Project to empower women in agriculture
The FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) recently launched a project to empower women in agriculture and is working on key three initiatives. Harjinder Kaur Talwar, national president of FLO, told The Hindu
The FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) recently launched a project to empower women in agriculture and is working on key three initiatives. Harjinder Kaur Talwar, national president of FLO, told The Hindu
Correspondence between FICCI and Indian Musical Industry concerning judicial roundtable organized by the Maharashtra State Judicial Academy in collaboration with FICCI.
Correspondence between Microsoft and FICCI concerning judicial roundtable organized by the Maharashtra State Judicial Academy in collaboration with FICCI.
Industry body, FICCI has asked the Election Commission to clarify on environment clearances for projects as they are held up due to the model code of conduct. FICCI has asked the Election Commission to issue clarifications to the Environment Ministry on the continuation of the grant of environment and forest clearances for projects while the model code of conduct is in place.
New Delhi Industry body Ficci on Friday said the Centre should relook at certain clauses of the proposed Land Acquisition Bill such as role of state governments and the entitlements for the private sector, prior to placing it before the Cabinet. The Group of Ministers on Land Acquisition Bill, headed by agricultural minister Sharad Pawar, had approved the proposed legislation with changes last month. In a letter to Pawar, Ficci president R V Kanoria said state governments should also help in land acquisition for the private sector other than public purpose projects.
The exports have increased substantially in the last 2-3 years Trade body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) has urged the Union ministry of commerce and industry to ban bauxite exports fearing closure of alumina refineries for shortage of the key raw material required to produce alumina. “India has a large and developed aluminum industry. But the industry is today at cross roads primarily owing to severe shortage of raw materials, forcing plant closure and jeopardizing employment,” Arnab Kumar Hazra, Director, Ficci wrote to SR Rao, Union Commerce Secretary.
NAGPUR: The cash-strapped Nagpur Municipal Corporation moved one step ahead as far as its dream of getting central funds under Smart City project is concerned. A 10-member team of experts from Federation
Industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) has suggested the proposed land acquisition Act should apply to the private companies only if they buy 500 acres or more, instead of the 100 acres as suggested in the draft law. “The industry feels the threshold of 100 acres is very low for projects, especially in rural areas and this may only encourage smaller and fragmented holdings particularly in the mining sector. Hence, this threshold needs to be increased to at least 500 acres,” Ficci said.
New Delhi: Ficci has called on the private sector for an enhanced role to convert waste into wealth.
New Delhi: Industry chambers Ficci and the CII both announced their respective 100-day agendas for the new government. Expressing satisfaction with the new government, Ficci
A list of reservations expressed by CII and FICCI regarding the land Bill. Industry has expressed apprehension on several points in the Land Acquisition Bill, which might be taken for discussion in Parliament
New Delhi Industry body Ficci has told the Supreme Court that the auction method (i.e. a market-based system) adopted in allocation of natural resources can “indeed be successful in effectively distributing natural resources” if conducted openly and fairly. Ficci, in its reply to the Presidential Reference in the 2G spectrum case, said the most countries favour the auction process in allocation of scarce natural resources - mines and minerals, coal, petroleum, natural gas, land, spectrum, water, forest and forest produce - and even in India a preference over the years seems to be emerging in favour of the auction process .
Ficci released its economic agenda for the central government that would assume office after the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. Ficci president Y. K. Modi said at a press conference here that the
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has suggested that the proposed land acquisition Act should apply to private companies only if they buy 500 acres or more, instead of
Ahmedabad : With Gujarat gearing up to unveil a new tourism policy two months down the line, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has mooted an aggressive marketing-focused approach to pitch the state as an international tourism hot spot.
Trade boost: The Minister of State for Commerce, Mr Jairam Ramesh, with his Myanmarese counterpart, Brig Gen Tin Naing Thein, at an interactive meeting organised by FICCI in the Capital on Thursday.
The Excel group is changing with the times. The agro-chemicals leader has taken a lead in the country to develop biopesticides and manage solid waste by converting it into organic compost. The company CMD, Ashwin C Shroff, spoke to FE on the sidelines of the recently concluded Ficci Environment Conclave to emphasise upon the need to have an integrated approach to sustainable waste management. Shroff is also chairman of the Ficci environment committee. Excerpts: How big is the environment technology market in India?
The divergent recommendations on how government should acquire land made by the National Advisory Council and the Uttar Pradesh government has split industry down the middle. Shedding any pretense of reconciling differences, the two leading industrial chambers, Ficci and CII issued clashing statements on Friday.
New Delhi: In India, food safety and standards are neglected topic despite being directly related to public health. According to a survey conducted by Ficci, almost 30% of the respondents, bulk of whom were from the food processing industry, were unaware that Food Safety and Standards Act (FSSA) is mandatory to implement. The respondents were not even aware about the existence of such an Act.
Recognizing the potential for accelerating South Asian regional cooperation and integration, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) joined hands to undertake an exploration of key issues concerning trade facilitation and other impediments to private sector led development and integration in South Asia.