indian industry. 65 paid internships are & Professionals Council (IBPC), Dubai during the OIFC Indian on offer currently from 24 top Indian companies for Diaspora Business Meet in Dubai the Summer/Fall of 2016. Students of Indian origin/ Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC) is a heritage pursuing post graduate programmes in notIorSroot 7rXst setXS E\ tKe *overnPent oI India management, engineering and science & technology in in SartnersKiS ZitK CII to SroPote econoPic ½ in foreign universities can bene t from these and NnoZledJe enJaJePent oI tKe Indian 'iasSora internships. ZitK India TRADE FAIRS To explore the strength of Indian Agriculture, Manufacturing and Services sectors, CII organises exhibitions and expositions as an important tool to bring stakeholders on a single platform to meet industry needs, as well as highlight innovations and updated technologies Objectives • Deliver value to Members • Leverage existing brands by expanding scope • Focus on and encourage SME participation • Collaborate and partner with likeminded From L to R: Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Sumit organisations Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL • Build new sector speci½c brands Limited; Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Government of India; Vipin Sondhi, Chairman – Excon 2015 & MD and CEO, JCB Limited; Anand Sundaresan, International Railway President, ICEMA and Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Equipment Exhibition- IREE 2015 Schwing Stetter Pvt Ltd at the 8th International Construction The 11th edition of IREE 2015 organised in association Equipment and Construction Technology Fair in Bengaluru with the Ministry of Railways, was inaugurated by Shri Suresh Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways. EXCON 2015 (International Construction Equipment The largest rail transportation exhibition and and Construction Technology Fair) conference in Asia, attracted participation of around The Indian Construction Equipment Industry is set 400 companies from 20 countries to showcase to grow to USD 5 billion by 2018 from the present th the latest products and technologies for the Rail market share of USD 2.9 billion. The 8 International Transportation sector. The 2nd edition of the Urban Construction Equipment and Construction Mass Transit Expo (UMTE 2015), with the support Technology Fair, South Asia’s biggest exhibition on of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the construction equipment reiterated this potential. Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation, held concurrent Inaugurated by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of to IREE, explored new products, technologies Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, it brought and services for both Railways and Metro. together 815 exhibitors from 22 countries, witnessed 200 product launches and attracted over 35,000 Indian and international business visitors. IMX 2015 (Industrial Maintenance Expo) To create awareness about the latest technologies, products and services in maintenance the 5th edition of Industrial Maintenance Expo was organised with the support of Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises. The expo was inaugurated by Shri Anant From L to R: CP Sharma, Vice Chairman, CII Rail Transport G Geete, Minister of Heavy Industries and Public and Equipment Division and Managing Director, Daulatram Enterprises. Engineering; Deep Kapuria, Chairman, CII Trade Fair Council and Chairman, Hi-Tech Group; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Takeshi Tagi, Ambassador of Japan to India; Junzo Auto Expo 2016 Yamamoto, State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Tranasport The Auto Components Sector is India’s largest and Tourism, Japan; Suresh Prabhu, Minister for Railways; A K th Mittal, Chairman, Railway Board; Dr Bibek Debroy, Member, Manufacturing sector. Highlighting this fact, the 13 Niti Aayog; Tilak Raj Seth, Chairman, CII Rail Transportation edition of the Auto Expo, now in its 30th year , brought & Equipment Division and Executive Vice President, Siemens to the fore the solidarity of the Indian Automotive Ltd at the 11th edition of IREE 2015 in New Delhi sector. With a focus on safety and production CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 91 launches and attracted around 7,00,000 visitors with 1,20,000 business visitors over the 6 days. Krishi Unnati Mela Krishi Unnati Mela was organised in the month of March this year by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) with CII as its strategic partner. The mega event, inaugurated by Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi, celebrated the great From L to R: Shubhra Singh, Executive Director, India Trade contribution of India’s farmers to agriculture, Promotion Organization; Vinnie Mehta, Director General, ACMA; witnessed the participation of over 500 public and Chandrajit Banerjee; Arvind Balaji, President, ACMA & Joint Managing Director, Lucas TVS Ltd; Sumit Mazumder; Anant G private sector exhibitors. The Mela showcased Geete, Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises; Vinod K the latest technology developments to tackle the Dasari, President, SIAM & Managing Director, Ashok Leyland Ltd; emerging challenges and new innovative products Deep Kapuria; Vishnu Mathur, Director General, SIAM at the 13th edition of Auto Expo in Greater Noida in the agriculture sector and saw a footfall of over 1 lakh visitors including farmers. ef½ciency, the Expo provided an ideal networking platform across the automotive spectrum. Inaugurated by Shri Anant G Geete, the Auto Expo not only provided exposure to the latest and best in these areas but also offered an opportunity to strike indigenous technology development collaborations. This year the expo saw participation of 1,500 companies including 600 International exhibitors. The show witnessed attendance of 1,14,328 visitors from 62 countries including OEM’s, aftermarket distributors and buying delegations from15 countries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting Krishi Unnati Mela in Auto Expo Motor Show New Delhi The 13th edition of the Auto Expo Motor Show, held at Greater Noida was jointly inaugurated by Shri Anant G Geete and Shri Nitin Gadkari. The Motor Show had OVERSEAS SHOWS around 80 exhibitors showcasing the latest products With a view to build Brand India and to showcase and new launches in an area of 70,000 sq mt at India’s manufacturing and services strengths Greater Noida. The show witnessed 80 new vehicle across sectors, CII regularly organises India Shows/ Enterprise India Shows and India Pavilions at global shows. The India Show The India Show was organised in association with the High Commission of India in Nigeria, and supported by the Department of Commerce, MoCI, Government of India. The biggest - ever exhibition by Indian companies in Africa showcased the best of Indian products and technology, and explored synergy between India and Nigeria. More than 100 Indian companies participated in the exhibition, From L to R: Chandrajit Banerjee; Arvind Balaji; Sumit Mazumder; representing sectors such as Agriculture, Automotive, Nitin Gadkari; Anant G Geete; Vinod K Dasari; Yong-Geun Kim, President, OICA; Vishnu Mathur and Rama Raman, CEO, Greater Construction, Electricals, Engineering, Oil & Gas, Noida Authority at the Auto Expo in Greater Noida Pharmaceuticals, Power, Textiles and Water. From L to R: A R Ghanashyam, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria; Uju Aisha Baba Hassan, Executive Secretary & CEO, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission; Naresh Leekha, Leader of the CII Business Delegation, and Regional Director, Tata International Ltd; Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule, Deputy Governor of Lagos, Nigeria; and Benson Abounu, Deputy Governor of Benue, Nigeria, inaugurating the The India Show in Lagos, Nigeria Enterprise India Make in India Pavilions at The 4th edition of Enterprise India held in Myanmar Leading International Shows with support of MoCI, and the Embassy of India, To take forward the Make in India vision, the Myanmar was inaugurated by H.E. Gautam Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Mukhopadhaya, Ambassador of India to Myanmar, (DIPP), MoCI, entrusted CII with organising focused and U Myint Swe, Chief Minister of the Yangon pavilions at the following global events : Region Government, along with several other • Bauma Conexpo Africa 2015, Johannesburg, Ministers of the Yangon region Government. South Africa • Defence and Security Equipment International India Pavilions Exhibition 2015, London, UK India Pavilions were organised at sector speci½c • 66th International Motor Show 2015, Frankfurt, shows to boost exports, enhance bilateral trade Germany and investment and create awareness of the • WIPO General Assembly 2015, Geneva, opportunities on both sides: Switzerland • Big 5 Kuwait, Kuwait • ADIPEC 2015, Abu Dhabi • PHILAUTO 2015, Philippines • CAMBULD 2015, Cambodia • ADDISBUILD 2015, Ethiopia • POWER BANGLADESH, Bangladesh H.E. Ambassador L D Ralte, Embassy of India, Phillipines inaugurating the India Pavilion at Philauto CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 93 CII-FAMILY BUSINESS NETWORK The CII-FBN India Chapter charted a roadmap to enhance knowledge sharing amongst Members, establish deeper linkages between the Indian and international FBN chapters and promote leadership development programmes for NextGen family members, and encourage more family businesses to take up the Chapter membership. ADVOCACY • Enhance knowledge sharing in critical matters such as succession planning, induction of non- family members in the business, adoption of a family constitution, and working with a family Professor Liechtenstein addressing the audience on the legacy of½ce of family business in New Delhi • Encourage family enterprises to engage external consultants and subject matter experts for change and professionals face in steering management management transition were also delved into and suggestions • Prepare NextGen family leaders for key roles on effective management of succession planning in their enterprises and transition were shared. th ACTION The India Chapter participated in the 26 FBN Global Knowledge Sharing Summit, Montreux, Switzerland which focused on Family businesses face unique management creating enabling cultures within organisations ¾ challenges and as newer generations join the for people to ourish. The Northern Region Meet business it becomes dif½cult to keep the business and Greet function provided a platform for greater and family together. CII-FBN India Chapter -IESE interaction amongst the Chapter Members. Roundtable Conference facilitated knowledge sharing on how the baton of business leadership Family Business Leadership Development can be passed on from one generation to the next A set of best practices with regards to family rd in a seamless fashion. Factors that sustain family businesses were shared at the 3 Next Generation businesses over the long-term and how non-family International Convention. Possible effective solutions business members could take on key roles in the to challenges and issues faced in the management administration of family business were deliberated of family businesses were also discussed. Delegates upon. Particular issues that family business leaders shared experiences of managing their respective family businesses, in the true spirit of collective learning. At the 18th CII FBN India Chapter annual convention held in March 2016 with Can families live and work together as the theme, Ms Annelie Karlsson spoke about the pros and cons of family business, while Mr Ajay Shriram, Past President CII and Chairman DCM Shriram Limited shared his views on the importance of Family Business. Other equally important discussion points that were debated included the effects of generation gap and the Sunil Bharti Mittal, Ajay Shriram and Arun Bharat Ram sharing different abilities of the new generation in family a moment at a Meet and Greet Dinner in New Delhi businesses. SECTORSCAPE • Agriculture and Food Processing • Manufacturing • Infrastructure • Energy • Defence, Aerospace and Security • Services ~ Financial Services ~ Information and Communication Technology ~ Fast Moving Consumer Goods ~ Retail ~ Media and Entertainment ~ Tourism • Health ~ Healthcare ~ Public Health ~ Medical Technology • Life Sciences ~ Biotechnology ~ Pharmaceuticals • Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING The CII National Council on Agriculture works • Raise productivity by delivering complete package on policy issues related to the Agriculture sector of practices to farmers and link them with in India. Various Core Groups have been created markets focusing on seed and biotechnology, farm • Reduce import duty on oilseeds from the current mechanization, edible oil and oilseeds, fertilizers, 30% food grain management, agri marketing and innovations and technology. FOOD PROCESSING AND COLD CHAIN The CII National Committee on Food Processing EDIBLE OILS AND OILSEEDS SECTOR and the CII National Task Force on Cold Chain The Edible Oil sector is facing a crisis owing Development worked towards promoting to signi½cant demand supply gap resulting in investments, innovations and best practices for the increasing import dependence and price escalation. Food Processing Industry, in line with the Make in Taking cognizance of the issues, the Government India initiative of the Government. The highlight for raised import duties on both crude and re½ned the year 2015-16 was the 1st National Food Conclave vegetable oils, which did not have the intended with the theme India: The Food Factory to the World. impact. ADVOCACY ADVOCACY • Representations were made to the Government The Core Group on Edible Oil and Oilseeds made the on important policy issues such as impact of GST following recommendations to the Department of on the Food Processing sector, impact of high tax Agriculture & Cooperation, Department of Revenue, burden on in¾ation, and the increasing exports Department of Consumer Affairs, Department of of processed foods Food, and Ministry of Commerce: • On the Cold Chain front, CII worked towards identifying State speci½c crops to develop a model • Revise import duty on crude vegetable oils from for their branding and marketing, both in the ½ 12.5% to 25% and that on re ned vegetable oils domestic and international markets from 20% to 45% From L to R: R S Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd; Meetu Kapur, Executive Director, CII- Jubilant Bhartia Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence; Mayank Jalan, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing and Managing Director, Keventer Agro; Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries; Piruz Khambatta, Chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing and Chairman & Managing Director, Rasna Private Limited; Rajesh Srivastava, Chairman, Regional Committee on Agriculture, Food & Water, CII NR and Chairman & Managing Director, Rabo Equity Advisors and B Thiagarajan, Chairman, CII National Committee on State Level Coordination for Agriculture & Food Processing and Executive Director and President AC &R, Blue Star Limited at the Food Conclave 2015 in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 97 from India. The session deliberated on issues such as market development, enabling ½scal environment and enabling trade environment. Government Interface • Members met Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Minister of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) and Mr Rangalal Jamuda, Secretary, MoFPI to highlight the industry issues and concerns Interaction of the CEOs from the Food Processing Industry with • Interactions were organised with MoFPI, State D K Singh, Additional Director General, Directorate General of Missions on Food Processing, Food Safety Foreign Trade in New Delhi. From L to R: Mayank Jalan; D K Singh and Piruz Khambatta Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Ministry of Agriculture, NCCD and the NHB on various ACTION issues. A Pre Budget Memorandum was also • State level engagement: A stakeholders’ meet submitted to the Government to deliberate on the Feasibility Report on Post Harvest Value Chain Management and plan for FOOD REGULATIONS future development of Cold Chain for mangoes With food safety becoming a growing global concern in Tirupati was organised. The meet created a with regulatory regimes worldwide, CII National dialogue between farmers, farmer producer Task Force on Food Regulatory Affairs works closely companies and the AP State Government. Similar with the Industry and the FSSAI. CII facilitated work was initiated for Pomegranate in Karnataka resolution of regulatory issues confronting the Food • With a view to understanding the ease of doing Industry, such as labelling requirements, licensing business in Cold Chain, CII organised a workshop and product approvals for creating a conducive with National Centre for Cold Chain Development regulatory framework. (NCCD), MoFPI and National Horticulture Board (NHB), wherein stakeholders made suggestions ADVOCACY to overcome the challenges Ingredient Based Food Safety Regime International best practices on ingredient based Enhancing Exports from India food safety regimes were shared with the MoFPI, A brainstorming session with APEDA on Enhancing Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) Value Added exports brought forth several key issues and the FSSAI with a view to creating an environment and the required initiatives critical to sustainable and for moving towards an ingredient based regime with viable development of exports of processed foods respect to proprietary foods. Rajeev Kher, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry addressing the conference at the Brainstorming sessions on Promoting Export of Value Added Products from India in New Delhi. From L to R: Mayank Jalan; Ranglal Jamuda, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries; Santosh Sarangi, Chairman cum Secretary, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) and Piruz Khambatta Harmonization with International Standards Contract Farming of Pulses in Africa CII worked towards encouraging the Authorities Given the current crisis around domestic availability to focus on advocating science-based food safety and of pulses and increasing dependence on imports, quality standards in harmonization with international Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare standards such as Codex, while ensuring the highest (MoA&FW) held meetings to explore the feasibility level of protection for consumers and facilitating of contract farming of pulses in Africa with over 40 fair and open trade. A representation on 14 food participants from Government, PSUs and Industry. categories was submitted to MoFPI and FSSAI. The engagement brought forth suggestions on creating an enabling environment to engage and New Regulations invest in the agricultural sector in Africa. The To push for fast tracking the formulation of new Government extended its support on issues at the standards, inputs were submitted on various G2G level and providing access to the Line of Credit. Government noti½cations including food or health supplements, nutraceuticals, food for special dietary Fixing of Cotton Seeds Price uses, food for special medical purposes, functional CII’s representation on the Cotton Seeds Price foods, and novel foods as well as the draft Food (Control) Order, 2015 highlighted that the Recall procedures. Government’s move to control prices will have a long term impact on future growth and investment Review of FSS ACT 2006 of the Agricultural sector as well as the Make in Recommendations on the FSS Act 2006 were India initiative. CII urged the Government to allow submitted to FSSAI and the MoH&FW to help make the market to decide prices and protect the farmers’ it an enabler and aligned to the dynamic and evolving interests . Food Processing sector. Suggestions were also aimed at reducing ambiguity and bringing more Other initiatives transparency in the Act. This year’s Agri Technology and Mechanization Summit focused on strengthening the techno To encourage a pragmatic approach for culture in Agriculture. The need for technology implementation and enforcement of Food Laws adoption was emphasized given its contribution to across the country, CII Task Force on Food overall growth and productivity enhancement. The Regulatory Affairs continues to engage with Summit also saw the launch of NAVI – Network of the FSSAI, MoFPI, and MoH&FW. Agri Startups, Venture Financiers and Incubators, inviting entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas and create a network of different stakeholders for uptake of technology and innovation in agriculture. From L to R: Akash Gupta, Under-Secretary, West Africa, Ministry of External AͿairs; Ajit B Chavan, Director (EP-Agri), Department of Commerce; Sanjay Lohia, Joint Secretary, Trade, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Avinash Kr Srivastava, Special Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; Sanjeev Asthana, Founder and Managing Partner, I-Farm Venture Advisors Private Ltd at the Consultation on Exploring Feasibility of Contract Farming of Pulses in Africa in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 99 MANUFACTURING The Manufacturing sector in India received a huge • Actions that would be easy to implement while boost with the launch of the Government’s Make making a positive impact on the 25 Make in India in India campaign. CII has worked closely with the focus sectors were recommended to the various Government, right from the Campaign’s inception, to sectoral nodal ministries and DIPP strategize on and facilitate its actualization. • Members met with Mr G K Pillai, Former Home and Commerce Secretary and Chairman, Tata National Manufacturing Council International; Mr Arun Maira, Former Member, The National Manufacturing Council focused its Planning Commission of India and Mr R P Singh, efforts towards the realization of the Make in India Former Secretary, DIPP to brainstorm, discuss vision and campaign, identifying areas of attention and identify strategies to help kick-start growth for the Government and Industry, and drawing up in the Manufacturing sector a plan to help improve industry competitiveness. A Joint Task Force was constituted with Department A study was initiated to identify the top 20 of Policy and Promotion (DIPP) for the realization of Manufacturing sub-sectors with potential to Make in India. drive double digit growth and create employment as well as to identify various Industry and • CII presented the agenda for the year to policy imperatives that will help them achieve Mr Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP; Mr Ambuj growth. An integrated framework for ½rm-level Sharma, Additional Secretary, Department of competitiveness to build national competitiveness in Heavy Industry; Mr Shatrughna Singh, Additional the Manufacturing sector-a Recipe for Success-was Secretary, DIPP; Dr Ajay Kumar, Additional also conceptualised and is being put together to be Secretary, DeitY; Mr Syeddain Abbasi, Joint actioned through CII’s nine Centres of Excellence. Secretary, Ministry of Steel; Ms Ravneet Kaur, An online diagnostic toolkit to enable manufacturing Joint Secretary, DIPP; Dr Talleen Kumar, CEO ½rms to benchmark themselves against global best & MD, DMIDC; Ms Aditi S Ray, Principal Adviser, enterprises and identify areas for improvement was Of½ce of Economic Adviser (DIPP) and Dr Nagesh also initiated for the ½rst time. Singh, Economic Adviser, Of½ce of Economic Adviser (IPP) From L to R: Rahul Gangal, Partner, Roland Berger; Amitabh Kant, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Anant J Talaulicar, Chairman, CII Manufacturing Council and Chairman & Managing Director, Group India Ltd; Anant G Geete, Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Jayant Davar, Co-Chairman, CII Manufacturing Council and Co-Chairman & Managing Director, Sandhar Technologies Limited at the release of ‘Smart Manufacturing 2025 Roadmap’ at the CII Smart Manufacturing Summit in New Delhi Smart Manufacturing Initiative Chemicals A Steering Committee on Smart Manufacturing was The signature campaign of the National Committee formed in support of the Make in India campaign on Chemicals, Chemistry Everywhere, gathered and to provide a special focus to one of the key momentum with lectures at colleges across India. enablers i.e. increasing domestic value addition and The Chemistry Everywhere Conference addressed technological depth in manufacturing. With a view the challenges of modern India. In preparation of to help India’s Manufacturing sector gear up for the Phase III of the Campaign, CHEMSTREET, an online next level of industrial revolution through Smart one-stop-reference for chemicals was launched. Manufacturing, CII sought to create awareness that ChemSource is India’s unique online database Industry 4.0 has the potential to dramatically change and reference portal on Chemical regulations, the global manufacturing landscape. safety & management was unveiled by Mr Samir K Biswas, Joint Secretary, Department of Chemicals At the 1st Smart Manufacturing Summit, key & Petrochemicals. The Draft Quality Control Order stakeholders committed their support to making for Flame Retardants in Technical Textiles 2013, India the leading market for advanced materials, was also ½nalised in consultation with BIS and innovative products and disruptive manufacturing the Industry. When implemented, this will have processes. The CII – Roland Berger Smart a far reaching effect on enhancing safety and Manufacturing 2025 Roadmap was also released. performance of specialty chemicals. Capital Goods and Engineering As a result of CII’s advocacy initiatives, a Sub- With a clear objective of increasing production Committee was constituted under the Central of capital goods from Rs 230,000 crores in 2014-15 Insecticides Board to develop guidelines for to Rs 750,000 crores in 2025 and raising direct and registration of biocides for use in paints. The indirect employment from the current 8.4 million to Seminar on Enhancing the Competitiveness of the 30 million, the National Committee on Capital Goods Indian Specialty Chemicals Industry addressed the saw sustained advocacy for the formulation of the feedstock issue faced by the Industry. National Capital Goods Policy. Through an intense consultation process spearheaded by the DHI-CII Cement Joint Task Force on Capital Goods and Engineering The Cement Industry Division worked towards the year saw the release of the 1st ever National catalyzing additional demand to optimize the usage Policy on Capital Goods. As a ½rst step to assisting of Cement and revamping of environmental norms the Department of Heavy Industry, (DHI) Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, on the implementation of the policy recommendations, an exploratory exercise on mandatory standardisation was also initiated. From L to R: Richard Porte, Head, Strategic Partnerships, The Royal Society of Chemistry; Shisher Kumra, Executive Director, Sustainability Support Services Europe (AB); Sudhir Shenoy, Co-Chair, CII National Committee on Chemicals & CEO, Dow Chemical International Pvt Ltd; Nadir B Godrej, Chairman, CII National Committee on Chemicals & MD, Godrej Industries Ltd; Samir K Biswas, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Chemicals & From L to R: Sharad Verma, Partner, BCG; Sumit Mazumder, Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals; Dr Raman President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited; Ramachandran, CMD, BASF India Ltd & Head-BASF, South Asia; Anant G Geete; Vishvajit Sahay, Joint Secretary, Department of Ajay Durrani, MD, Covestro (India) Private Limited; Heavy Industry; Vipin Sondhi, Chairman, CII National Committee Dr Swaminathan Sivaram, CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow, National on Capital Goods and Engineering and Managing Director and Chemical Laboratory at the launch of CHEMSTREET.co.in and CEO, JCB India Ltd, at the National Capital Goods Policy launch ChemSource during the Chemistry Everywhere Conference in at the Make in India Week In Mumbai Mumbai CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 101 From L to R: Atul Desai, Executive Director and Chief Marketing Ocer, Reliance Cement Ltd; Mahendra Singhi, Group Chief L to R: Ratika Jain, Executive Director- Manufacturing, CII; Executive Ocer, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd; Shailendra Singh, Rajiv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce Joint Secretary, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry; & Industry; G P Upadhayay, Deputy Secretary, Department of Chaudhary Birender Singh, Minister of Rural Development, Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Dr Ajay Kumar, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation; Ajay Kapur, Additional Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Chairman, CII Cement Industry Division, and MD & CEO, Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Ambuja Cement Ltd at the India Cement Conference in New Delhi Technology; Vinod Sharma, Chairman, CII National Committee on ICTE Manufacturing and Managing Director, Deki Electronics and standards. Following representations were Ltd; Ajay Shankar, Chairman, Expert Committee on Regulatory made to DIPP and the Ministry of Environment, Approvals; Kuldeep Kumar Saharawat, Director (IP),Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications & IT at an Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC): interactive session with senior Government ocials on India’s Vision of Net Zero Electronics Import by 2020 in New Delhi • Inclusion of Cement Kiln Co-Processing Technology under Draft Hazardous Waste • A proposal was submitted to the Administrative Management (HWM) Rules 2015 Ministry for implementation of the policy provision • Presentation to Expert Working Group constituted of DTA sales of ITA-I/zero duty (ICTE products) by MoEF&CC on Environmental Standards being given the same bene½ts as for physical • Implementing large scale co-processing of wastes exports for eliminating inverted duty at Tier-2 level as Alternate Fuel Resources (AFRs) in cement • Modi½ed Import of Goods at Concessional Duty kilns (IGCD) procedure with clearance of imports on self-certi½cation basis The Indian Cement Conference 2015 themed Make • Extension of Modi½ed Special Incentive Package in India – Urban Infrastructure & Smart Cities saw Scheme (MSIPS) beyond July 2015 and changes interactions with Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh, in few provisions Minister of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, • Extending export incentives under Merchandise Drinking Water and Sanitation and Shri Prakash Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) to Category Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) A & C countries for Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Pursuant to the Government’s vision on Net Zero growth opportunities and challenges, environment Electronics Import by 2020, an interactive session and safety regulations as well as on ½scal and non- was organised with Senior Government of½cials from ½scal issues needing immediate attention. DeitY, DIPP, Department of Commerce, DoT and Mr Ajay Shankar, Chairman, Expert Committee on ICTE Manufacturing Regulatory Approvals. The National Committee on ICTE Manufacturing focused on making the Industry competitive, Leather encouraging value added manufacturing and To work towards fostering the growth of the sector developing demand. Recommendations were made in a holistic, socially responsible and sustainable to the Department of Electronics & Information manner, the National Committee on Leather took Technology (DeitY) on: up the following issues: • Reduction of excise duty from 12.5% to 6% to • Alternate methodologies for compensation of be applicable on all categories of footwear and disabilities related to high cost of power, ½nance restoration of earlier abatement rate to 35% and infrastructure • Creation of Indian Leather Mark. To develop • Abolition of CST and SAD for ICTE sector and a a framework for quality benchmarking and duty equivalent to the applicable VAT to be levied certi½cation to enable creation of Indian brands, on imports CII initiated discussions with Quality Council of the auction process for another concession till the completion of prospecting The Mining Leaders Roundtable with the theme getting mining off the ground initiated discussions From L to R: Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Balvinder Kumar, Secretary Mines; Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for on issues hindering growth of India’s mining Mines and Steel; Narendra Kothari, Chairman of CII National industry, smoothening the process of resource Committee on Mining and CMD, NMDC Ltd; S Vijay Iyer, allocation and drawing an outline to sync industry’s Managing Director, Rio Tinto India at the Mining Leaders Roundtable in New Delhi actions better with Government priorities. India for a Voluntary Certi½cation Scheme for India At the Conference on Encouraging Exploration in Leather Mark: Popularizing and Marketing India, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Mines of Indian Leather Industry and Steel reiterated the Government’s commitment • To create a National Level Body, Footwear & towards encouraging private investment in the Leather Products Development & Promotion sector through the following possible models: Council (FLPDPC), particularly for Domestic • Revenue share from Mining Lease proceeds for Business 50 years • Review ban on movement of hides. A total ban, • Reimbursement of costs with reasonable pro½ts including transportation of hides, will lead to huge • Joint Venture with public sector on proceeds shortage of raw materials as all manufacturers will start sourcing from imported origins. Steel The National Committee on Steel submitted its In line with CII recommendations Government in the recommendations for rationalization of customs present budget has reduced Excise duty from 12.5% duties for Steel, exclusion of some tariff lines in to 6% on rubber sheets and resin rubber sheets the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic for soles and heels (4008 29 10) and increased the Partnership) negotiations, processing of safeguard abatement rate on RSP from 25% to 30% on all investigations in an expeditious manner and categories of footwear. extension of mandatory BIS certi½cation to another 21 steel products. DIPP, under the chairmanship of Mr Atul Chaturvedi, Joint Secretary, DIPP on 29th October, 2015 convened The rising concerns of the domestic steel industry a meeting for the creation of a Council for the Leather with respect to cheap imports were raised with Sector to promote the domestic Industry as well. Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry Mining as well as with Ms Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, The work of the National Committee on Mining Ministry of Steel. A User – Producer meet deliberated revolved around the implementation of the Mines on CII’s position vis–a- vis trade in view of the surge and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) in Steel imports. A Session on Metal and Metallurgy Act and attracting investments in exploration in organised concurrently with the International order to improve the participation of serious miners. Engineering Trade Fair (IETF), 2015 deliberated on the Key recommendations on the Draft Auction Rules, growth and opportunities in the sector. 2015 for making them Industry friendly accepted by the Government include: Office Automation & Imaging The Of½ce Automation & Imaging (OA&I) Division • Removal of stipulation of 1.25 times requirement engaged with the Government to make purchase of ore for the next 50 years for end use category procedures simpler and faster as well as making • Removal of the clause that brings into compliance to regulations user friendly. Several consideration reserves covered under a current meetings were held with DGS&D, BEE, BIS and DeitY license of a particular licensing while going for where Industry concerns and necessary corrections future auctions were highlighted. The 6th edition of the annual event • Withdrawal of the clause that prevents a current was themed Of½ce Automation and Imaging Industry: Prospecting License holder from participating in Transforming India. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 103 immediately after the presentation of Railway Budget for 2015-16, the Minister elaborated the Government’s Vision 2020 for Railways. The International Rail Conference coinciding with the 11th International Railway Equipment Exhibition and an interactive session with Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways were also organised. Transmission Line From L to R: Manoj Kumar, Chairman, CII OA & I Division and Considering the ever increasing criticality of Managing Director & CEO, Ricoh India Ltd; C K Maheshwari, Scientist-G & DDG (CertiÀcation),Bureau of Indian Standards, Transmission in the Power sector value chain, CII’s Ministry of Consumer AͿair & Public Distribution; Vipin Tyagi, Transmission Line Division actively took forward Executive Director, CDOT, Department of Telecommunication, issues related to: Ministry of Communications & IT; Bramhanand Jha, Consultant – ½ Programme Management, National e-Governance Plan, Department • Clari cation on refund of Terminal Excise Duty of Electronics & IT, Ministry of Communication ⁢ Ashish (TED) Saraswat, Project Engineer, Bureau of Energy Eciency, Ministry • Revision of reward rates for transmission line th of Power at the 6 National Seminar on Oce Automation & towers and stranded wires/cables (Aluminium Imaging Industry: Transforming India in New Delhi Conductors) under Merchandise Export from India Railways Scheme (MEIS) The Rail Transport and Equipment Division (RTED) An interactive session of Transmission Industry made a comprehensive set of recommendations Leaders with Power Grid Corporation of India centered on the theme technology, best practices Limited deliberated on the Power Transmission and resources to transform the Indian Railways. scenario and the growth challenges faced by the The Pre–Budget recommendations called for an Industry. Measures to address the bottleneck and intergraded roadmap to capture Rail freight share, ways to enhance productivity, reduce costs and fast adoption of international norms for balanced track project execution were suggested. contractual conditions and creation of a dedicated Railway Safety Fund. Expeditious announcement of Valves & Actuators Madhepura (Electric Loco) and Marowhra (diesel) CII’s Valves & Actuators Division envisages India FDI projects in Bihar were key CII recommendations as a preferred global source of Industrial Valves accepted by the Government. in a global valve market expected to reach US $ 60 billion by 2017. CII thus worked to build India’s At an Industry and Media interaction with competitiveness and advocated for: Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways, • Inclusion of valves in the Focus Product Scheme From L to R: Nalin Jain, President and Chief Executive Ocer ( Railway Business), GE Transportation & Aviation; Girish Pillai, Advisor, Infrastructure, Railway Board; Rajeev Jyoti, Chief Executive Ocer, (Railway Business), Larsen & Toubro Limited; M S Mathur, Executive Director (PPP), Railway Board; Sandeep Joshi, Managing Director-TIS ALSTOM Transport India Ltd; Sajal Mittra, Head (Railways), Adani Ports and SEZs at the seminar on Railways at the Make in India Week in Mumbai (FPS). Valves were included, under Merchandise Mr Vijay Shankar Pandey, Secretary, Department Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) in the the of Chemicals addressed the Seminar on Foreign Trade Policy (2015-2020) and are now Chemicals & Petrochemicals – A Gateway to eligible for rewards for export of noti½ed goods Endless Opportunities in India. The strengths of to noti½ed markets the Indian Chemicals Industry were showcased at • Based on CII’s recommendations BIS has agreed the Seminar which also saw deliberations on the to revise the standards and speci½cations for emerging global opportunities, and the importance valves to universally accepted International of sustainability and Green Chemistry Standards to ensure global competitiveness • Railways: The Railways Seminar themed Make in India-In Action celebrated the recent success Make in India Week stories in the sector and the award of two major Under the Make in India Week organised by DIPP, railway projects in Bihar CII in partnership with various sectoral Ministries • Textiles: At the Seminar on Indian Textiles and organised sectoral seminars focused on the Apparel Industry – Showcasing India’s Strengths potential of various sectors in Design, Innovation and across the Value Chain organised jointly by CII and sustainability of India’s manufacturing sectors in the Ministry of Textiles, Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, coming decade. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles • Capital Goods: At the Seminar on Capital Goods and Ms Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Ministry of and Engineering: Realizing the Make in India Textiles shared the Government’s perspectives Vision Shri Anant G Geete, Minister of Heavy • Auto and Auto Components: The Seminar Making Industries & Public Enterprises, unveiled the ½rst India a Global Manufacturing Hub for Auto National Capital Goods Policy. The policy lays and Auto Components which was inaugurated emphasis on 3 key elements – demand creation, by Shri Anant G Geete, showcased the strong enhancing exports and technology depth as key fundamentals of Indian Auto Manufacturing drivers to revive growth for the sector. The DHI-CII and also highlighted the export potential and Joint Task Force on Capital Goods & Engineering technological bene½ts of manufacturing in India. made key recommendations for enhancing the The seminar was also attended by Dr Rajan Katoch overall competitiveness of the sector which were Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries. The captured in the National Capital Goods Policy deliberations focused on policy, technological and • Chemicals - Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Minister ecosystem imperatives for Green Mobility of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers and From L to R: Naishadh Parikh, Director Arvind Ltd; Rashmi Verma, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles; Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Textiles; B K Goenka, Chairman, Welspun Ltd at the Seminar on Indian Textiles and Apparel Industry in Mumbai CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 105 CII Associations’ Council CII Associations’ Council (ASCON), an important CII • Creating demand by reviving investments Forum, brings together National level Associations and whittling down stalled projects across sectors on a common platform. ASCON • Speeding up delayed reforms such as GST, LAAR currently comprises 100 national, sector-speci½c (Amendment Bill), 2015 Industry associations, representing over 100,000 • Removing implementation bottlenecks Indian companies across various Manufacturing specially in Energy, Mining and Power sectors as well as Service sectors. • Enhancing export competiveness. FOCUS ACTION ASCON regularly reviewed performance of Industry Concerns of various af½liated associations, related sectors, took stock of issues that affect growth and to Inverted Duty Structure (IDS), were submitted to represented relevant policy recommendations. the Tariff Commission. Recommendations on the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) were put forward The ASCON Quarterly Reports/Surveys of Industry to the Expert Committee on Regulatory Approvals. performance and the growth outlook were The Budget recommendations for 2016-17 received released during 2015. from the associations were included in the CII Pre –Budget Recommendations submitted to Ministry ADVOCACY of Finance. Apart from discussions on the current state of the Industry and economy and the growth outlook, A presentation was made to the Members on the deliberations also focused on steps required to challenges and opportunities that the Regional support recovery in near to medium term. To Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) boost the economy and industry performance, CII throws up for Indian Industry. strongly advocated the need for: INFRASTRUCTURE The CII National Committee on Infrastructure works to enable infrastructure development which would facilitate growth, enhance ef½cacy and competitiveness as well as generate business opportunities for both local and foreign investors. ADVOCACY CII is deeply engaged in building a robust Infrastructure sector and in addressing related policy interventions on behalf of the Industry. CII discusses and collectively works on policy, Interaction with Dr Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, regulatory and implementation related issues in Ministry of Finance in New Delhi. From L to R: Anil Sardana, Chairman, CII National Committee on Power and Managing partnership with the Government to help create a Director, The Tata Power Company Limited; Sharmila Chavaly, conducive framework for Infrastructure sectors such Joint Secretary (Infrastructure), Ministry of Finance; Dr Arvind as Roads, Highways, Ports, Shipping, Civil Aviation, Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance; G V Sanjay Reddy and Vinayak Chatterjee Power, Real Estate, Housing, Construction and Railways. The overarching issues CII focused on include: ACTION Through various platforms, CII brings together the key stakeholders to work towards making • Infrastructure ½nancing and in¾ow of foreign PPPs the cornerstone of building state-of-the- investment art infrastructure in India. With a view to make • Institutional framework– renegotiation of Public recommendations to the Government and to help Private Partnerships (PPPs) concessions, legal strengthen PPPs in Infrastructure, various policy and regulatory framework focused sessions were organised. • Dispute resolution mechanism • Inequitable contracts To address issues related to stalled infrastructure • Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees (URDG) projects, CII met Dr Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, and on his advise, CII reviewed 12 Power projects stalled due to project preparation and ½nancing challenges. In an interactive session with Mr Vijay Chhibber, the then Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Industry Members were apprised of recent Government policy interventions such as review of the Model Concession Agreement for BOT (Toll) projects and revamping of NHAI. The Conclave on Infrastructure and PPPs organised in partnership with the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance focused on providing a From L to R: Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, CII Task Force on framework for building an enabling ecosystem for Railways and Chairman, Feedback Infra Private Limited; Nitin the Infrastructure sector and reviving PPPs. The Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping; Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways and G V Sanjay Reddy, PPP Summit, held as a follow-up of the Conclave Chairman, CII National Committee on Infrastructure and Vice emphasized the Private sector’s role as well as the Chairman, GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited at the PPP the importance of innovative technology, capacity Summit in New Delhi building and various Government initaitives. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 107 Given this environment, the CII National Committee on Construction took up a few signi½cant initiatives during 2015 including a series of meetings to apprise the stakeholders of the issues facing the sector. The Government appreciated CII’s suggestions and the Union Cabinet, Chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, approved the amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. Most of CII’s recommendations also found mention in the two Ordinances promulgated by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. The ½rst was to amend the From L to R: Ankur Bhatia, Member, CII National Committee on Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and the second Infrastructure and Executive Director, Bird Group; Tony Tyler, was to set up Commercial Courts for fast-track Director General and CEO, International Air Transport Association resolution of disputes. Both the Ordinaces came into (IATA); Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati, Minister of Civil Aviation; G V Sanjay Reddy and Soma Banerjee, Principal (Energy & force with immediate effect on October 23, 2015. Infrastructure), CII at the Aviation Day in New Delhi Railways Aviation Given that the Ministry of Railways has unleashed The Ministry of Civil Aviation, through its Draft an initiative to restructure and revive the sector, National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) addressed key the CII Task Force on Railways engaged with the policy challenges with rationalization of jet fuel cost, Government on private sector participation in thrust on regional connectivity, liberalization in open the process. The recommendations made by the skies regime, promotion of air cargo, maintenance, Government appointed Committee for Mobilization repair and operations (MRO) through ½scal and of Resources for Major Railway Projects and regulatory concessions. CII provided inputs on this Restructuring of Railway Ministry and Railway Policy and, going forward, also remains committed Board for resturctuing of the sector were shared to its implementation. The Aviation Day, organised by with CII Members. Key Railway Ministry of½cials CII in partnership with the Ministry of Civil Aviation deliberated on the proposed Rail Regulator with and International Air Transport Association (IATA), private players of the Railway sector in a session focused on opportunities and challenges arising out organised by CII. of the Aviation sector. Real Estate and Housing Construction The Real Estate and Housing sector plays a critical The Construction industry is currently facing severe role in India’s economic development through systemic challenges across the project life-cycle. investments received and employment generated. Some key issues impeding the growth of the sector were shared with the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the proposed Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Bill 2013. Inputs were provided on the Draft National Urban Rental Housing Policy (NURHP) and setting up of Residential Rental Management Companies (RRMCs) for creating a favourable environment for rental housing in India. CII is also actively working on making affordable housing possible in urban India. Shipping A Working Group constituted under the chairmanship of Mr Barun Mitra, Joint Secretary Ajay Tyagi, Additional Secretary (Infrastructure), Department of Economic AͿairs, Ministry of Finance and Shaktikanta Das, (Shipping) focused on reviving India’s ailing Ship Secretary, Department of Economic AͿairs, Ministry of Finance, Building, Ship Repair and Ship Breaking sector at the Conclave on Infrastructure & PPPs in New Delhi as also to promote Make in India. Smart City Mission The Government enunciated an ambitious 100 Smart City vision for the country which has been articulated in the vision of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi as follows: Cities in the past were built on riverbanks. They are now built along highways. But in the future, they will be built based on availability of optical ½ber networks and next-generation infrastructure. In the Indian context, there is a need to focus on three fundamental areas, viz facilitation of employment, productivity of citizens in daily interactions and optimum use of public spaces. From L to R: Mukesh Gupta, Convener, Ease of Doing Business, CII North Maharashtra Zonal Council, & Director, Micro Petrochem In line with the announcement of building 100 Smart Pvt. Ltd; Praveen Gedam, Commissioner, Nashik Municipal Corporation; S Jagannathan, Police Commissioner, Nashik City; Cities by the Government, the CII National Mission on Sudhir Mutalik, Chairman, North Maharashtra Zonal Council Smart Cities was set up to act as a policy advocacy & Managing Director, Positive Metering Pumps (I) Pvt Ltd; Dr think tank and to provide thought leadership. Manvendra Deswal, Head – Smart Cities, CII at the CII Roundtable on Smart Cities in Nashik MoUs were signed with ½ve country consortiums – German (led by Siemens), Indian (led by Essel), Spanish (led by INDRA Systems), Japanese (led • Raise awareness through conferences and forums by Hitachi) and US (led by Cisco). Consultations • Align the interests of the Industry Members with for similar arrangement are underway with UK, the Government Australia, Austria and Singapore as well. • Manage a knowledge repository of best practices in Smart City development in the Ministry of Urban Under the MoUs with Governments of Andhra Development Pradesh, Goa, West Bengal, Chandigarh, Pune, With the objective to support the State Governments Bhubaneswar, Jaipur and Ajmer, CII will engage with and Union Territories in preparing proposals and the Governments and the public authorities to: suggesting smart urban technical solutions, a • Promote the Smart City initiative series of Roundtable Sessions and Technological • Provide assistance through consultation and Expositions were organised across the country. advisory inputs/services on matters relevant to Speci½c areas for Pan City and Area Based Smart Cities development Development interventions were identi½ed. From L to R: Siddharth Kuncalienker, MLA-Panaji, Goa; R K Srivastava, Chief Secretary, Goa; Shekhar Sardessai, Vice Chairman- CII Goa State Council and CMD, Kineco Kaman Composites- India Pvt Ltd; Shubham Chodankar, Mayor, Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) and Gazal Bhambri, CII Goa State Head at the CII Roundtable on Smart Cities in Panaji CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 109 ENERGY CII worked closely with the Government and provided energy security and stimulate economic growth. inputs on key issues across the energy spectrum New Contractutal and Fiscal Regime: In the ranging from recommendations on moving to comments on the consultation paper for new market based mechanisms for gas pricing to inputs contractual and ½scal regime submitted to MOPNG, on incentives/policy levers for expediting growth CII suggested that while the Launch of the Open in renewables and to undertaking reforms in the Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) is a welcome step, Power sector. and that the National Data Repository (NDR) will enable greater investments, the OLAP should not ADVOCACY await either acquisition of additional regional data Hydrocarbons or the establishment of the NDR. Among others, Marginal Field Policy: Marketing freedom for CII also made recommendations on the work Coal Bed Methane (CBM) gas will provide the programme, pricing and marketing of natural gas much needed impetus to realize its production and unconventional hydrocarbon. among others. potential in India. To stress this aspect, CII made a representation to the Ministry of Petroleum and Power Natural Gas (MoPNG) on Marginal Field Policy – The Government put forth Draft Guidelines/ Draft applicability to incentivize CBM production in the Standard Bidding Documents for procurement of country. power from Ultra Mega Power Projects (UMPPs) based on allocated Domestic Captive Coal Blocks. Gas Pricing: There is a need for increasing gas CII’s representation to the Government covered key production and its share in countries energy mix. areas including site identi½cation, environmental Given this need, CII reiterated to MOPNG the need to and forest clearances, land acquisition for move towards a market based pricing regime which captive coal blocks and the Environmental Impact will help to increase domestic production, enhance Assessment (EIA) report. Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways, addressing the CII Bio-Energy Summit 2015 in New Delhi. From L to R: B Rajagopal, Member, CII National Committee for Bio-Energy and President, DSM India; G S Krishnan, Member, CII National Committee for Bio-Energy and President, Novozymes SA Pvt Ltd; Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas; Upendra Tripathy, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Pramod Chaudhari, Chair, CII National Committee for Bio-Energy and Executive Chairman, Praj Industries Ltd CII also submitted recommendations to the Ministry CII made some pertinent recommendations on the of Coal on auction of coal linkages to regulated and Draft Renewable Energy Act which was shared non – regulated sectors for considering the current with MNRE. These included the need for clarity on state of India’s distribution companies and the functions, powers and spheres of Central and State proposed sector reforms before the methodology agencies as well as for ½ner demarcation between is ½nalised. CII suggested considering alternative grid-connected RE and distributed scale energy methods of auction of coal linkages for non- plants. Suggestions on management of payment regulated sector as the proposed method would obligations and Renewable Energy Purchase strain the growth of industries dependent on coal Obligations (RPO) were also made. and could also lead to unsustainable price discovery as demand outstrips supply. ACTION Various policy and techno-commercial initiatives Renewable Energy are required to propel bio-energy based solutions CII worked along with the Government on ironing out forward. These were discussed at the Bio-Energy issues straining this sector. In the suggestions on Summit 2015. Stakeholders also deliberated the Draft Guidelines for Implementation of 2000 MW on deployment of biofuels, commercial viability Grid – Connected Solar PV Projects under JNNSM of 2G Technologies, Waste-to-Energy Systems Batch-III State Speci½c VGF Scheme, CII urged the and ½nancing of Bio-based industries given the Government to consider reverse bidding on Central Government’s push to install 10 GW-equivalent Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) tariffs or of Bio-energy capacity by 2022. carving a sub-set category out of the overall 2000 MW for participation of Accelerated Depreciation The CEOs Roundtable on Renewable Energy, 2015, (AD) developers and on issues related to project size, the Biofuels Roundtable 2015 and the Roundtable on project site and grid connectivity. For instance the Coal provided a platform for strategic Government- Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) could Industry interactions on issues related to the Energy have separate bids for projects inside and outside a Sector. solar park. Emerging economies such as India, China and With a view to create a level playing ½eld between Brazil took centrestage at the CoP21 hosted in Paris AD and non AD players, CII recommended that in December 2015. A 26 Member CII delegation the Government consider options of ½nancial led by Mr Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and instruments such as tax free solar bonds and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited and production tax credits being deployed in the US. Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII participated in the launch of the International Solar Alliance by Prime Minister Shri Modi. CII hosted sessions at the India Pavilion and the UNFCCC. With the Paris Agreement being signed, India will work towards balancing the country’s economic growth with the developmental goals. With this backdrop, CII in partnership with Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, a German Foundation, organised a Conference on the Roadmap to a Low-Carbon Economy. CII deliberated with Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for From L to R: Upendra Tripathy; Sumant Sinha, Co-Chair, CII National Council for Renewable Energy and Founder-CEO, ReNew Petroleum and Natural Gas on the possibilities Power Ventures Pvt Ltd; Soma Banerjee, Principal - Energy and of private sector partnering the Government to Infrastructure, CII; Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent expedite domestic oil and gas production. Two Task Charge) for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy; and Deepak Puri, Co-Chair, CII National Council for Renewable Energy Forces were formed to draw a roadmap and make and Chairman, Moser Baer India Ltd at CEOs Roundtable on recommendations on getting back to the original Renewable Energy in New Delhi intent of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC). CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 111 DEFENCE, AEROSPACE AND SECURITY CII has been at the forefront ever since defence defence exports. CII’s recommendations on manufacturing was opened to the private sector. streamlining defence exports were accepted CII’s Defence Division works towards creating a by the Government. vibrant domestic defence manufacturing and service sector by reversing import trend from 70% to 30% The 15 year Indian Naval Indigenisation Plan (INIP and ½nally transforming it to an exporting sector, 2015-30) released by Raksha Mantri at the CII- as well as creating over a million jobs in the next Indian Navy Seminar aims at enabling indigenous decade. development of equipment and systems. It is expected to encourage Industry participation in ADVOCACY development of weapons, sensors and other high- Several key CII recommendations, especially on end equipment for Indian Navy. offsets, Make Procedure, level playing ½eld, and transfer of technology, made to the Committee The Government also addressed the issue of of Experts on DPP-2013 featured in the Revised creating a level playing ½eld for the private sector Defence Procurement Procedure. vis-à-vis DPSUs and Ordnance Factories by way of bringing parity in Customs and Central Excise Duty. A ten member committee appointed by Shri Manohar Parrikar, Raksha Mantri submitted its report to the For bridging the skill gap, supported by CII, a Ministry of Defence. The Report, currently being Strategic Manufacturing Skills Council (SMSC) is reviewed by the Ministry, has placed major thrust being formed in partnership with National Skill on enhancing private sector participation in Defence Development Corporation and with the support of Manufacturing. CII actively engaged with this Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. committee by providing industry inputs. With a view to encouraging MSMEs to become a part of the Aerospace global supply chain, CII CII actively worked with the Department of Defence recommended that the Government consider Production and supported Government’s initiatives to incentives for private sector R&D. Most of CII’s create a conducive policy environment to encourage recommendations were accepted while amending Manohar Parrikar, Raksha Mantri releasing the DEFCOM 2015 Journal. From L to R: Major General R Sabherwal, ADG (Tac C), Corps of Signal, Indian Army; Kiran Karnik, Chairman, CII National Committee on Telecom & Broadband and CII Digital India Mission; General Dalbir Singh, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, Chief of the Army StaͿ; Manohar Parrikar; Lt Gen Nitin Kohli AVSM,VSM, Signal Ocer-in-Chief and Colonel Commandant, Corps of Signals, Indian Army; Lt Gen MMS Rai, Vice Chief of the Army StaͿ and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII at Defcom 2015 held in New Delhi ACTION The Make in India: Global Investors’ Summit was organised in partnership with the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Commerce and Industry to explore co-development, co-production and investment opportunities. CII participated in the 39th DRDO Directors’ Conference and also organised a Seminar in partnership with the Directorate of Indigenisation, Indian Navy on Innovation and Indigenisation. L to R: Ashwani Kr. Prabhakar, Director General Ordnance Factory Several aspects of advancements in the Aerospace & Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board; Lt Gen Subrata Saha UYSM, YSM, VSM , Deputy Chief of Army StaͿ (Planning & sector, role of the industry and the abundant Systems); A K Gupta, Secretary (Defence Production), potential that Make In India offers were highlighted Ministry of Defence; Baba N Kalyani, Chairman, CII National at the 10th International Conference organised in Committee on Defence; T Suvarna Raju, Chairman, Hindustan partnership with the Centre for Airpower Studies Aeronautics Ltd; Sunil Kumar Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, Bharat Electronics Limited; Jan Widerstorm, Country (CAPS). Head and Chairman, Saab India at a Defence Seminar To leverage India’s software strength and enhance the Defence Offset Guidelines. A request was also the industry’s capabilities in hardware design made to Secretary, DP to consider the remaining and manufacture, the 11th edition of DEFCOM was issues including strengthening Defence Offset organised. Shri Manohar Parrikar highlighted Management Wing (DOMW). that the efforts are focused towards enhancing indigenization in the Defence sector. Recommendations were made to Department of Defence R&D, on how indigenous defence The Defence Acquisition Management course capabilities can be built faster with the involvement provided the much needed training to industry of private sector companies. It was also personnel. The seminar on Global Defence Supply recommended that India should aim at leveraging Chain gave Members an overview of how they can DRDO capabilities to Make in India not just for India integrate into the global supply chain. but also the world. International Engagement As a follow up of the meeting with PMO on CII was responsible for the Make in India Pavillion streamlining defence production and defence at the Defence Security & Equipment International offset, CII submitted suggestions on Unfair Pricing (DSEI 2015) in London. The Defence, Aerospace Norms in Case of Buyer Nominated Equipment and & Security Industry delegation visiting London Streamlining Defence Offset. During the year a interacted with Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Minister of report on Transforming Indian Defence Logistics State for Defence and Minister of State (Independent System highlighting opportunities for Industry in Charge) for Planning and H. E. Mr Ranjan Mathai, Defence Logistics was released. Indian High Commissioner to UK. A Defence and Aerospace Industry Delegation visited USA coinciding CII represented in the DRDO’s T-72 Tank Engine with the visit of Shri Manohar Parrikar. Upgrades Committee. Member companies completed one round of interactions with various CII also engaged with Minister for Defence, South stakeholders and visits to CVRDE, Engine Factory Australia and HE Panos Kamenos, Hellenic (Greek) Avadi and Heavy Vehicle Factory Avadi. Minister of Defence to explore potential business collaborations. An MoU was signed with Epicos for Based on CII’s engagement with the Government facilitating Indian companies’ integration with the the Validity of Industrial License was extended to 15 Global Supply Chain. years which can be further extended by three years. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 113 SERVICES Services India’s Services sector has been steadily growing, Some key focus sectors include IT & Telecom, commanding 72.4% share in the national GDP in Tourism, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, 2014-15. With a CAGR of 8.7% between 2001-2013 Logistics, Professional Services, Education, it stands as the second fastest-growing Services Financial Services, R&D, Space and SME in sector globally. Promotion of trade, exports and Services. services thus counts as a very important aspect of India’s economic growth. To provide a boost to the Services sector, the Government is opening up FDI the recent being With an objective to signi½cantly augment commerce enhancing FDI to 49% in the Insurance sector. as well as to connect India’s Services sector to the MoCI is also actively exploring new geographies for world, CII partnered with the Ministry of Commerce promoting the Services sector as also diversifying & Industry (MoCI) and the Services Export Promotion the Services export basket. CII continues to partner Council (SEPC) for the ½rst-ever Global Exhibition on the MoCI in these initiatives and will organise the 2nd Services, GES 2016. Inaugurated by the Prime Minister edition of GES in 2016. Shri Narendra Modi it brought together 350 exhibitors from 60 countries and 18 Indian States. With close to CII is also working on a Report focused on 3000 B2B meetings and over 20 knowledge sessions, the markets that are ripe for India to explore GES aimed to create a global platform for trade in opportunities to trade in Services. services and increase their ef½ciency. From L to R: Malvinder Mohan Singh, Chairman, GES Steering Committee & CII Services Council and Executive Chairman Fortis Healthcare; Rita Teaotia, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry; Sudhanshu Pandey, Joint Secretary, Department of Commerce, at the Global Exhibition on Services 2016 in New Delhi Financial Services To boost the role of the Financial sector in India’s Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shared his views on the growth and in consonance with the central theme growth and development agenda of India’s Banking Invest in Development, A Shared Responsibility, CII sector. Speci½c recommendations were made for the continued to promote the development agenda with Regulator to take cognizance of the concerns of the emphasis on accelerating and sustaining growth Banking sector to move forward on the development of the Banking and Finance sector, development of agenda. the ½nancial markets with a focus on deepening the capital markets, developing the insurance markets NBFCs and facilitating implementation of ½nancial inclusion. Emphasis on assessing the impact of the prevailing The CII National Committees in the Financial sector policy and regulatory environment, and analyses, worked both on policy advocacy as well as creating discussions and deliberations on critical issues platforms for relevant dialogues and discussions concerning growth and development of the NBFC on ½nancial markets, banking, NBFCs, ½nancial sector were the focus of CII’s National Committee inclusion and insurance & pensions space. on NBFCs. Suggestions and recommendations, including those on tax related issues, were made Beneficial Outputs for the Banking Sector to the RBI and the Ministry of Finance to steer the Policy and regulatory initiatives essential for NBFC sector on its revival path and increase its enabling the banking industry to meet the contribution to the Indian economy. The 1st NBFCs requirements of India’s growing economy found the Summit themed Regulatory Paradigm & Contours attention of the CII National Committee on Banking of Growth – Vision 2020 saw interactions with various during 2015. Three key areas of work were: speakers such as Mr R Gandhi, Deputy Governor, RBI. The CII–BCG Report on ‘NBFC 2.0: Enormous • Asset Resolution & Managing NPAs Potential in Non-Bank Finance and Ways to Make it • Regulations and Policy Happen’ was also released. • Market Development & Need for Capital The Financial Conditions Index was launched in partnership with Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) with a view to creating bene½cial outputs for the banks, the Industry, the economy and the customers. At the 1st Banking Summit, Dr Raghuram Rajan, Governor, From L to R: Ramesh Iyer, Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited; R Gandhi, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India; Y M Deosthalee, Chairman, CII National Committee on NBFCs and Chairman & Managing Director, From L to R: M V Tanksale, Chief Executive, IBA; Shikha Sharma, L&T Finance Holdings Limited and Saurabh Tripathi, Partner & Chairperson, CII National Committee on Banking and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group (India) during the release Director & CEO, Axis Bank Ltd; Dr Raghuram Rajan, Governor, of CII – BCG Report on ‘NBFC 2.0: Enormous Potential in Non Reserve Bank of India and Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, Bank Finance and Ways to Make it Happen’ at 1st NBFCs Summit CII at CII 1st Banking Summit in Mumbai in Mumbai CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 115 ½rst anniversary of Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana. During the Summit recommendations were submitted to Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance on the following aspects: • The Next Phase of Jan-Dhan Yojana: Roadmap for Sustaining the Financial Inclusion Agenda • Partnership Models for achieving Universal Financial Inclusion • Role of Technology in advancing Financial Inclusion Later these were presented to Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting. Release of CII Report by Rajesh Sud, Summit Co-chair & Co- Financial Markets Chairman, National Committee on Insurance & Pensions, CII; S K Roy, Chairman , Life Insurance Corporation of India; In 2015-16, the CII National Committee on T S Vijayan, Chairman, Insurance Regulatory & Development Financial Markets extended its area of work Authority of India; Sanjiv Bajaj, Summit Chairman & Chairman, beyond development of Capital Markets to include National Committee on Insurance & Pensions, CII and Marut Sen Gupta, Deputy Director General, CII at the 17th forex, commodities, and mutual funds amongst Insurance Summit in CII in Mumbai others. The notes on AIF regime & related issues and suggestions, off-shore private equity funds, Structural Changes in Insurance and Pensions regulations in respect of International Financial Encouraging structural changes in insurance Centre, issues & recommendations on the taxation distribution models, products, services and framework, development of derivatives market, innovations formed the core of the work done by the hedging instruments prepared by various Working CII National Committee on Insurance & Pensions in Groups were presented to the policy makers. A note 2015. Speci½c representations were made to IRDAI on the taxation issues effecting the ½nancial markets on issues related to products, distribution, ½nancial was submitted to Central Board of Direct Taxes reporting and motor vehicles third party insurance. (CBDT) and Department of Economic Affairs for Matters of concern to the Insurance Sector were also consideration by MoF in Budget 2016-17. taken up with Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Pensions CII National Council on Financial Sector Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA). Development The CII National Council on Financial Sector The 17th Insurance Summit addressed issues such Development was set-up to identify, analyse, as the change in the insurance demand trajectory and debate relevant policy issues. Representations in India, the regulatory environment, and steps were made to the MoF, other nodal Ministries and required for providing improved growth and value to concerned Regulators on the regulatory architecture stakeholders. The Summit offered an opportunity to with an objective to improve coverage and quality interact with Mr T S Vijayan, Chairman, IRDAI and Mr which would spur the growth of India’s Financial Hemant Contractor, Chairman, PFRDA where a CII- Sector. Ernst & Young report on Indian Insurance Sector- Building Growth, Building Value was also released. Four working groups were constituted to undertake effective policy advocacy on key focus areas: Financial Inclusion • Developing a vibrant Bond market The CII National Committee on Financial Inclusion • Structure of banking - challenges to capacity for the Year 2015-16 submitted recommendations • Capacity building in Financial Sector outside to the MoF and relevant regulators to foster banking an enabling environment for aiding Financial • Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission Inclusion. The Financial Inclusion Summit was (FSLRC) related issues. organised under the guidance of the Department of Financial Services, MoF, on the occasion of the Information and Communication Technology Leveraging Information and Communication plan were submitted to the National Security Council Technology (ICT) to create a digitally empowered, Secretariat. knowledge-based economy to spur growth opportunities and investments in the sector Information Technology was highlighted in the policy advocacy work and Recommendations on the adoption of open source initiatives undertaken by CII this year. A ½llip was software for Government applications were given to the ICT sector by accelerating the adoption submitted to the Ministry of Communications and lT. of digital technologies. e-Commerce ADVOCACY Recommendations to encourage B2B e-Commerce With the Government’s vision of a Digital India, in Tea and Shipping Industries were made to MoCI the country has embarked on a focused journey and Ministry of Shipping respectively. Suggestions to bring digital transformation in the lives of all were also made to the Ministry of Finance its citizens. CII’s efforts in this direction were for the e-Commerce Industry under the Goods led by the National Committees on Telecom and and Services Tax (GST) regime. Further Broadband; IT, ITeS and e-Commerce. The National a representation was submitted to the Finance CIO Forum and CII National Mission on Digital India Minister on VAT related issues impacting the also provided direction to CII’s work in these areas. e-Commerce sector. Recommendations were made to the relevant Government Ministries and departments to create an CII engaged with DIPP on various State related enabling ecosystem for the ICT sector. A Pre-budget e-Commerce issues as well as the proposed Memorandum outlining the expectations of the requirement of installation of CCTVs in vehicles Telecom and Information Technology Industry was operating through ODTTA. Representations were submitted to the Government. made on the City Taxi Scheme 2015 to the Transport Department of Government of Maharashtra and on Telecom and Broadband e-Commerce issues for the State of Punjab to the A detailed response was submitted to TRAI on the Government of Punjab. A submission was made Consultation Paper on the ‘Implementation Model regarding the Classi½cation of Marketplace Player for BharatNet’. A note was also shared with the as Dealers under Section 2(h) of the Uttar Pradesh PMO on possible areas of collaboration in Value Added Tax Act, 2008 (UP VAT Act). CII also cyber security between India and Israel. CII made a representation regarding declaration forms recommendations on the IANA migration required to be submitted for movement of goods From L to R: Kiran Karnik, Chairman, CII National Committee on Telecom and Broadband; Aruna Sharma, Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology; Ravi Shankar Prasad; JS Deepak, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications; and Rajiv Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications & Information Bansal, Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics & Information Technology, at the launch of the 100 Cybersecurity workshops in Technology, at the Seminar on IT and Electronics at the Make In colleges in New Delhi India Week in Mumbai CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 117 meant for personal use/ self-consumption under the Interactive Sessions Madhya Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2005 (MP VAT In a closed door session with Mr Wim Elfrink, Chief Act) Globalization Of½cer & Executive Vice President for Industry solutions, Cisco, Members deliberated Government Interactions on how the Internet of Everything is transforming Throughout the year CII engaged with various businesses and creating unprecedented value. of½cials of the relevant Ministries and Government Mr Elfrink shared international experiences and Agencies. Members discussed various pertinent best practices and discussed how Government issues with Mr Rakesh Garg, Chairman, Telecom and companies can take advantage of Internet Commission and Secretary, Department of of Everything. Telecommunication, and with Mr J S Deepak, Secretary, Department of Electronics and In a Roundtable with Mr John Chambers, Chairman, Information Technology. Interactions were also Cisco and Mr Chuck Robbins, Chief Executive Of½cer, organised with Telecom Regulatory Authority of Cisco perspectives and ideas were exchanged India, Government of West Bengal and Ministry of with CEOs on digital disruption, technology shifts, Shipping. their impact on the Indian and global economies and strategies for digital transformation by Indian ACTION enterprises. International Events India and Germany, with their inherent strengths Summits and Conferences can work together to co-create solutions for both, India’s growth in the years ahead will depend on technology transfer as well as manufacturing for the rate of the country’s digital transformation. the world at large. Further technology can become With this backdrop, the CII Digital India Summit an ampli½er, only when the creative and innovative 2015 organised parallel to the Global Exhibition potential of people is unleashed. These aspects were on Services identi½ed major roadblocks in policy, highlighted at the Sectoral Seminar on Indo-German practice and implementation of Digital India’s core Collaboration on Digital India held at the Hannover charter. A Working Group comprising experts from Messe, Germany. the Government and Industry was formed to leverage best practices and collaboratively work toward The 1st ever CII Mission on Cyber Security to Israel ful½lling the Digital India vision. was organised to coincide with the 5th Annual International Cybersecurity Conference at Tel With the world becoming increasingly digitally Aviv University. The 30-Member delegation of enabled, Cyber Security is a major area of concern. Government representatives, leading academicians, To spread awareness about Cyber Security 100 industry leaders and NGO explored opportunities Workshops were organised in NCR Colleges in for collaboration between both the countries. partnership with the All India Women’s Education The delegation to the 4th Session of India - Russia Fund Association. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister Working Group on ICT to Moscow led by Mr J S of Communications & Information Technology was Deepak, delved into opportunities for collaboration the Chief Guest at the launch event. In addition ten on and expansion of the Indian market in the ICT Roadshows on Cyber Security were held across India sector. with a focus on the threat of cyber-attacks and how they in¾uence the business ecosystem. At the 1st edition of Future Unleashed organised in association with Microsoft, coinciding with the visit of Mr Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft to India, Members discussed opportunities to convert the digital potential into growth. Mr Rakesh Garg, Secretary, Department of Telecommunication, Mr J S Deepak, Mr Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft interacting with the Government Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion ocials at Future Unleashed in Mumbai and Mr J Satyanarayana, Advisor (e-Governance, Electronics & IT), Government of Andhra Pradesh The National Conference on Digital India organised along with senior of½cials from the Central / State in partnership with Bharat Niti focused on a Digital Governments participated in the session. India for better governance as well as economic growth and social empowerment through the Digital India has the potential to become the hub of IoT Mission. The Conference, which was addressed by developments, given the country’s strengths in Shri Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals and IT and Telecom. The CII National IoT Summit Fertilizers also brought to the fore the challenges highlighted the proof of concepts and technological and prospects of a Digital India. solutions replicable in the Energy, Healthcare, Transport and Manufacturing sectors in the Make in India Week Indian context. Shri Babul Supriyo, Minister of In pursuit of a Digital India, the country has State for Urban Development, Housing & Urban embarked on a focused journey to bring digital Poverty Alleviation, emphasized the importance transformation to the lives of all its citizens. Shri of collaboration to transform India as a global IoT Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister for Communications hub. At the Summit, the Government reiterated and Information Technology, in his inaugural its commitment to work with the Industry while address said that Indians were entrepreneurs formulating policies and standards to facilitate by temperament and good consumers as well. development in the IoT space. They naturally watch, observe, absorb and will manufacture technology – which is why the Digital transformation is being fueled by rapid Government today is encouraging robust investment innovation in the technology space. On the ¾ip side, schemes through Make in India. He further added this transformation is making countries vulnerable that Make in India included making for India and to cyber threats. India ranks amongst the ½ve top receiving all incentives for Indian Manufacturers countries effected by malware penetration and and Making in India for exports and receiving as security breaches, making the role of the CIO many incentives for all exporting companies. The extremely critical. In such an environment the Government’s efforts to reinforce the entire digital CII National CIO Summit provided a very critical network by connecting 2,50,000 Indian villages with platform for stakeholders to collaborate and share Optical Fibre requires the Industry to step forward best practices for risk mitigation. Dr Gulshan Rai, and support the Government. The seminar on IT National Cyber Security Coordinator, shared his and Electronics organised in partnership with insights on the Digital Space at the Summit themed the Ministry of Communication and Information Transforming to Excel in Future – The Digi Smart Technology parallel to the Make in India Week Way. in Mumbai, highlighted the opportunities and challenges facing the Indian Industry in this area. From L to R: Sujith Haridas, Deputy Director General, CII; Kiran Karnik; Babul Supriyo, Minister of State for Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; Dr Neena Pahuja, Director General, ERNET, DeitY and Kishore Ramisetty, Chairman, CII Core Group on IoT at the CII National IoT Summit in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 119 Fast Moving Consumer Goods The Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Industry has recorded steady growth over the last few years. Currently, the Industry is experiencing fundamental shifts with various factors having profound impact on the nature of demand. In this context, the CII National Committee on FMCG continued to play a catalyst’s role in facilitating progressive growth and development of India’s FMCG sector through policy dialogue with the Government and by providing a platform for stakeholders to share and learn from each other. ADVOCACY CII actively engaged in policy dialogue with the Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) putting From L to R: Abheek Singhi, Senior Partner and Director, The forth the Industry’s views on various Government Boston Consulting Group, India; D Shivakumar, Chairman, CII rules/amendments. These included views on the National Committee on FMCG and Chairman and Chief Executive proposed Amendment of the Consumer Protection Ocer, PepsiCo India Holdings Private Limited; Greeta Varughese, Executive Director, CII at the Release of CII- BCG White Paper at Act 1986, Plastic Waste Management Rules 2015 and the National FMCG Summit 2015 in New Delhi Misleading Advertising, Rules regarding declaration of a red/ brown or green dot on packaging. CII and With FMCG Stakeholders on board these Task Department of Consumer Affairs have entered into a Forces effectively identi½ed and discussed the key collaborative partnership on consumer advocacy. As issues and interventions required to boost growth part of this initiative, CII will be undertaking various to make the sector more inclusive and vibrant. initiatives to engage its membership and other stakeholders in furthering the cause of consumer At the CII National FMCG Summit 2015 with the welfare. theme Re-imagining FMCG in India, the FMCG fraternity deliberated on the need for FMCG ACTION companies to rethink their business models to Two Task Forces, one on GST and another on transform the way they operate and build change Government Representations, were set up in 2015. ready talent. From L to R: Hari Menon,Co-founder and Chief Executive Ocer Bigbasket.com; Punit Misra, Executive Director, Sales and Customer Development, Hindustan Unilever Limited; B Sumant, Divisional Chief Executive, Trade Marketing and Distribution, ITC Limited; Damodar Mall, Chief Executive Ocer - Grocery Food, Reliance Retail Limited; Vinay Singh Kushwaha, Vice President - Supply Chain, Britannia Industries Limited at the National FMCG Summit 2015 in New Delhi Retail CII is committed to the cause of Indian Retail and is eCommerce platforms, GST and FDI and skill- closely engaged with the Government and Industry to building strategies. The Summit was well attended help create an enabling regulatory environment. by senior policy makers, Industry stakeholders, knowledge consultants, media and thought leaders. ADVOCACY CII submitted to the MOCI a set of rules and regulations which need to be addressed to create an enabling environment for the Retail sector in India. ACTION The Indian Retail sector has been on a high growth trajectory with the ecosystem characterised by a young demography with disposable incomes, an increasing number of high-income women consumers and the largest number of mobile phone users. These factors have positioned India at the center of the galloping eCommerce revolution that From L to R: B S Nagesh, Founder TRRAIN, Non-Executive Vice is shaking up the Retail space. Chairman, Shoppers’ Stop Limited; Arvind Mehta, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Shashwat Goenka, Chairman, CII Retail Committee & Sector Head, Spencer’s Retail; With this backdrop, the CII National Retail Summit Dr Anup K. Pujari, Secretary, MSME; Dr Ronald Meinardus, saw deliberations on issues critical to the sector’s Regional Director, FUR DIE FREIHEIT; Abheek Singhi, Senior growth such as regulatory hurdles, transformational Partner and Director, Asia PaciÀc, Leader - Consumer & Retail Practice, BCG at the CII National Retail Summit in New Delhi ideas for the future, positioning omni-channel and MNCs MNCs play a critical role in the national economic for MNC related issues. This will help the MNCs agenda not only from a Make in India perspective accomplish their potential in India and explore but also in projecting India’s economic might on possibilities of a swift redressal mechanism. the global stage. It is important that multinational companies are streamlined in their ef½cacy A strong market mechanism at play, characterised for maximum productivity and for generating by an aware customer and a wide variety of employment. products, do not leave any scope for Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies to ADVOCACY overcharge. CII engaged with policy makers with a An enhanced focus on tax issues, strengthening view to addressing the Government’s concerns on local legislation, higher compliance requirements possible pro½teering by FMCG companies. and penalties for non compliance are some challenges that MNCs are dealing with globally. CII is also preparing a note to be submitted to With a view to enabling the MNCs operating in India DOCA to detail the prevalent market mechanism. and to engaging with policy makers, CII organised It will also highlight the possible reduction in various interactions with the Government. A CII Government revenues resulting from an arti½cial proposal to Shri Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for price control mechanism as well as the role of the Finance recommended naming one nodal Ministry Competition Commission of India. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 121 Media & Entertainment CII continued its drive to take the Indian Media and regime and pro-active policy initiatives to curb Entertainment (M&E) Industry’s growth to US $ 100 piracy billion by working closely with the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MoIB). ACTION The Indian M&E industry has emerged as a globally ADVOCACY recognized market. It is witnessing the emergence The major push this year was to initiate a debate to of brave new entrepreneurs, disruptive ideas and create a draft National Policy for M&E. CII’s vision to unconventional business models. The potential create growth templates in all M&E verticals, bring of this industry was highlighted through various the Industry together and improve Ease of Doing activities. The Indian M&E service providers came Business remained the central theme. Other areas together on the Global Exhibition on Services of advocacy included: (GES) platform. Content buyers, technology service • Push for infrastructure status to M&E Industry providers, production and location executives as well similar to IT& Telecom as the delegates explored the M&E world at the GES. • Make India the digital hub of the world • Self-regulation of content and a light touch CII plays a major role in taking the Indian Film regulatory framework Industry, both mainstream and regional, to the • Promote and position India’s Film sector, global stage. This time it was CII’s 13th consecutive locations, services in global ½lm festivals and year at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. markets • Make The Cinematograph Act of 1952 The 4th edition of the Big Picture Summit deliberated contemporary to meet the present day challenges on the vision of taking India’s M&E sector to and make the ½lm certi½cation process US $ 100 billion by 2025. The industry requires a transparent and speedy supportive National Media Policy that visualizes a • Working on Phase III Radio Auction and reforms clear-cut roadmap to make India a media super to increase FDI limits in the Radio sector from the power. Mr Sunil Arora, Secretary, MoIB assured current 26% levels Members of a policy to this effect being released soon. • An IPR policy to foster a fair property rights From L to R: Neeraj Agarwal, MD, BCG India; Sanjay Gupta, COO, Star India; Jawhar Sircar, CEO, Prasar Bharati; Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting; Sudhanshu Vats, Chairman, CII National Committee on Media & Entertainment and Group CEO, Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd.; J S Mathur, Special Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; Amita Sarkar, Deputy Director General, CII and Kanchan Samtani, Partner and Director, BCG – India releasing the CII – BCG ‘Media and Entertainment Vision 2020 Report’ at the CII Big Picture Summit in New Delhi Tourism The CII National Committee on Tourism plays a • Unify and rationalise the taxes levied on the catalytic role in promoting Tourism as a mainstream Tourism Industry Industry and a major driver for economic growth and • Promote public private partnership for employment. The main objective of the Committee maintaining heritage sites is to work on issues pertaining to the Industry in • Unleash the potential of niche tourism with the tandem with the Ministry of Tourism. help of private players. Some niche tourism themes include Health and Wellness, North-East, The focus areas include: Rural, Golf, Adventure, Film, SAARC, Buddhist • Issues- Taxation policy, infrastructure status, and Ramayana circuits, India’s cruise and the Aviation policy, international promotion and Himalayas marketing and environment • Provide infrastructure and export status to the • Exhaustive branding and marketing campaigns Tourism Industry such as Incredible India II to be introduced. • Revisit the Tourism Policy to introduce a new ACTION Revamped Tourism Policy With a view to making India an all year tourism • Leverage the strength of States to build on travel destination, various Roundtables were organised offerings to identify niche tourism products. The Seminar • Vigorous marketing for both inbound and on Monsoon Tourism in India with the Puducherry outbound travel Tourism Minister as Chief Guest saw participation of many Indian States. The participating States ADVOCACY shared how Monsoon Tourism could be made a niche The Indian Tourism Industry is a unique Industry and sustainable product. Other efforts at promoting which can address various macro economic issues the Tourism Sector included: to drive the country’s growth. Given the sector’s importance, CII worked with the Government on the • Partnerships with foreign tour operator following issues: associations in different countries to boost India’s foreign tour arrivals • Improve infrastructure and connectivity to tourism • Partnerships with the Tourism Departments of sites various State Governments to encourage domestic • Improve safety and security of both domestic as tourism well as International travellers • Working closely with the Ministry of Tourism and • Create an industry led, demand driven training and IATO to increase visa on arrivals from many more education system. Cater to all segments of Travel countries & Tourism through creation of Indian Institute of • Engagement with State Governments to increase Tourism Administration (IITAs) in every Region, on heritage and rural tourism circuits to generate the lines of IITs and IIMs etc employment and boost arts, crafts and culture From L to R: Amita Sarkar, Deputy Director General, CII; Arjun Sharma, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Tourism & Chairman, Le Passage to India; Vinod Zutshi, Secretary Tourism, Ministry of Tourism and Sujit Banerjee, Secretary General World Travel & Tourism Council, India Initiative at the CII Tourism Committee meeting in New Delhi. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 123 HEALTH Healthcare The focus this year was on collaborating with • Elaborate the harmonized list of infrastructure the Government to achieve India’s Health Goals sub–sectors to attract investments in healthcare. and identify challenges and opportunities for • Increasing bed capacity: promoting case for higher collaboration with the States to achieve Universal Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Health Coverage. • Recommendations for increasing seats in post graduate medical colleges and for policy and ADVOCACY regulatory reforms in medical education to enable • Intensify work with the Ministry of Health & Family private sector involvement Welfare (MoHFW) and the State Governments through the Regions ACTION • Policy redressal and address issues with Central Recommendations to the Government Government Health Scheme (CGHS) A white paper prepared in response to the • Follow up action proposal for linking health Draft National Health Policy was submitted to insurance for Universal Health Coverage and senior of½cials of MoHFW and the PMO. CII’s work on coverage for OPD / Diagnostics in health recommendations to the Government on achieving insurance India’s Health Goals became the cornerstone of the • Devise robust PPP concessionaire agreements/ advocacy work in healthcare and gained enormous contracts model for primary, secondary, tertiary traction. The recommendations focused on care, diagnostics, mobile health focusing on developing solutions and approaches in partnership increased participation from private sector for with the Government and highlighted possibilities strengthening infrastructure, services and referral of leveraging the private sector to improve India’s system at primary centers and secondary care healthcare system. • Catalyze leveraging of unutilized public infrastructure From L to R: Suneeta Reddy, Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited; Rahul Khosla, Co-Chairman, CII Healthcare Council and Presidend, Max India Ltd; Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of Health and Family Welfare; Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman, CII Healthcare Council and Chairman & Managing Director, Medanta - The Medicity; Malvinder Mohan Singh, Chairman, CII Services Council and Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited; Dr Rana Mehta, Partner & Leader Healthcare, PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited; Amita Sarkar, Deputy Director General, CII at the 12th India Health Summit in New Delhi Collaborating with Government in Achieving India’s Health Goals The 12th edition of the India Health Summit deliberated on the key recommendations made by CII and issues that CII advocated on achieving the Health Goals. A MoHFW Working Group was constituted to provide a platform for comprehensive dialogue among stakeholders for successful implementation of PPP programmes in the Health sector. Government of½cials and industry leaders also deliberatesd on challenges of intersectoral collaboration, fostering partnerships as well as Bhanu Pratap Sharma, Secretary-Health, Ministry of Health & investments in India’s Healthcare sector. Family Welfare addressing the 9th Health Insurance Summit – 2015 in New Delhi. From L to R: Rahul Khosla; G Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing Director, New India Assurance Co Ltd; Dr Naresh Health Financing Trehan; A Vaidheesh, Chairman, Sub-Committee on Accessibility- CII’s advocacy initiatives were aimed at encouraging Health Insurance & Vice President, South Asia and Managing Universal Health Coverage, lowering the expenditure Director, India GSK on healthcare and highlighting under investment in the Public Healthcare system. A model titled ‘Health Assurance for All- Leveraging the Power of A Billion’ Public Health was designed and follow up action taken up with the CII worked towards catalyzing the engagement of the Ministry of Finance for linking Health Insurance for private sector, enhancing promotive and preventive Universal Health Coverage. health practices and focused especially on Non Communicable Diseases (NCD). The 9th Health Insurance Summit stressed the importance of evolving an equitable healthcare ADVOCACY system for all and of moving towards a stronger • Proactively engaging industry in the area of healthcare system. The restructured Rashtrya Immunisation and building platforms for dialogue Swasth Bima Yojana which will cover 8 to 10 crore on strengthening the Universal Immunisation people below the poverty line (BPL), was also Programme, especially on enhancing the last mile announced at the Summit. reach • Expanding the footprint of CII’s interventions in Non Communicable Diseases ACTION Immunization Programme India runs one of the largest immunization programmes across the globe. With the country becoming Polio Free, the biggest success has been the Polio Immunization campaign. Yet much remains to be done, given that the current immunization coverage stands at 62% against a sustainable threshold of over 80%. CII’s Health and Immunization Conference thus focused on key technological innovations that could help strengthen the Government’s immunization programmes. The Innovation Gallery at the conference also showcased global innovations that could help strengthen the From L to R: Suneeta Reddy; Shereen Bhan, Managing Editor cold chain technologies and logistics, a critical CNBC-TV18; Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance; aspect for delivering immunization programmes Dr Naresh Trehan; Malvinder Mohan Singh; Rahul Khosla at the 12th edition of the India Health Summit in New Delhi successfully. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 125 From L to R: Dr Anupam Sibal, Member, CII National Healthcare Council and Group Medical Director, Apollo Hospitals Group; Dr Jagdish Prasad, Director General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) and Edgard Olaizola, Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Managing Director, Eli Lilly and Company releasing the 3rd edition (MoHFW) addressing the Health & Immunisation Conference of the National Whitepaper on Synergizing EͿorts in Diabetes Care in New Delhi at the Tertiary care level Key Recommendations Key Recommendations • Include more vaccines in immunization • Equip primary care health centers with programmes for children – Government plans glucometers, glucose strips, an ECG machine to include 6 more vaccines in UIP with a budget as well as with manpower trained to manage commitment of Rs 2,600 crores for 2017 diabetes • Continued and suf½cient funds to expand the • Sensitize physicians about eGFR formulas as well immunization programme as promote healthy diets and highlight harmful • Adopt innovative technology solutions for cold effects of tobacco and alcohol at schools and chain management, data collection, IT integration universities and equipments • Adopt technologies such as tele-medicine and • Deploy smart technologies and innovations m-health. These could play a larger role in such as cloud monitoring, remote sensing and screening and management of DR in rural areas, advanced temperature monitoring devices to reduce patient load at the secondary and tertiary counter challenges and evaluate the impact care institutions and save the patient time as well of interventions as money • Ef½cient programme management to avoid delay • Train paramedics to screen for diabetes and the in immunization ensuing complications as well as on Basic Life • Evidence-based decision making and quality data Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support will lead to better health outcomes (ACLS) • Foster partnerships amongst stakeholders Diabetes Management With a view to further strengthening diabetes care Medical Technology and management, multi-stakeholder consultations were successfully completed under the already CII focused on catalyzing recognition of the underway diabetes related interventions. Several contribution of the Medical Technology Industry to workshops were conducted with endocrinologists improvement of healthcare and welfare in India and and specialists and a thorough mapping of dominant facilitate its growth through policies and promotion complications was undertaken at the regional level. measures. The 3rd National NCD Summit deliberated on these issues and also saw the release of the 3rd National ADVOCACY Whitepaper. The paper has made some actionable Partnering Government to create an environment recommendations. of regulations that are dedicated, predictable, transparent, globally harmonized and appropriate for medical devices. ACTION Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) as In the years to come, India will assume a prominent a single window for approving Medical Devices and position in the global Medical Technology market and taking care of all parameters of sub approvals. also see an acceleration in indigenous technologies aimed at addressing the needs of the Indian patient. Draft National Medical Device Policy 2015 To help drive the development of the Industry in this CII’s submission on the Draft NMDP highlighted the direction, a comprehensive document Key Issues need for greater consultation with industry and an and Recommendations of Medical Technology Sector implementation roadmap prior to the policy being prepared in consultation with all stakeholders, was formulated. submitted to various Policy Makers. Through the year, CII also provided various Drugs & Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill 2015 platforms for stakeholders to engage in meaningful With CII’s regular policy interventions, today Policy deliberations on industry related issues. The 8th Makers are in favour of evolving a speci½c regulatory edition of the Medical Technology Conference saw code for medical equipment, devices and IVD and of the release of a CII- BCG vision document outlining classifying it as a Sunrise sector. The statute aimed the roadmap and changes necessary for India to at maintaining the distinction of medical devices with reach its full potential in medical technology. A drugs which is currently pending in Parliament is ten point agenda for 2016 is sketched out in this likely to be enacted soon. document titled ‘The $50 Billion opportunity: Making it Happen’. Medical Device Pricing CII recommended that the industry and Department A seven member Business Delegation attended the of Pharma collaborate to understand the value 3rd Biennial Medical Devices & HIT Conference in provided by the players in the value chain and the Tel Aviv, Israel. costs incurred. This would facilitate the development of appropriate pricing mechanisms. CII participated in the First Health Cricket Tournament organised by the Ministry of Health Note on Single Window Clearance to promote both organ donation as well as for Approval of Medical Devices Make in India with a thrust on Medical Devices. A suggestion was made for appointing the Central From L to R: Rahul Guha, Partner and Director, The Boston Consulting Group; Suresh Vazirani, Chairman and Managing Director, Transasia BioMedicals Ltd; Pavan Choudary, Co Chairman - CII Medical Technology Division & Managing Director, Vygon India Pvt Ltd; Dr V K Subburaj, Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers; Himanshu Baid, Chairman - CII Medical Technology Division & Managing Director, Polymedicure Ltd; Amita Sarkar, Deputy Director General, CII releasing the Vision Document at the 8th Medical Technology Conference in New Delhi. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 127 LIFE SCIENCES Biotechnology CII acts as an enabler to foster R&D and growth in ACTION the sector and works on various issues to enable Recommendations to the Government stakeholders to stay innovation-driven, globally India’s biotechnology industry continues to grow at quality-compliant and to position India as a hub for a steady 20% per annum and offers immense growth affordable innovation in Biotechnology. potential. It will continue to play a signi½cant role as an innovative manufacturing hub and in India’s ADVOCACY economic growth. To support the Government in • Revival of the Clinical Research Industry by creating an enabling environment, CII submitted to creating focus on key issues and challenges faced the CDSCO a comprehensive white paper on issues and suggesting workable recommendations faced by the Clinical Trial Industry and suggested • Encourage R&D through ½scal incentives and actionable recommendations. With collective inputs newer schemes to facilitate research and from the Members a Pre-budget Memorandum for Technology Transfer from bench to bedside, 2016-17 was also shared with the Government. especially for start-ups • Enable a global interface to showcase India’s Regional Roundtable on Agriculture in Maharashtra strengths in Biotechnology The recently held United Nations Climate Change • Catalyse conducive policies for growth and Conference in Paris projected that Climate Change development of the Biotechnology sector will lead to increased droughts, with severe impact • Create a vision for the sector to document the on food, water, and energy. There is hence a need depth and opportunities available over the next to establish a strategy for managing drought ten years risks using Agribiotechnology. A Roundtable meet was organised by CII in partnership with Mumbai From L to R: Ashwin ShroͿ, Chairman, CII Agribiotech Committee and CMD Excel Industries Ltd; Sanjay Deshmukh, Vice Chancellor, Mumbai University; Kantisen C ShroͿ, Chairman Emeritus, Excel Industries; Madhav Chitale, Former Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources and Ram Bhogale, Corporate Leader, Marathwada at the Regional Roundtable on Agriculture in Maharashtra in Mumbai University to deliberate on long term solutions for this pertinent issue, speci½cally faced by Maharashtra’s agrarian society. Recommendations made by experts, thought leaders, farmers and regional NGO’s have been submitted to local corporate leaders for action and follow up with local NGOs and farmers. BIO International Convention 2015 India was promoted at the annual BIO International Convention in USA as a Biotechnology hub. The vision for the Industry with respect to PM’s Make in India initiative was also highlighted. Along with the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE) and with the support of Department of From L to R: Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Minister for Chemicals and Biotechnology (DBT) the India Pavilion was also Fertilizers; Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers; Dr Rajiv I Modi, Chairman, CII National Committee on Pharma;& organised at the convetion to provide visibility and CMD, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd at the release of the Proceedings market access for the Indian Biotech Industry. Indian of 12th National Pharmaceutical Conclave Make, Develop and Biotech companies showcased their prowess at this Innovate in India in New Delhi. international platform. Entrepreneurs were also Practices (UCPMP), Implementation of Bar-coding encouraged at this global platform through effective on Pharma Products for Track and Trace purpose, B2B engagements. A report was submitted to the Pharma Pricing (Amendment in New Drug – Price DBT based on the discussions on key policies. Control: Order – 2013); and the issue related to sales of drugs via internet. Pharmaceuticals CII participated in the Task Forces constituted by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry CII’s vision for the Pharmaceutical sector is of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Most of CII’s to catalyze its growth by leveraging various recommendations were included in the following opportunities, addressing issues of concern and reports: projecting a positive image amongst global buyers, investors and stakeholders. • Recommendations of The Task Force on Development of Manufacturing Capabilities in each ACTION Medical Vertical in Pharmaceutical Production India’s drug regulatory system is governed by • Recommendations of the Task Force on Enabling ½ve Ministries namely Ministry of Chemicals and Private Sector to Lead the Growth Fertilizers; Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; of Pharmaceutical Industry Ministry of Science & Technology; Ministry of • Katoch committee report on API (Active Commerce & Industry; and Ministry of Environment Pharmaceutical Ingredient) & Forest. Therefore to some extent, there exists multiplicity in the regulatory environment. The policy framework in the Pharmaceutical sector is evolving at a fast pace. To maintain a balance between the growing public health needs, and facilitating the growth of this sector, numerous policy amendments are underway at the inter- ministerial level. In this context, CII has organised consultative meetings and prepared position papers on Clinical Trial Guidelines, Fixed Dosage Guidelines, Interaction with Dr Jerome Kim, Director General, International Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Vaccine Institute (IVI) in Hyderabad CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 129 MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are • Enhancement of limits under the Credit Guarantee considered engines of economic progress for the Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) nation. The CII National SME Council relentlessly scheme from Rs. 4,000 crore to Rs. 28,000 crore in pursues an agenda for structured interventions a phased manner that can bolster the performance and global • Implementation of an online receivables ½nancing competitiveness of Indian MSMEs and elevate their platform and incentives to large enterprises for contribution to 50% of the National GDP by 2020. timely payments to MSMEs • Allocation of 25% of the land available at all ADVOCACY industrial corridors for MSMEs at a different rate • Implementation of revised MSME de½nition as per slab and acquiring models the MSME Development (Amendment) Bill, 2014 • Revision of Companies Act, 2013 as applicable to ACTION MSMEs Given the manifest capacity of MSMEs for driving • Classi½cation of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) economic growth, CII engages with all stakeholders to be 120 days instead of 90 days with a special to create an enabling policy and business dispensation for extra 30 days for MSMEs environment. To this end, various capacity building From L to R: Praveen Toshniwal, Co-Chairman, CII National SME Council & Chairman, Nivo Controls Private Limited; Krishan Kumar Jalan, Secretary - MSME; Kalraj Mishra, Minister of MSME; Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited and Babu Khan, Senior Director, CII at the Seminar on Make in India through MSME Partnerships in Mumbai initiatives and networking platforms are provided At a special session held in Chennai, Shri Kalraj where the MSMEs engage with key stakeholders. Mishra invited recommendations for the MSME sector and assured the Council of the Government’s To encourage global SME partnerships in view of dedication to multiply MSME’s GDP contribution. the Make in India campaign of the Government, CII Interactions were also organised for the Members orgainsed the 12th Global SME Business Summit with various of½cials of the Government such as which was inaugurated by Shri Kalraj Mishra, Mr Madhav Lal, Former Secretary, Ministry of MSME Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Mr Surendra Nath Tripathi, Additional Secretary The Summit brought together over 1000 delegates and Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSME including 200 foreign delegates from 15 countries and Mr Pravir Kumar, Director General, Directorate and saw over 300 B2B meetings. Over 40 exhibitors General of Foreign Trade (DGFT). showcased their products at the India SME Expo. A National Vendor Development Programme with the The CII-Finance Facilitation Centre launched in June participation of over 20 Public Sector Enterprises 2014 facilitated the sanctioning of around Rs 550 was also conducted.The India MSME Alliance (TIMA), crores worth of loans to SMEs by partnering with an umbrella body of MSME associations across the over 17 banking institutions. With a view to building country was also launched at the Summit. ½nancial literacy amongst SME members, the Center conducted 20 roadshows and 10 online webinars. A Seminar on Make in India through MSME SME Insurance will soon be added to the list of Partnership was organized during the Make in India offerings. Week in Mumbai to highlight the role of MSMEs in the success of Make in India. The Seminar was A Joint Cooperation Programme with the Overseas attended by around 500 domestic and international Human Resources Development Association (HIDA) participants. was organised in Osaka, Japan for promoting the From L to R: Rajan Anandan, Vice President & Managing Director, Google India; Patricia Hewitt, Chair, UK India Business Council; Kalraj Mishra; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII and Dr Anup Pujari, Secretary, Ministry of MSME launching the TIMA Brochure at the 12th Global SME Business Summit in New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 131 From L to R: Deepak Kumar Singh, CII Odisha State Head; P K Gupta, Director In-charge, MSME Development Institute, Cuttack; S K Behera, Chairman, CII Eastern Region MSME Sub Committee and Managing Director, RSB Global; Panchanan Dash, Secretary, Department of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, Odisha; J B Pany, Past Chairman, CII Odisha State Council and Managing Director, Radiant Telesystems Ltd; Niranjan Mohanty, Convenor, CII Odisha MSME State Panel and Magnum Apparel Pvt Ltd; Amit Kumar Tripathi, Deputy Director, CII at the launch of CII-FFC in Bhubaneshwar competitiveness of Indian MSMEs. The Programme of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI), mounted a marks the 12th year of partnership with HIDA. CEOs delegation to India led by Mr Thomas Chua, President, SCCCI. CII, in partnership with SCCCI, The National Conference on Women organised a Singapore India SME Business Session Entrepreneurship focussed on challenges thwarting on 20 November 2015 in New Delhi to discuss the the growth of women entrepreneurs and strategies potential of business partnerships between SMEs to overcome these obstacles. The buyer seller from India and Singapore. meets during the Conference provided networking opportunities to women entrepreneurs. CII, in partnership with the Ministry of MSME and Government of Nagaland, organised a special interactive session with Shri Kalraj Mishra, Minister of MSME in Dimapur, Nagaland. Mr Krishan Kumar Jalan, Secretary, Ministry of MSMEs and Mr Surendra Nath Tripathi, Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner, Ministry of MSMEs also joined the session and interacted with industry From L to R: Kavi Arora, Co-Chairman, Regional Committee on members. An interactive session `was also MSMEs, CII NR and Managing Director & CEO, Religare Finvest organised with Shri Kalraj Mishra on 19 February Limited; Manoj Joshi, Joint Secretary – SME; K K Jalan; Kalraj 2016 at CII Northern Region Headquarters in Mishra; S N Tripathi, Additional Secretary & Devenlopment Commissioner-MSME; Capt. Alok Sharma, Chairman, Regional Chandigarh. Committee on MSMEs, CII NR and CEO & Managing Director, Forge India Pvt. Ltd and Anil Kumar, Joint Secretary – ARI at a In order to commemorate 50 years of India’s ties special interactive session of Industry bodies with Kalraj Mishra in Chandigarh with Singapore, the Singapore Chinese Chamber CII IN THE REGIONS • Eastern Region • North Eastern Region • Northern Region • Southern Region • Western Region EASTERN REGION With ‘Building East, Driving Development’ being • Electricity Duty on steel plants with less than the theme in 2015-16, CII Eastern Region (CII-ER) 2 million tonnes per annum (2MTPA) capacity displayed a ½rm resolution to play a signi½cant part was reduced from 15% to 6% in accentuating robust and inclusive development • Water charges for industrial units in Chhattisgarh across domains, and accordingly, charted, designed were reduced from Rs 10 per KL to Rs 5 per KL and implemented the action plans through Sub- • The Government of Bihar is working on a Start-Up Committees, Task Forces, State and Zonal Councils. Policy and has announced Rs 500 crore-VC Fund for start-ups based on a CII recommendation ADVOCACY to encourage entrepreneurship in the State During 2015, considerable time was devoted to policy • The Odisha Government accepted the advocacy. Apart from signing tripartite agreements recommendations to bring in ceiling on with Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) transportation rates and also ensure continuance of Singapore, and the State Governments in Bihar, of essential services without disruptions Chhattisgarh and Odisha for conducting studies • As a member of the West Bengal Solar Advisory on Ease of Doing Business, CII also carried out Committee, CII provided inputs on the formulation investment climate surveys, organised awareness of State Regulations on Grid Connected Solar sessions on GST and created several forums for Rooftop System deliberations on policy issues. Recommendations Under Consideration A dedicated Task Force on Governance identi½ed • A proposal for exemptions from taxes on new food common components related to reforms to give a processing units in West Bengal and inclusion ½llip to overall economic growth and development. of land price while providing capital subsidy The Prime Minister’s initiatives of Make in India, • Recommendation to permit digital signature on Digital India, Skill India, Swachh Bharat, Startup physical documents such as invoices, way bills, India, Standup India were provided strong support stock transfer challans requiring an amendment through partnership with Government departments to the existing law in West Bengal across the Region. ACTION Based on CII-ER’s recommendations to the State Economic Development Governments the following results were achieved: CII-ER worked closely with Chief Ministers, Ministers and senior Government of½cials and also submitted • VAT on auto ancillaries in Jharkhand was reduced Pre-Budget Memoranda to ½ve Eastern States. CII- from 14% to 5% ER worked with State Governments towards speedy From L to R: Shobana Kamineni, Vice President, CII and Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited; Dr Naushad Forbes, President Designate, CII and Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall P Ltd; Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister, West Bengal; Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, and Rear Admiral (Retd) A K Verma, Chairman, CII ER, and CMD, GRSE Ltd at an interactive session with West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 135 Exposition and Safe Food Walkathons in Kolkata and Jamshedpur. Manufacturing In sync with the Prime Minister’s Make in India vision, Investment Forums were mooted by CII. Biz Bridge 2015 and stakeholders’ meets were held in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The Industry-Defence Linkage From L to R: Tarun Daga, Chairman, CII Jharkhand State Council and MD, The Tinplate Co. of India Ltd, Dr Himani Pande, Industry in Raipur provided a platform to explore business Secretary, Jharkhand; R S Poddar, Development Commissioner, opportunities in defence and allied services. CII Jharkhand; Shailendra Singh, Joint Secretary, DIPP; Raghubar Das, partnered with State Governments and showcased Chief Minister, Jharkhand; Rajiv Gauba, Chief Secretary, Jharkhand and Rear Admiral (Retd) A K Verma at the launch of Sector SpeciÀc their manufacturing strengths at the Make in policies ‘Advantage Jharkhand’ in Jamshedpur India Week. Inputs were given for improving manufacturing in Bihar and relief was sought for the ailing steel industry in Chhattisgarh. MSMEs The most notable initiative for MSMEs was the online MSME Finance Facilitation Cells in States to provide advisory and credit facilitation support. To strengthen market linkages in defence and railways, MSME Linkage Forums were created and an MSME Helpdesk was launched with the Department of MSME&T in West Bengal. A series Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik lighting the lamp at Enterprise Odisha in Bhubaneswar of MSME Synergies was organised across the Region. clearances of stalled projects as well as starting Agriculture & Food Processing sectoral parks and proposed State-level Investment To help revitalize agriculture, educate farmers Promotion Bodies. in post-harvest technology, machineries and equipment, fertilizers, and to build a strong food CII has signi½cant representations in nine processing industry, CII organised the Krishi Government Committees in Bihar, eight in Unnayan Mela at Burdwan and Cooch Behar in West Chhattisgarh, six in Jharkhand, 18 in Odisha and Bengal, Rashtriya Krishi Mela in Chhattisgarh and 11 in West Bengal. Inputs were submitted to the Agro Bihar at Patna in Bihar in association with the Bihar Government for the upcoming Tourism and State Governments. The Food Processing Conclave Healthcare policies, and to the Odisha Government for the New Industrial Policy Resolution, Tourism Policy and ICT Policy. CII is also a national partner for investment promotion for Government of Odisha and a member of the Joint Task Force for industrial development in Jharkhand. The final draft of a study of the export potential of the State was jointly prepared with the Bihar Government. Major trade fairs, conferences and expositions organised this year include Enterprise Odisha, Enterprise Jharkhand, Jhartex, Safety Symposium and Exposition, seminar on Oil and Gas, Destination East, Brand Conclave, Digital Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh launching CII Jharkhand, CSR Meet, Safety Symposium & Finance Facilitation Centre in Raipur study were carried out. A conference was organised to popularise the green buildings concept and stakeholders were sensitised on application of solar thermal water heaters. Energy CII-ER focused on enhancing electricity access and understanding the imperatives for power generation and transmission sector and the latest technologies for the sector through forums such as Energy Conclave 2015. Inputs were provided to the West Bengal Solar Advisory Committee on the formulation of State Regulations on Grid Connected Solar rooftop System. Discussions were held on Automation for From L to R: Rear Admiral (Retd) A K Verma; Dr Saugat Demand Management and Electricity (Amendment) Mukherjee, Regional Director, CII-ER; Dharmendra Pradhan, Bill 2014. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas; S K Behera, Chairman, CII-ER MSME Subcommittee and Vice Chairman & MD, RSB Transmissions (I) Ltd and B Ashok, Infrastructure Chairman, IOC, at a Seminar on Oil and Gas in Kolkata Partnership agreements were signed with Governments of West Bengal and Odisha to help attempted to bridge the policy gap and provided mobilise industry expertise and resources for inputs for improving manufacturing practices Development of Salt Lake, New Town, Haldia and and market linkages. Durgapur as Smart Cities in West Bengal and also for Bhubaneshwar in Odisha. The Roundtables held Tourism in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Raipur deliberated Recommendations were made to the State on what makes a city smart. CII-ER also organised Governments for strong physical infrastructure, Infra East 2015. Recommendations were submitted attractive incentives and enabling policies to attract to the Department of Urban Development & domestic and overseas investors and showcase the Housing, (DUD&H) Government of Bihar, on New States as tourist desitnations. At the 6th Destination Building By-Laws and Patna’s Master Plan, and East, over 90 tourism stakeholders from 26 countries a representation was made on Exemption from interacted with their Indian counterparts. CII worked Excise Duty on Fly Ash Bricks in Chhattisgarh. with the State Governments of West Bengal and CII-ER was invited to the Parliamentary Select Bihar to draft an investor-friendly Tourism Policy. Healthcare Various initiatives were taken to encourage a strong ecosystem and a greater volume of private investment in Healthcare, in Tier-I and Tier-II cities. Healthcare East 2015 and a conference on scope of PE, VC, Debt and Angel Funds in Healthcare were platforms for stakeholders to discuss smarter ways of ensuring seamless deal ¾ows, locate capital sources and ultra high-end networking. CII-ER is also working on incentive policies with the State Government of Bihar. Green Initiatives From L to R: Arun Misra, Convener, CII Odisha Infrastructure Apart from a project on identifying ½scal instruments Panel & VP – Gopalpur Project, Tata Steel and MD, Tata Steel SEZ Ltd; Dr Saugat Mukherjee; U N Behera, Development for incentivising green technology in manufacturing Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary and Dr Krishan units in Odisha and West Bengal, an environment Kumar, Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Commissioner, impact assessment as well as a carbon footprint exchanging a MoU on Smart City in Bhubaneswar CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 137 Committee for preparing the ½nal draft of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill 2013 organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. Technology ICT East was organised with a special focus on how the Eastern States can leverage Internet of Things with support of the stakeholders. The key objective was to bring value to organisations, help formulate ICT strategies and align them with the ever-changing Conference on Growth Opportunities in Andaman and Nicobar market needs. Islands in Port Blair Finance and Taxation Besides organising the ¾agship conferences such as Financial Market Conclave and Banking Colloquium, FinCon 2015 on Imbibing Change in Raipur was organised with a focus on various ½nancing options. The CII Advisory Cell held regular dialogues with Commercial Tax Departments in States to remove operational bottlenecks. Innovation In pursuit of the national agenda to bring CII Eastern Region business delegation in Kunming in China Government, industry and academia closer, CII-ER organised Financing Innovation – Supporting Smart International Linkages Ideas, a platform where 130 start-ups and 10 big To help Indian companies explore investment investors participated. Innovation 2016 also saw opportunities abroad CII mounted Business the launch of Innovation Clubs which would serve Missions to Kunming and Guangzhou in Yunnan as a window for State Governments, academia and and Guangdong provinces respectively in China; industry to work together. Start-ups specialising to London; Coventry; Derby and Kent in UK, and to in last-mile wireless communication were helped Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in Israel. Interactive sessions to partner major large IT players. with High Commissioners, Ambassadors and Consul Generals from various countries were organised and roadshows conducted ahead of North Bengal Business Summit 2015. A Regional Task Force is in place to promote investments. Twenty-nine outward International Linkage forums and 20 inward International Linkage forums were created with countries across the globe. Social Development To create greater awareness about the Amendment to Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013, the CSR Meet and workshops were organised in Jharkhand and West Bengal. Signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UNICEF to scale up the Talleen Kumar, Principal Secretary, IT & Electronics, West Bengal; CII-UNICEF-CSR Hub in West Bengal, CII adopted Dr Ajoy Kr Ray, Director, IIEST, Shibpur; Dr Dhrubajyoti 24 Anganwadi Centres through the Kolkata Hub Chattopadhyay, VC, Amity University Kolkata; Aloke Mookherjea, Chairman, CII ER Innovation Task Force & Chairman, under the aegis of CII Foundation. Girls belonging S Radhakrishnan, Co-Chairman, CII ER Innovation Task Force; to the minority communities were trained in at the launch of the CII Innovation Club communication, soft and life skills. From L to R: G C Goswamy, Minister, Labour Resources, Bihar; Vijoy Prakash, Agriculture Production Commissioner, Bihar; Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar; Dr Saugat Mukherjee; Rear Admiral (Retd) A K Verma at Skill Conclave 2015: Transforming Bihar Through Skilling in Patna Education and Skill Development • 450 youth were trained in retail, BPO, beauty and CII continued to work in line with the Central hair-care, electrician trades in association with Government’s target to skill 500 million people by Aditya Birla Jan Seva Trust in West Bengal 2022. Skill Conclaves were organised in association • 200 local youth of Patna and Rohtas in grinding with the Governments of Bihar and West Bengal and and forging in association with the Industry about 700 marginalised urban youth were provided Department in Bihar vocational training in partnership with the State • 100 youth in Madhepura, Bihar, 80 youth in Urban Development Agency in West Bengal. Jhargram in West Bengal and 30 youth in Kakdwip of Sunderbans were trained as automobile • 3,500 students in eight CII-PARFI Rural technicians Skill Gurukuls in Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha, • 100 youth were trained as security guards Chhattisgarh and West Bengal in construction- in Saharsa related skills, fork lift driving, etc were trained • At the CII District Skill Coordination Centre in and placed Kendrapada, Odisha, about 200 candidates were trained • In Midnapore 100 students were trained in soft skills and communication Affirmative Action With the objective of improving the quality of life and enhancing self-employment opportunities for SC/ST youth, 100 women shitalpati artisans were trainied in product development, process modernization and market linkage in Cooch Behar. From L to R: T V Narendran, Deputy Chairman, CII-ER, and MD, Other initiatives include CII-UKIERI (UK-India Tata Steel Ltd; Rear Admiral A K Verma; Sutirtha Bhattacharya, Education and Research Initiative) entrepreneurship CMD, Coal India Ltd; at an interactive session development training programme for 50 ½rst- in Kolkata generation SC/ST youth. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 139 NORTH EASTERN REGION The North Eastern Region (NER) is an important thrust area within CII’s agenda for development. CII, through its ½ve State of½ces, works closely with all stakeholders, particularly State Governments, on issues that are vital for the development and growth of the NER. In 2015, special emphasis was placed on empowering the youth and attracting investments in Oil & Gas, Health, Food Processing, IT & IT-Enabled Services, which have immense potential to transform the North East’s economy. From L to R: Pankaj Kumar, Chief Secretary, Nagaland; P Paiwang Konyak, Minister, Transport & Civil Aviation and IT&C, Nagaland; ADVOCACY KD Vizo, ITS, Commissioner & Secretary IT&C, Nagaland; During the year CII-NER focused its advocacy efforts Omkar Rai, Director General, STPI; Banuo Z Jamir, Former in the following areas: Chief Secretary, Nagaland; Dr Temsula Ao, Chairperson, Women Commission Nagaland; Alemtemshi Jamir, Former Chief Secretary, • Promoting Investments, Encouraging Value Nagaland at the e-Naga Summit 2015 in Kohima Additions & Supporting Market linkages • Youth empowerment through skill development Affordable Healthcare Services in the region. Dr. and entrepreneurship Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health, Dr. Arvind • Building competitiveness for Micro, Small & Lal, CMD, Dr. Lal Path Labs, Dr. Rupali Basu, Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) President & CEO – Eastern Region, Apollo Hospitals • Taking technology to North East India joined the Conclave. Reaching out to the • Linking North East with the world poor through universal access to healthcare, cost • Sustainable development effective and affordable healthcare services through PPP were some of the issues discussed. Promoting Investments, Encouraging Value Additions & Supporting Market linkages Organised in association with Government For the ½rst time CII organised a Healthcare of Nagaland, the e-Naga Summit aimed at conclave with Government of Assam to promote strengthening the IT sector in the region. From L to R: Dr Ashutosh Reghuvanshi, Group CEO & Vice Chairman, Narayana Health; Dr Rupali Basu, President & CEO – Eastern Region, Apollo Hospitals India; Dr R C Deka, Chair - Medical Education & Research, Amity University and Former Director, AIIMS; Dr Nazrul Islam, Minister, Health & Family Welfare, Assam; Sandipan Chakravortty, Chairman, CII North East Council and Chairman, TM International Ltd; Abhijit Barooah, Co-Chairman, CII North East Council and MD, Premier Cryogenics Ltd and Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister, Assam at the North East Healthcare Summit in Guwahati A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) and the Government of Nagaland for setting up a STPI with ITES/BPO facility. Value additions and market linkages were catalyzed for spices, pineapple and bakery products. This was done through workshops organised in partnership with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) on product development, building value chains and competitiveness, infusing technology From L to R: Amlan Baruah, Project Director, EGM, Assam; and promoting food safety and quality. Lakshmi V Venkatesan, Founding Trustee and Executive VP, BYST; Tarun Gogoi; Abhijit Barooah and Nandinee Kalita, Director, CII at the Nurturing Youth Entrepreneurship and Distribution of Excellence Awards in Guwahati Indian youth in developing viable enterprises. At the Nurturing Youth Entrepreneurship & Distribution of Excellence Award event, successful entrepreneurs mentored and supported by BYST were recognised by Shri Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister of Assam. Young Indians (Yi) Yi, a CII initiative, actively worked to motivate the J P Meena, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing youth through interactions with people such as Industry addressing the CII North East Food Processing Workshop at Guwahati. From L to R: Jahnabi Phookan, Vice Chairperson, CII Dr Pawan G Agarwal, CEO, Mumbai Dabbawala Assam State Council and Director, Jungle Travels India Pvt Ltd; Association. Yi Guwahati and IWN NER Council held Abhijit Barooah; Swapnanil Baruah, Commissioner, Industries & a lecture demonstration on Yoga. Commerce, Assam; Barun Barpujari, Immediate Past Chairman, CII Assam State Council. The Clean Guwahati contest, held for the 3rd year in succession, is aligned with the Government’s A separate Oil & Gas policy and special Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The Clean Guwahati dispensations for NER are being considered by the Mission, being implemented in association with Yi Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG). and supported by Guwahati Municipal Corporation The importance of these initiatives to fully exploit is aimed to involve students and encourage the use the potential of NER was highlighted at the annual of technology for garbage disposal. NE Energy summit where dignitaries such as Mr U P Singh, Additional Secretary and CMD, Oil India and Mr Ved Prakash Mahawar, Director (Onshore), ONGC Ltd shared their perspectives. Efforts were made along with the MoPNG and in association with Numaligarh Re½nery Limited (NRL) to arrive at a common understanding on how development can be achieved under the North East Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 framework. Youth Empowerment Through Skill Development and Entrepreneurship From L to R: S Viswanathan, Commissioner, Guwahati Municipal Bhartiya Yuva Shakti Trust Corporation; Abir Patra, Mayor, Guwahati Municipal; Tarun Gogoi; S K Barua, Co-Chairman, CII Assam State Council; In a groundbreaking initiative, CII, in partnership Paban Kr Barthakur, Principal Secretary, Urban Development with the Bhartiya Yuva Shakti Trust (BYST) and the Department, Assam at the Award Ceremony of the Clean Guwahati Government of Assam assisted the disadvantaged Contest in Guwahati CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 141 U P Singh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas & CMD, Oil India addressing the CII North East Energy Summit 2015 in New Delhi. From L to R: Abhijit Barooah; Nitin Zamre, MD, ICF International; Ved Prakash Mahawar, Director (Onshore), ONGC Ltd; Sandipan Chakravortty and Babu Khan, Senior Director, CII The World Skills Day, celebrated in Partnership with Taking Technology to North East Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Platforms were created for exchange of knowledge (MOSD&E) and North East State Governments, and information about latest technologies and marked the launch of the Skill India Mission. services suitable for NER. A Smart City Roundtable organised in association with Agartala Municipal Building Competitiveness for Micro, Small & Corporation (AMC) discussed key issues related Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to developing smart infrastructure, retro½tting Multi-dimensional initiatives to complement growth technology and restoring heritage properties and enhance competitiveness of MSMEs were of Agartala. launched in partnership with Industry stakeholders. The North East MSME conclave, which also Linking North East with the World promoted linkages to national markets, pursued CII acts as a catalyst in enhancing sub-regional this objective effectively. The Vendor Development cooperation for developing economic and social Programme connected MSMEs with leading PSUs ties with adjoining countries. To this end, a seminar and e-Commerce companies. organised along with EXIM Bank generated Swapnanil Barua addressing the North East MSME Summit in Guwahati. From L to R: N M P Jayesh, Director, CII; Jahnabi Phookan, Vice Chairperson, CII Assam State Council; Shivendra Tomar, Managing Director, IFCI Venture Capital Funds Ltd awareness on issues such as credit schemes under the U.S. House of Representatives led by Mr Hunter Foreign Trade Policy, Government policies and the McLane Strupp, Asia Policy Analyst, Washington initiatives to promote exports to give a ½llip DC discussed India’s Act East Policy and the sub to international trade in NER. regional dynamics. Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have a far reaching To help increase the linkages between Tripura impact on business and can be effectively leveraged and Bangladesh, the 2nd edition of the Directory to enhance international trade. This was discussed of Tripura Importers and Exporters was released at an outreach meeting organised along with the at the 25th Industries and Commerce Fair. Ministry of Commerce & Industry. CII-NER coordinated a visit of about hundred H.E. Mr Oleksandr Shevchenko, Ambassador of students to Guwahati and Shillong from ½ve ASEAN Ukraine to India provided insights to Members countries under the Know India Students Exchange on Ukraine – India trade relations and areas of Programme of the Ministry of External Affairs. opportunity to expand bilateral trade. A staff delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of Sustainable Development An emerging agenda for CII-NER is to encourage corporates to align their business strategies with the global sustainable development agenda. The CII Foundation organised a relief outreach in Morigaon and Goalpara which were ravaged by the Assam Floods. The regional roundtable on non communicable diseases-synergizing efforts in Diabetes care at the tertiary level, submitted actionable recommendations to help strengthen the Government’s Diabetes management programmes. Indian Women Network CII worked with IWN North Eastern Regional Council towards enhancing women’s participation in the economic growth of the region. To achieve this From L to R: Abhijit Barooah; Indrani Kar, Deputy Director General, CII; Bipin Menon, Director, MoC&I; Kaushik Dutta, objective, various women’s safety related initiatives Chapter Head - Northeast Chapter, FIEO; Ankur Mahanta, were recommended to Ms Monidipa Borkotoki, Consultant, International Trade Policy, CII at India’s Free Trade Member Secretary, Assam State Commission Agreements: An Outreach Session in Guwahati for Women. CII and IWN members distribute tanks and tarpaulin to the Áood aͿected people of Morigaon district in Assam CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 143 NORTHERN REGION In line with the CII’s National theme, CII Northern Policy to the Government of Himachal Pradesh Region (CII-NR) adopted the theme ‘Build India, and Jammu & Kashmir Build North: Invest in Development for 2015-16’. • Partnering stakeholders for success of National CII-NR emphasized on creating an environment Missions such as Make in India, Swachh Bharat, conducive to attracting investments and accelerating Skill India, Start-Up India, Beti Bachao Beti economic growth through reforms that would make Padhao, etc it easy to do business. The focus was on promoting • Creating awareness and consensus on Goods Northern Region as a preferred manufacturing and Services Tax (GST) amongst the State destination, enhancing competitiveness of MSMEs Governments and Membership and encouraging af½rmative action. ACTION ADVOCACY Economic Development • Engaging with State Governments on policy issues and Competitive Federalism for enhancing the business environment and To position NR as an attractive investment attracting increased investments destination, CII organised Invest North 2015 where • Recommendations for policies such as Haryana leading investors from across the world interacted Enterprises Promotion Policy 2015, Rajasthan with political leaders, Government of½cials and Minerals Policy 2015, Rajasthan Tourism Unit local business leaders. The Resurgent Rajasthan Policy 2015, Chandigarh Administration Industrial Partnership Summit showcased a plethora of Policy 2015 were shared with respective State investment opportunities, multiple regulatory Governments reforms and a thriving ecosystem for industrial • Engaging with State Governments on reforms development in Rajasthan. Happening Haryana related to Ease of Doing Business, enhancing the Investors’ Summit brought forth entrepreneurial manufacturing sector’s competitiveness through opportunities in Haryana. Besides this, Progressive single window system, labour laws, promoting Punjab Investors Summit’ aimed to help build the the MSME sector etc. and State Pre-Budget brand equity of Punjab as the preferred investment Memorandums were also submitted to State destination while Emerging Himachal – Investors’ Governments Meet’ positioned Himachal Pradesh as an attractive • Recommendations for the proposed Industrial option for investors. From L to R: Pikender Pal Singh, Regional Director, CII NR; Shreekant Somany, Chairman, CII NR and Chairman & Managing Director, Somany Ceramics Ltd; Sukhbir Singh Badal, Deputy Chief Minister, Punjab; Malvinder Mohan Singh, Chairman, Invest North 2015 & Executive Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Ltd; Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry; Manohar Lal, Chief Minister, Haryana; Sunil Kant Munjal, Past President, CII and Chairman, Hero Corporate Service; Richard Rekhy, Co-Chairman, Invest North 2015 & Chief Executive Ocer KPMG India at the 4th edition of the CII Invest North in New Delhi S Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab addressing the Progressive Punjab Investors Summit at Mohali Enabling MSMEs Manufacturing With enhancing ef½ciency and competitiveness of CII NR took initiatives to boost the manufacturing the MSME sector as top priority, CII-NR organised sector in nine states of the Region. These included several workshops, training programmes, cluster the Manufacturing Innovation Conclave, Operational development series, sessions promoting ‘Make in Excellence Summit, RubTec-Conference cum India’ campaign, learning missions, buyer-seller Exhibition on Rubber, Texcon- International meets, specialised trade shows and sectoral Conference on Textiles & Apparel, Surface Coating conferences. More than 1,500 participants from Show, Conference on Zero Defect Manufacturing. various industry sectors bene½tted from over 25 workshops and training programmes. Thirteen Ease of Doing Business Domestic Learning Missions bene½tted over 250 Sessions on Ease of Doing Business were held at participants. Project MSME and Tax & Regulatory Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Nalagarh Affairs Advisory Desk were identi½ed to strengthen and New Delhi. These were organised in partnership the connect with MSMEs to make them globally with Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National competitive. Going forward, the Region will work University of Singapore to prepare a Master Plan with three clusters bene½tting 21 units. Registering on Ease of Doing Business in India: Vision 2020 and a 30% increase, 16,676 individuals from Member conduct surveys to get a feedback on doing business companies and 4,122 individuals from non-Member in the States. companies are now using myCII, CII’s online business resource portal Shreekant Somany in conversation with Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh at Emerging Himachal Investors’ Meet Shreekant Somany in conversation with Arvind Kejriwal, Chief at New Delhi Minister, Delhi at Invest North at New Delhi CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 145 From L to R: Gajendra Singh, Industries Minister, Rajasthan; Kalyan Singh, Governor, Rajasthan; Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited; Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Corporate AͿairs and Information & Broadcasting, and Vasundhara Raje, Chief Minister, Rajasthan at the Lamp Lighting ceremony of Resurgent Rajasthan in Jaipur To promote Make in India, CII-NR engaged with the • Constructed a spinning centre at Dewali Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Bhanigram village in Kedar Valley helping 83 Ministry of Commerce & Industry, and organised women earn a living workshops on Make in India at Shimla, Jaipur, • Project PEACE helped 260 farmers of Wachcham Chandigarh and New Delhi. village earn additional income Societal Initiatives J&K State Rehabilitation Through its CSR initiatives, the Region generated CII, through its implementing partner launched sustainable livelihood opportunities a rehabilitation project in Bandipora District of Kashmir. Key highlights: • More than 60 differently-abled candidates • 80 toilet units constructed shortlisted by 22 companies at ABILITY 2015 job • Healthcare support extended to seven facilities fair in the select districts through- • 70 women-led NGOs/Self Help Groups (SHGs) and ~ Medicine donation to ½ve facilites artisans bene½ted from Social Expo segment of ~ Renovation of gynaecology section in Asthingoo Chandigarh Fair 2015 and Ludhiana Fair 2015 Ghat and repair and renovation of Aloosa • 23,712 migrant workers provided counselling Primary Health Centre (PHC) and referral services under HIV/AIDS awareness/ ~ Doctors and paramedics sent to support intervention project at Mandi Gobindgarh the facilities • Several blood donations, health camps, tree plantation drives conducted all across Northern Region. CII Uttarakhand Disaster Rehabilitation Initiative Being implemented under the aegis of CII Foundation the initiative focused on rebuilding schools in Tehri Garhwal district, providing employment-oriented skill development and community-based livelihood interventions. Project PEACE- Plantation for Environmental Awareness & Creative Education was also implemented. Key Initiatives included: • Rebuilt four ¾ood-hit Government schools • Launched Project Muskaan, in collaboration with Jubilant Bhartiya Foundation Manohar Lal, Chief Minister, Haryana addressing the Happening • Planted 5,000 saplings Haryana Investors’ Summit in Gurgaon • Conducted 24 Antenatal Care (ANC), Postnatal • Over 2,400 offers made at three Job Fairs in Care (PNC) and child health camps covering 500+ Delhi and other placement drives in Haryana and patients Uttarakhand • Multiple disaster preparedness training sessions • Over 80 participants attended and bene½ted from organised for village volunteers the Regional Summit on Quality in Education • Two ½eld assignments conducted for Disaster • 28th Regional Work Skills Competition witnessed Risk Reduction (DRR) volunteers in eight villages participation of over 180 industrial workers and ITI • Two Basic Life Support (BLS) trainings for school students from 20 trades students and teachers • 25 de-worming programmes organised Sustainability • Three training sessions for Accredited Social CII focused on adoption of environment friendly Health Activists (ASHAs) and Auxiliary Nursing practices, enhanced use of renewable resources Midwifery (ANM) of energy and usage of advanced, innovative conservation systems and technologies in industry Affirmative Action Initiatives and water conservation. Conferences on power, • 14 Member companies signed the Code of Conduct renewable energy, energy conservation climate (CoC) for Af½rmative Action change, environment and water were organised • 150 took part in the Regional Af½rmative Action across the region. This year, Indian Green Building Conference addressed by 20 speakers Council (IGBC) Chapters were launched at • Four webinars were conducted for SC/ST Uttarakhand and Western UP. entrepreneurs • Supply Diversity meet held Healthcare • Workshop on Recognising the Leader in Me Major healthcare initiatives undertaken during 2015 included Conclave on NextGen Healthcare and Skills and Education National Arogya Fair in Uttarakhand, in partnership • Over 300 participants attended and bene½ted with Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India and from the interactive meet on National Skills Government of Uttarakhand. This fair promoted Quali½cation Framework the latest developments, ef½cacy and affordability • Over 300 participants attended and benefitted of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha from the three workshops on Amended and Homeopathy (AYUSH) systems of medicine. It Apprenticeship Act 1961 followed by about 680 also played a crucial role in integrating AYUSH into apprenticeship trainings initiated by 6 Member the mainstream healthcare delivery to improve the companies overall healthcare scenario in India. From L to R: Dinesh Dua, Vice Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council and Chief Executive Ocer & Whole Time Director of Nectar Lifesciences Ltd (NLL); Anurag Aggarwal, Home Secretary, UT Chandigarh; Amarbir Singh, Chairman CII Chandigarh Council and Managing Director Indian Polymer Industries; Vijay Kumar Dev, Adviser to the Administrator UT Chandigarh; H.E. Professor Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor- Haryana, Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh; Shreekant Somany; Rumjhum Chatterjee, Deputy Chairperson, CII Northern Region and Pikender Pal Singh at the Chandigarh Annual Session in Chandigarh CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 147 SOUTHERN REGION During 2015-16, CII-Southern Region (CII-SR) • A series of workshops on Ease of Doing adopted the theme - SMART South’ synergising its Business held across the region with support work with the national theme and the aspirations of of the State Governments aimed to enhance the the region. The regional theme was implemented State’s competitiveness on key parameters. A through skills, manufacturing, agriculture, Consultative Forum with the Government of Kerala renewables and technology, thus de½ning SMART was also formed to achieve this speci½c objective. South. • The Global Investor Meet of the Government of Tamil Nadu, where CII was the national partner, ADVOCACY witnessed signing of MoUs worth Rs 2.4 lakh CII-SR engaged with the State Governments towards crores ensuring a sustainable and inclusive growth in the • Government of Andhra Pradesh was the host State Region. Interactions with Chief Ministers of the for the 22nd edition of The Partnership Summit Southern States, Union Ministers and Secretaries 2016 which attracted investment worth Rs 4.7 lakh of various Ministries provided the Members with crore platforms to raise concerns and suggest measures • Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to improve overall business climate in the country. showcased their manufacturing prowess at CII-SR’s engagement with various Task Forces and the Make in India Week organised by DIPP in Committees of Southern State Governments, led to partnership with CII in Mumbai the following outcomes: • A MOU was signed with Municipal Administration and Urban Development of the Government of • The Industrial Development Policy 2015-20 of Andhra Pradesh for developing Kakinada and the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Tirupati as smart cities Government of Telangana included several of CII- SR recommendations. The two Governments also Promoting Growth and Competitiveness accepted the inputs on various sectoral policies The region undertook several initiatives aimed at • A detailed project report for creation of an reviving manufacturing growth, development of Aerospace Common Finishing Facility at the human resources, infrastructure and MSMEs with Bangalore Aerospace Park was released by a a major thrust on the Make in India initiative and Government of Karnataka – CII Joint Task Force competitiveness building. Platforms such as Excon Selvi J Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu addressing the Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet in Chennai. From L to R: K Gnanadesikan, Chief Secretary, Tamil Nadu; Sheela Balakrishnan, Advisor to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and Venu Srinivasan, Past President, CII and Chairman, Sundaram-Clayton Ltd Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry, with T Kannan, Past Chairman, CII-SR & Chairman & Managing Director Thiagarajar Mills (P) Ltd at an interactive session in Madurai 2015, Foodpro 2015 and other major B2B forums af½rmative action, agriculture and women were opportunities for business promotion and empowerment. Thrust was also given to sanitation facilitation. and healthcare initiatives for the deprived sections of the society through the CSR initiatives. Various learning sessions on key enablers of competitiveness and learning missions to • Agriculture initiatives such as TN Agpro and Dairy large industrial units on best manufacturing Biz bene½tted 6,950 farmers practices bene½tted a large number of SMEs. The • 20 career and educational guidance sessions Regional Competition for Young HR Managers saw received enrolment of 1,964 students from the participation of 32 teams. In addition, 178 employees deprived sections of society of Member companies were trained on HR / IR • The health awareness sessions covering an best practices. Several inward trade missions array of topics reached out to 6,960 employees were organised across the Southern region with of Member companies participation of Members. • Under the CII – The Asia Foundation literacy programme 14,679 books were distributed to Encouraging Inclusiveness 177 schools The inclusiveness agenda was pushed through • The CII-SR CSR Gateway, which serves a collective various initiatives on corporate social responsibility, of 530 corporates, NGOs, corporate foundations, From L to R: Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited; Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary AͿairs; Rajshree Pathy, Chairperson, CII Southern Region and CMD, Rajshree Sugars & Chemicals Ltd at the CII-SR Annual Regional Meeting Conference on SMART South–The Road Ahead held in Chennai CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 149 From L to R: Ravi Raghavan, Vice Chairman, CII Karnataka & CEO, BFW India; Shekar Viswanathan, Chairman, CII Karnataka & Wholetime Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd; V Manjula, Principal Secretary to Government of Karnataka, Department of IT/BT, Science & Technology; Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister, Karnataka; Kris Gopalakrishnan, Past President, CII and Chairman, India Innovation Summit & Co-Founder, Infosys Limited; Mohan Sekhar, Senior Managing Director, Technology Delivery Centers for Technology in India, Accenture at the India Innovation Summit held in Bangalore social enterprises and expert organizations, Fostering Innovation offered 322 CSR initiatives for implementation Innovation is a key driver in enhancing business growth besides creating value added jobs suited Tamil Nadu Flood Relief & Rehabilitation Project to the new knowledge economy. This theme A Special Task Force on Tamil Nadu Flood Relief resonated in the various sessions of the and Rehabilitation provided immediate relief items 11th edition of Innovation Summit. to over 1 lakh families in the ¾ood affected areas of Chennai and Cuddalore. A team of 31 doctors and CII-SR took the lead in implementing mentorship 62 paramedical staff were sent to 42 medical camps programmes, training courses, and regular which bene½tted over 12,000 ¾ood affected victims. multi-stakeholder networking opportunities to nurture entrepreneurship. The 2nd edition of CII In the next phase, CII will provide rehabilitation Startupreneurs 2015 and the 6th edition of Emerging and livelihood opportunities for the ¾ood victims in Entrepreneurs Awards 2015 recognised and co-ordination with the State Government through motivated budding entrepreneurs and startups interventions on restoration of livelihoods, revival of from the Region. agriculture and restoration of water bodies. N Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh with His Excellency FU Yonglin, Vice Mayor, Chengdu City, China at a business interaction with the Government-Industry delegation from Chengdu City, China in Hyderabad Pon Radhakrishnan, Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways addressing students at the CII Job Fair held at Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District. From L to R: K Ramesh, Director & Head - CII Tamil Nadu; S N Eisenhower, Chairman, CII Tamil Nadu State Council & Director Operations, Saint Gobain India Pvt Ltd and P Vasu, Chairman, CII Madurai Zone & Partner, Shenbagam Industries Education & Skill Development areas. Interventions and learning sessions Student and faculty development focused on health, wellness webinars, sessions on women’s interventions linked Industry and academia and health issues, work-life balance, and parenting were created employment opportunities. A conducive organised. Close to 14,000 participants bene½tted ecosystem for skill development was created from about 141 such sessions held during the year. through promotion and advocacy, research studies, During the year IWN-SR saw enrolment of 1,525 PPP models and training initiatives. Programmes career women from corporates, entrepreneurs, such as the iBridge Webinar, CII- QEEE Sessions, independent professionals, faculty and students. TEQIP, CEO Speak Series received enrolment of over 20,000 students. Various missions to large manufacturing units in Southern region saw participation of 709 Faculty Members. Of the 4010 students who participated in the Job Fair, 678 were offered employment opportunities by the companies that joined the fair. In addition, 770 candidates participated in various skill development programmes held across the region. 100 prison inmates were given training on Welding skills at Trichy Central Prison, Tamil Nadu in 2015. 100 more prison inmates will be trained in 2016. Dr Raghuram G Rajan, Governor, Reserve Bank of India addressing Indian Women Network the India MSME Summit at Thiruvananthapuram. From L to R: CII Indian Women Network (INW) that enables Prashant A N, Deputy Director & Head, CII Kerala; Hari Krishnan Nair, Chairman, CII Kerala State Council and President, Western women to become better professionals and India Cashew Co; Jiji Thomson, Chief Secretary, Kerala; Jeevandas achievers, operated in six Southern States and one Narayan, Chairman, India MSME Summit and Managing Director, zone. Providing continuous learning opportunities State Bank of Travancore; Manoj Joshi, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Micro Small Medium Enterprises and women’s well-being were some of the key focus CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 151 WESTERN REGION CII Western Region (CII-WR) adopted the theme ACTION `Enhancing Competitiveness to Accelerate Growth Partnership with State Governments and Create Employment’ for the year 2015-16. In 2015-16, CII-WR undertook several initiatives The key focus areas were improving governance, in partnership with State Governments: enhancing competitiveness, facilitating Ease of Doing Business and enabling ‘Make in India’. The • The Krishi Mahotsav and the Kisan Gosthi other thrust areas included building diversity and bene½tted farmers from all over Madhya Pradesh. sustainability, industrial relations, international The 3-day exhibition Krishi Vikas 2015 exposed trade and investment and Membership. over 30,000 farmers to information on latest farming techniques ADVOCACY • The 2nd edition of the Skill, Career & Startup Expo • Make in India – aiding the reform process to 2015 organised in association with the MP Council attract investments and transform Western Region of Vocational Education & Training (MPCVET), as a world-class manufacturing destination promoted skill development and motivated youth • Promoting inclusive and sustainable by showcasing new innovations and start-up ideas. development Close to 5,000 people participated in the State- • Focusing on adopting innovation, quality level skill competition held during the expo measures and best practices • The conference titled Parivartan - Transform • Focusing on SMEs MSMEs for Transforming Maharashtra saw • Furthering the skill India agenda discussions on the cluster development scheme • Focusing on infrastructure development and listing of SMEs on stock exchanges. It also • Enhancing Government engagement provided a platform for Tier-II & Tier-III vendors • Strengthening industry-academia engagement to share case studies and ideas on enabling • Building diversity – engaging youth, women and MSMEs for Success of Make in Maharashtra. students Around 600 delegates from across the State • Promoting corporate health participated in the mega event From L to R: Sanjay Kirloskar, Chairman, CII WR and Chairman & Managing Director, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd; Sudhir Mehta, Deputy Chairman, CII WR and Chairman & Managing Director, Pinnacle Industries Ltd; Shankar Lalwani, Chairman, Indore Development Authority; Krishna Murari Moghe, Mayor, Indore; Malini Gaud, MLA, Indore; Gourishankar Chaturbhuj Bisen; Minister, Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development; Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh; Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker, Lok Sabha; Bhoopendra Singh, Minister, Transport, Science and Information Technology, Public Service Management, Public Grievances Redressal at Krishi Mahotsav in Indore From L to R: Parag Joshi, Chairman, CII Goa State Council and Umashankar Gupta, Minister, Technical Education and Skill Managing Partner- Jutex; S J Cho, President, Busan Chamber of Development, Madhya Pradesh addressing delegates at the Madhya Commerce & Industry; Shekhar Sardessai, Vice Chairman, CII Goa Pradesh Skill, Career & Start-Up Expo 2015 in Bhopal State Council and CMD- Kineco Kaman Composites – India Pvt Ltd; Rear Admiral Shekhar Mital NM CMD Goa Shipyard Ltd., • Organised in association with the Goa Shipyard Parth Sharma, Chairman, Defence & Shipping, Indian Chamber of Commerce in Korea and Gazal Bhambri, Head, CII Goa State at Ltd, the 2-day Convention on Make in Goa for the Convention with South Korean Delegation on Make in Goa for Defence, hosted 28 South Korean companies at Defence held in Goa the forefront of Defence sector engineering. The 60 local companies that participated explored • Awareness on corporate health and wealth partnership options with their South Korean was created in Bhopal through the 4-day long counterparts tournament Corporate Cricket League • The two-day Defence Conclave 2015, organised • The 2nd edition of Tata Tower Run in association alongwith with Industries & Mines Department, with Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai Government of Gujarat, aimed to build on the aimed at promoting corporate ½tness involved positives of the Make in India vision for boosting running up the stairs of the 30-storeyed World the defence equipment production sector at the Trade Centre State and ultimately national level • The International Yoga Day was celebrated across WR States and zones to lend support to the Prime Building Diversity Minister’s initiative • Under the Enable the Capable initiative aimed at amplifying employment opportunities Sectoral Snapshot for People with Disability (PwD), the portal The Region brought together stakeholders from www.ciispecialabilityjobs.in was launched to across sectors to discuss the latest trends, issues create employment opportunities for PwDs. Many and the way ahead. corporates posted their requirements on the portal and around 23,000 jobseekers registered • The 14th Manufacturing Summit themed Future of • Over 2,000 students were trained in employability Indian Manufacturing - Bridging the Gap discussed and behavioural skills by the Chhindwara Skills issues and progress of the Make in India initiative, Training Centre, Madhya Pradesh Industry and State’s role in its success and • Launched UNICEF-CII Western Region CSR Hub structural advantages/challenges faced by the to strengthen the knowledge base and build manufacturing sector corporate sector involvement in CSR, with women • The 11th Mutual Fund Summit based on the and children being one of the focus areas theme - Mutual Fund Industry: Opportunities and • Under the Swachh Vidyalaya Project, CII Optimism – Riding the Wave centered on broader Foundation and Blue Star Limited identi½ed three areas of growth opportunities and global trends as schools in Wada, Maharashtra to construct toilets well as innovations and technology for customer for creating a healthy and hygienic environment. service and improving market penetration. • 100 Hours of Change - Independence-month • The need for corporate India to adopt a merit- Special Mentoring Marathon was organised based system to promote gender equality by Indian Women Network (IWN) to connect and boost it up with a gender neutral work successful women corporate executives with ½nal environment for women to prosper in economic year girl students. activity was deliberated upon at the 8th HR Summit. CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 153 • The 3rd West Tech Summit 2015, the largest technology symposium in Western India focused on sectors such as Automotive and Defence Manufacturing, Skills & Education and Information & Communication Technology • The gaps in the current education system that need to be ½lled to raise it to global standards and ways to achieve excellence in education through From L to R: Peeyush Dalmia, Partner - McKinsey & Company; expansion, inclusion and innovation were the Sundeep Sikka, Chairman – Association of Mutual Funds in India subjects of discussion at the Higher Education (AMFI) and President & Chief Executive Ocer, Reliance Capital Summit 2015 Asset Management Ltd; Chief Guest U K Sinha, Chairman - Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI); Leo Puri, Chairman • The Logistics Summit 2015 deliberated on actions – CII Mutual Fund Summit 2015 and Managing Director, UTI necessary to enhance Ease of Doing Business, the Asset Management Co Ltd at the 11th Mutual Fund Summit 2015 way forward and policy impetus required to make in Mumbai the sector more robust and resilient • The potential for Make in Maharashtra to work as a catalyst for Make in India was highlighted at a Seminar on Investment Opportunities in Maharashtra organised at the India Pavilion, Hannover Messe in Germany • The MSME Summit 2015 based on the theme MSME: The Backbone of Growth revolved around how MSMEs can capitalize on the emerging opportunities to increase their contribution to From L to R: T K Srirang, Chairman, CII-WR HR Sub- industrial growth and employment in India Committee and Head-HR, ICICI Bank Ltd; Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank Ltd; Sanjay Kirloskar, and Kaushlendra Sinha, Regional Director, CII WR at the 8th HR th rd The 9 BANKing TECH Summit, the 3 Warehousing Summit in Mumbai and Logistics Summit, the GujFood India Expo and ‘IIM2 – Invest in Maharashtra, Invest into International Networking Marathwada’ provided platforms for stakeholders to CII-WR hosted a networking reception for Consul interact and get insights into the Region’s strengths. Generals and Heads of Missions in Mumbai. In addition, platforms were provided for business networking with key dignitaries such as Mr Jacob J Lew, Secretary, United States Department of the Treasury, Liliane Ploumen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, Mr Salim Al Ismaily, Chairman of ITHRAA The Public Authority for Investment Promotion & Export Development of the Sultanate of Oman, Mr Mokgweetsi E Masisi, Vice President of the Republic of Botswana, Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe and Gurjit Singh, Indian Ambassador - Designate to Germany. An international delegation From L to R: Dr Arindam Bhattacharya, Senior Partner and to Botswana and South Africa exposed delegates Managing Director, BCG India; Pradeep Bhargava, Co-Chair, CII to business and investment options and facilitated National Committee on Industrial Relations and Director, Cummins India Ltd; Dr Naushad Forbes, President Designate, CII and Co- meetings with key Government representatives. Chairman, Forbes Marshall P Ltd; Ajay Shankar, Chairman, Expert Committee on Regulatory AͿairs, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce & CII-WR facilitated the interaction of visiting MBA Industry; Jamshyd N Godrej, Summit Chairman and Past President, students of Georgetown University, Washington CII and Chairman & Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd; Sudhir Mehta, Deputy Chairman, CII WR and Chairman with industry leaders on doing business with India & Managing Director, Pinnacle Industries Limited at the 14th and India’s vision for entrepreneurship, including Manufacturing Summit in Mumbai organising company and factory visits. MEMBERSHIP SERVICES • Membership Services • Team CII • CII Network MEMBERSHIP SERVICES During 2015-16, CII continued its focus on enhancing KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SERVICES Membership engagement with the objectives to The Knowledge Management Services (KMS) strengthen outreach and Membership connect Department aims to create a sustainable online through a matrix of speci½c initiatives particularly knowledge repository to enhance the intellectual through the greater use of ICT to effectively capital of CII Membership and the Indian industry. communicate with Members. Knowledge Sharing through MYCII • To meet these objectives, 73 Members’ Meets CII’s online business resource portal called were held at 42 locations, which were attended www.mycii.in functions as a repository of information by 2486 Members and intellectual capital. This portal assists in • To help new Members understand and better meeting the versatile and ever-changing knowledge utilize CII services, 46 induction sessions were requirements of the users. Other key services held at 26 locations and attended by 498 Members offered include B2B Facilitation Services, Webinars, • Under the ‘Outreach Initiative’ which entails Online Master Classes and Capacity Building meeting Members at their premises, 1890 Interventions and Finance Facilitation Centre. member companies were met this year MYCII contains over 25,000 information resources • To build a robust Membership growth, 53 including reports and discussion papers on relevant roadshows were held at 30 locations which policy issues, case studies analyzing a wide range of saw participation of 1033 people. subjects, media collaterals, online videos, thematic • Between April 2015 to March 2016, CII clocked presentations and other important publications. a net growth of 542 new Members • To understand and help with issues faced by MYCII provides access to Knowledge Resources Member companies, all State and Regional of½ces (Research papers and publications; Digital Library compiled monthly Membership Issue Trackers and of Events and recordings of online Master classes tabled them at the respective State and Regional and webinars on various subjects); Business Council meetings. 308 such issues were presented Resources (Information about tenders of more than and pursued by CII this year. 190 countries and 75 sectors; B2B Opportunities From L to R: Dr Saugat Mukherjee, Regional Director, CII Eastern Region; Rear Admiral A K Verma (Retd), Chairman, CII Eastern Region; Sumit Mazumder, President, CII and Chairman & Managing Director, TIL Limited; Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII; Pallavi Kaul, Chairperson, CII West Bengal State Council and MD, Nicco Ventures Pvt Ltd during the Members’ Meet in Kolkata CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 157 of CII and approximately, more than 3,500 attendees have participated in these sessions. Recordings of all these OMCs and other webinars are added to the CII Online Business Resource Centre. Networking Facilitation MYCII facilitates business networking through an online B2B Meeting Platform which hosts and brings together delegates, exhibitors, sponsors and others attending CII events. With the hosting of over 3,700 B2B meetings in 2015, this portal performed the crucial function of promoting increased business integration through networking opportunities. Members’ Meet with Shobana Kamineni, Vice President, CII and Chairperson, CII National Membership Council and Executive Vice-Chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited in Kolkata published by Indian and foreign companies; Market CII Membership Intelligence, alerts on investments happening in Regionwise Classification India, access to CII Directory of members; Legal Advisory services and Finance Facilitation Centre); Information Services (Government noti½cations, 2414 Schemes for MSMEs, Parliament Tracker) and Online Communities (Discussion Boards; Communities and Groups). 1914 2464 The portal’s registered business users stand over 1022 2.5 lakh as compared to 2 lakh last year. It serves 112 as an ideal networking platform for SMEs as well as large enterprises. Webinars & Online Master Classes ER National NR SR WR In 2015, more than 100 Online Master Classes National represents National Institutional and Af½liated Association Members. 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Kunjaban Jaipur (Rajasthan) Ahmedabad (Gujarat) Khejur bagan (Beside Ginger Hotel) 3, Shivaji Nagar, Civil Lines CII House Agartala-799006, Tripura Jaipur - 302 006 Gulbai Tekra Road, Near Panchwati Tel : 0381-2410067 Tel : 0141-2221441-42 Ahmedabad - 380 006 Mob : 09436129728 Fax : 0141-2221411 Tel : 079-40279900-10 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Fax : 079-40279999 Email : [email protected] Siliguri (Sikkim) Dehradun (Uttarakhand) City Centre, Of½ce Block 30/1 Rajpur Road, Nepal House Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) FNO – 0313, Matigara Dehradun - 248 001 E-2/109, Arera Colony Siliguri – 734010, West Bengal Tel : 0135-2745119 / 2745120 Bhopal - 462 016 Tel : 0353-2511766 Fax : 0135-2745121 Tel : 0755-2425752-53 Fax : 0353-2511766 Email : [email protected] Fax : 0755-4271824 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) NORTHERN REGION Plot A, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar Goa Chandigarh (UT) Lucknow - 226 010 1st Floor, Salgaocar Centre, Block No. 3, Dakshin Marg Tel : 0522-2721950 - 52 Rua De Ourem, Panaji, Goa - 403 001 Sector 31-A, Chandigarh - 160 030 Fax : 0522-2721953 Tel : 0832 - 2422790 / 2422796/ 2232255 Tel : 0172-5022522 / 2607228 / Email : [email protected] Fax: 0832 2422790 / 2422796 / 2232255 2605868 / 2605614 Email : [email protected] Fax : 0172-2606259 / 2614974 SOUTHERN REGION Email : [email protected] Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) Mumbai (Maharashtra) 1-11-252/9, Regal House 105, Kakad Chambers, 1st Floor Delhi Plot No. 7, Moti Lal Nehru Nagar, 132 Dr Annie Besant Road IGSSS Building Begumpet, Hyderabad - 500 016 Worli, Mumbai - 400 018 28, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road Tel : 040-27765964/66/67/27765934 Tel : 022-24931790 New Delhi-110003, India Fax : +91-40-27766116 Fax : 022-24945831 / 24939463 Tel : 011-45772000 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Fax : 011-45772051 Email : [email protected] Bangalore (Karnataka) ZONAL/DISTRICT OFFICES No. 1086, 12th Main, HAL 2nd Stage EASTERN REGION Gurgaon Indiranagar, Bangalore - 560 008 Balasore 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Tel : 080-42889595 / 25276544 / 45 Confederation of Indian Industry Phase IV, Sector 18 Fax : 080-25276709 North Odisha Zonal Of½ce Gurgaon - 122 015 (Haryana) Email : [email protected] 3rd Floor, Glory Tower, Beside RTO Of½ce Tel : 0124-4014071 / 4014060-67 ITI Square, Balasore - 756001 Fax : 0124-4014070 Tel : 06782-267689 Email: [email protected] Fax : 06782-267689 CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 163 Haldia (West Bengal) SOUTHERN REGION Trichy (Tamil Nadu) Confederation of Indian Industry Chennai (Tamil Nadu) 6A, Lawsons Road, 3rd Floor, D-3/8, Swati Housing Complex 98/1, Velachery Main Road GVR Complex, Cantonment Hatiberia, Haldia - 721607, West Bengal Guindy, Chennai - 600 032 Trichy – 620 001 Tel : 03224-263656 Tel : 044-42444501/ 555 Tel : 0431 -2410641 / 4000641 Fax : 03224-262805 Fax : 044-42444510 Fax : 0431-2410655 Email: [email protected] Email : [email protected] Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) Room Nos. 7 & 8 Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) Centre of Excellence, Jubilee Road Unit No: B – 3A – 1 IV -Floor, D.No.40-15-9/3 Jamshedpur-831001, Jharkhand ²Elysium Central³ Nandamuri Road, Tel : 0657-2225213/2232637 Opposite to Indian Bank Brindavan Colony Fax : 0657-2225213 Near Carmel Garden School Lane Beside Grand Chandana Email: [email protected] Puliakulam Main Road Labbipet, Vijayawada – 520 010 Coimbatore – 641 045 Tel : 0866-2495967 Siliguri (Sikkim) Tel : 0422 -4044555 Email : [email protected] Confederation of Indian Industry Fax : 0422- 4044555 City Centre, Of½ce Block Email : [email protected] Vizag (Andhra Pradesh) FNO – 0313, Matigara Flat No. 3A, 4th Floor, Rednam Alcazar Siliguri – 734010, West Bengal Erode (Tamil Nadu) 10-12-01, Rednam Gardens Opp. SBI Main Tel : 0353-2511766 P & C Towers, III Floor Branch, Vishakapatnam – 530 002 Fax : 0353-2511766 140 Perundurai Road Tel : 0891- 2555535 Email : [email protected] Erode - 638 011 Fax : 0891-2555535 Mob : 09943009060 Email : [email protected] NORTHERN REGION Fax : 0424-2219060 Amritsar (Punjab) Email : [email protected] WESTERN REGION SCO No 32, Pal Plaza, Aurangabad (Maharashtra) District Shopping Centre, Ranjit Avenue, Madurai (Tamil Nadu) C/O Endress + Hauser Flowtech India Pvt Ltd Amritsar - 143 001 Plot No. 518, Ist Floor, 4th Main Road M-171 -176 MIDC Waluj, Tel : 0183-5061607 K K Nagar, Madurai – 625 020 Aurangabad - 431 001 Fax : 0183-5061607 Tel : 0452- 4391434 Tel : 0240- 2563600 Email : [email protected] Fax : 0452-2521705 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Ludhiana (Punjab) Bhavnagar (Gujarat) C/o Majestic Auto Ltd,C-48 Mysore (Karnataka) C/O-Steelcast Ltd, Ruvapari Road, Focal Point, Phase IV 113, Ground Floor, 8th Main, Bhavnagar - 364 005 Ludhiana - 141 010 Jayalakshmipuram, Mysore – 570 012 Tel : 0278 2519062 Tel : 0161-5029834 Tel : 0821 -2516319 / 2517003 Fax : 0278 2420589 Fax : 0161-2676241 Fax : 0821-2515513 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) Noida (Western Uttar Pradesh) Salem (Tamil Nadu) 17/18, 58 Madhuban Colony CMA Tower, A-2-E, Royal Towers Chhindwara - 480 001 Mezzanine Floor, Sector 24, II Floor, 185/2, New Bustand Road Tel : 07162 321577 / 321977 Noida - 201 301 (Uttar Pradesh) Meyyanoor, Salem - 636004 Email : [email protected] Tel : 0120-4345972-4 Tel : 0427 -2448255 Fax : 0120-4345970 Email : [email protected] Indore (Madhya Pradesh) Email : [email protected] 402, Sapphire Twins Trivandrum (Kerala) Scheme No.54 Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) No.2, Golf Links Road, Jawaher Nagar 16, A B Road, Indore Room No. 105, Directorate of Industries, Kawdiar, Tiruvananthapuram - 695003 Tel: 0731 - 4041694 / 4009061 Udyog Bhawan, Bemloe ,Shimla Tel : 0471 -3003995 Fax: 0731 - 4040390 Himachal Pradesh-171 002 Fax : 0471-2438922 Email: [email protected] Tel : 0177-2654323 Email : [email protected] Fax : 0177-2654323 Nagpur (Maharashtra) Email : [email protected] Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) C/O Calderys India Refactories 106J/30, First Street, Millerputam, 6th Floor Sidvi Towers Mount Road Srinagar (Jammu & kashmir) Thoothukudi – 628 008 Sadbar Nagpur - 440 001 HNO 318, MIG Colony, DA, Bemina Tel : 0461-2312177 Tel : 07104-660569 Srinagar-1900014 Fax : 0461-2312177 Email : [email protected] Tel : 099067-46669 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Kolhapur (Maharashtra) Bahrain United States of America C/o S B Reshellers Pvt Ltd Confederation of Indian Industry Confederation of Indian Industry 392, E Ward, hahupuri Bahrain Economic Development Board 1700 North Moore Street, Suite 1005 Near Basant Bahar Theater 8th Floor, Seef Tower, P O Box 11299 Arlington, Virginia 22209, USA Kolhapur – 416 001 Manama, Kingdom of BAHRAIN Tel : 00-1-703-807-0310 Tel : 0231-2658297 Tel : +973 1758 9688 Fax : 00-1-703-807-0315 Fax : 0231-2653365 Mob : +973 3417 0584 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Nasik (Maharashtra) China Sahakar Sampada, First ¾oor Confederation of Indian Industry MICO Employees Room No 11-A 47/49 Co-op Credit Society Bldg Shanghai Mart, 2299 G-32, MIDC, Trimbak Road Yanan Road (West), Shanghai 200336 (near Hotel Ginger), Satpur Peoples Republic of China Nashik-422007, India Tel : 0086-21-62360969 Telefa : 0253 2360226 Fax : 0086-21-32283510 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Pune (Maharashtra) Egypt Of½ce D, 10th Floor Confederation of Indian Industry Godrej Eternia-C, ‘B’ Wing 3 C/o Embassy of India Off Mumbai Pune Highway 5, Aziz Abaza Street, Zamlek Wakdewadi, Shivajinagar PO Box 718, Cairo, Postal Code 11211 Pune-411 005 Mob : +20 1099911470 Tel : 020 66075800 Email : [email protected] Fax : 020 66075822 Email : [email protected] France Confederation of Indian Industry Rajkot (Gujarat) 6, Passage des Arts, 75014 C/o Hem Engineering & Marine Services Paris 217, Panchanath Commercial Center, TeleFax : 0033-1-40475481 Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, Email : [email protected] Harihar Chowk, Rajkot - 360 001 Tel : 0281 3053357 Germany Email : [email protected] Confederation of Indian Industry Frankfurt am Main - Germany Surat (Gujarat) Phone :+491788074587 C/O-Sanghavi Exports International Pvt Ltd Email : [email protected] Light House, Near Sanghavi Diamond Ved Road, Surat - 395 002 Singapore Tel : 0261 3939516 (Southeast Asian Regional Email : [email protected] Representative Office) Confederation of Indian Industry Vadodara (Gujarat) C/o Singapore Chinese Chamber of 201-203, Abhishek Complex Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) Near Akshar Chowk, Old Padra Road 47, Hill Street, SCCCI Building 07-02 Vadodara - 390 020 Singapore 179365 Tel : 0265 - 6532016 /6532017 / 2327108 Tel : 0065-6-3334363 Email : [email protected] Fax : 0065-6-8830658 Email : [email protected] OVERSEAS OFFICES Australia United Kingdom Confederation of Indian Industry Confederation of Indian Industry P. O. Box No. 91 C/O Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Yarralumla, ACT 2600, Australia Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London Tel : 0061-2-62821551 EC4N 6HN Fax : 0061-2-62324218 Tel : 0044 20 7395 8085 Mob : 0061-404953712 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] CII ANNUAL REVIEW 2015-16 | 165 NOTES NOTES The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the development of India, partnering industry, Government, and civil society, through advisory and consultative processes. CII is a nongovernment, notforproÀt, industryled and industrymanaged organi]ation, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. Founded in 1895, India’s premier business association has around 8000 members, from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 200,000 enterprises from around 240 national and regional sectoral industry bodies. CII charts change by working closely with Government on policy issues, interfacing with thought leaders, and enhancing eciency, competitiveness and business opportunities for industry through a range of speciali]ed services and strategic global linkages. It also provides a platform for consensus-building and networking on key issues. Extending its agenda beyond business, CII assists industry to identify and execute corporate citi]enship programmes. 3artnerships with civil society organi]ations carry forward corporate initiatives for integrated and inclusive development across diverse domains including armative action, healthcare, education, livelihood, diversity management, skill development, empowerment of women, and water, to name a few. In its 120th year of service to the nation, the CII theme of Build India - Invest in Development: A Shared Responsibility, reiterates Industry’s role and responsibility as a partner in national development. The focus is on four key enablers: Facilitating Growth and Competitiveness, 3romoting Infrastructure Investments, Developing +uman Capital, and Encouraging Social Development. :ith oces, including 9 Centres of Excellence, in India, and 9 overseas oces in Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Singapore, UK, and USA, as well as institutional partnerships with 12 counterpart organi]ations in 10 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community. Confederation of Indian Industry The Mantosh Sondhi Centre 23, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi – 110 003 (India) T: 91 11 45771000 / 24629994-7 • F: 91 11 24626149 E: [email protected] • W: www.cii.in Follow us on: facebook.com/followcii twitter.com/followcii www.mycii.in Reach us via our Membership +elpline: 00-91-124-4592966 / 00-91-99104 46244 CII +elpline Toll free No: 1800-103-1244