Confederation of Indian Industry
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India, partnering industry and government alike through advisory and consultative processes.
CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation, playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded over 115 years ago, it is India's premier business association, with a direct membership of over 8100 organisations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 90,000 companies from around 400 national and regional sectoral associations.
CII catalyses change by working closely with government on policy issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business opportunities for industry through a range of specialised services and global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major emphasis is laid on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry to identify and execute corporate citizenship programmes. Partnerships with over 120 NGOs across the country carry forward our initiatives in integrated and inclusive development, which include health, education, livelihood, diversity management, skill development and environment, to name a few.
CII has taken up the agenda of “Business for Livelihood” for the year 2010-11. Businesses are part of civil society and creating livelihoods is the best act of corporate social responsibility. Looking ahead, the focus for 2010-11 would be on the four key Enablers for Sustainable Enterprises: Education, Employability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. While Education and Employability help create a qualified and skilled workforce, Innovation and Entrepreneurship would drive growth and employment generation.
With 64 offices in India, 9 overseas in Australia, Austria, China, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, UK, and USA, and institutional partnerships with 223 counterpart organisations in 90 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business community.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
MFPI was set up in July, 1988 to give an impetus to development of food processing industries in the country. A strong and Dyanmic food processing sector plays a vital role in diversification and commercialization of agriculture, enhance shelf life, ensures value addition to the agricultural produce, generates employment, ehances income of farmers and creates surplus for export of agro foods. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries is concerned with formulation and implementation of the policies and plans for the food processing industries within the overall national priorities and objectives. The Ministry acts as a catalyst for bringing in greater investment into this sector, guiding and helping the industry, encouraging exports and creating a conducive environment for healthy growth of the food processing industry. Within these overall objectives, the Ministry aims at :1) Better utilization and value addition of agricultural produce. (2) Minimizing wastage at all stages in the food processing chain by development of infrastructure for storage, transportation and processing of agro- food produce. (3) Induction of modern technology into the food processing industries. (4) Encouraging R &D in food processing for product and process development and improved packaging (5) Providing policy support, promotional initiatives and phsyical facilities to promote value added exports. countries.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce besides formulating and implementing the Foreign Trade Policy, is also entrusted with responsibilities relating to multilateral and bilateral commercial relations, state trading, export promotion measures and development and regulation of certain export oriented industries and commodities. The subjects under the administrative control of the Department are International Trade, Foreign Trade (Goods & Services), State Trading, Management Of The Indian Trade Services (ITS), Special Economic Zones, Export Products And Industries And Trade Facilitation. The Department is functionally organized into eight Functional Divisions and its jurisdiction extends over two Attached Offices, eleven Subordinate Offices, ten Autonomous Bodies, several Export Promotion Councils (EPCs), other Organizations, Advisory Bodies and Public Sector Undertakings.
