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Volume 42 No 11 November 2020

Mindspace 15 Making Healthcare Accessible and Affordable Spotlight 21 Marketing Innovation in the Next Normal Focus 2

plus Engaging with the World building capacity sectorscape Portfolio for Excellence REGIONAL REVIEW AND MORE

cover story 03 Digitalizing India s Agriculture and Food Business

Technology adoption is a very critical element in the Government s agri reforms and the cover feature this issue eval

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Digitalizing India s Agriculture and Food Business

The Government s focussed reforms along with large-scale application of next gen technologies such as digital agricul

Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development of Agriculture

Indian food and agriculture sector is a critical element in the growth and development of the Indian economy, given t

the Government to boost the agriculture sector, such as the three game-changer Farm Bills; earmarking 1 lakh crore f

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IT solutions for traceability to create and ideal dairy ecosystem in country At the conference on agri inputs, Mr D

developing healthier, cost efficient, quality and consumer connected packaging The key takeaways from this conferenc

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Direct Benefits Transfer 2 0 will help in decision making by analyzing real time information on demand vs supply basi

Implementation of agriculture centric policy by the Government of India will provide a much required fillip to the ru

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Universal PDS scheme launched in 2019 and approximately 85% of population of Chhattisgarh state are getting food supp

Shifting to more resilient, productive, and sustainable agriculture and food systems is crucial for improving food pr

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The Objective of the NHB is to development hi-tech commercial horticulture, post-harvest infra-structure, integrated

Subsidy by Government and MAP is helping increasing farmers income in the state The Center for Aromatic Plants (CAP)

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The UK is already working closely with India as a joint force for good on climate change Jan Thompson, Acting High C

CII Agro & Food Tech 2020 has been a week-long of learning with experts from various walks of agriculture deliberatin

Advanced Technologies Reshaping Indian Agriculture - Digital Agriculture Although efforts to digitalize Indian agricu

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The Government s interventions will rightly set the stage for a long-term engagement between the farmers and the valu

Proactive action from the Government of India on pushing the agri marketing reforms agenda aimed towards One Nation,

augment the scale of production Towards meeting the requirement of farm infrastructure creation, Agri Infrastructure

Enhancing Uptake of Technology in Agriculture

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Since its inception in 1994, CII Agro Tech has brought together agribusiness communities from all around the world, s

be a platform for digital delivery of capacity building programs for FPOs on good agricultural practices, specified t

Taking Indian Agriculture to New Heights

The CII Agro & Food Tech, organized bi-annually since 1994, has been part of CII s concerted effort to bring together

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In line with the Prime Minister s vision of leveraging information technology in agriculture and allied sector, and t

entrepreneurs A total of 25 teams comprising of 4-5 students each were formed to work on the problem areas ranging f

Promoting Innovation for Reducing Food Loss

A total of 25 teams were formed to work on the problem areas ranging from management of perishables; electronic tradi

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Making Healthcare Accessible and Affordable

We are currently on track to achieve universal health coverage for all It is imperative that we must not lose focus

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The Indian healthcare scenario presents a spectrum of contrasting landscapes The inequality that exists within the u

penetrate health insurance for all The sessions were curated specifically to address the various pain-points and con

Addressing Barriers to Universal Health Coverage

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be explored Another critically important step will be to offer coverage for MSME workers One of the biggest concern

Health, education and nutrition is absolutely essential to develop the human resources in every country Only if peop

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There exists an opportunity in health insurance to increase participation and drive penetration through the combinati

India s healthcare ecosystem has evolved since the time of independence and is currently at a very critical juncture

ESIC, ECHS, CGHS covers close to 15-18 crore people Finally, around 12 crore people are covered through private insu

Nudging Towards Universal Health Coverage

and if any delay arises if the insurance provider fails to decide on a claim within 30 days, it will be required to p

indirect suggestions as ways to influence the behaviour and decision making of groups and individuals This approach

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Marketing Innovation in the Next Normal

The summit deliberated on effective strategies that would help decision makers tide over the current crisis and build

The CII Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for Leadership (CII-SNCEL) organized the 4th edition of the Marketing Lead

with participants including Prof Tim Calkins, Clinical Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwes

Prof Tim Calkins, Clinical Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Prof Jan-Benedict E M Steenkamp, C Knox Massey Distinguished Professor of Marketing, Kenan-Flagler Business School, U

Harshavardhan Neotia, Chairman, CII-SNCEL and Chairman, Ambuja Neotia Group

Prof Nirmalya Kumar, Lee Kong Chian Professor of Marketing, Singapore Management University

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a coordinated strategy that entailed better brands, enhancing their value proposition by deploying an integrative adv

Marketers are now being forced to adapt by reinventing their marketing models to ensure sales and business continuity

Rama Bijapurkar, Management Consultant

Bharat Puri, Chairman, CII National Committee on FMCG and Managing Director, Pidilite Industries

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Building Value and Business Resilience Through Green

Organizations that lean towards green and sustainability are those that have realized the importance of building capa

With the entire world focusing on a crucial economic recovery, the recently held GreenCo Summit underlined that green

current scenario has provided an opportunity for industries to re-look at the building blocks and to build back bette

Jamshyd N Godrej, Past President, CII and Chairman, CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre and MD, Godrej & Boyce

Dr Rene VAN BERKEL, Representative at United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

Mahendra Singhi, MD & CEO, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd and President, Cement Manufacturers Association

R Mukundan, MD & CEO, Tata Chemicals Ltd

Narayan Krishnamohan, MD, BASF India Ltd

Pradeep Bhargava, Chairman, CII GreenCo Summit 2020

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The Master Speaker Sessions were aimed at addressing various areas of importance Mr Paul Polman, former Chief Execut

The session on Green as a Corporate Strategy emphasized that business and sustainability goals cannot operate as stan

Paul Polman, Former Chief Executive of Unilever

Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, Senior Economist, UNFSS & Coordinator, UNCTAD

Nadir B Godrej, Managing Director, Godrej Industries Ltd

Raghuttama Rao, CEO, Gopalakrishnan- Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IIT Madras

Victoire de Margerie, Vice President, World Materials Forum

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During the session on Building Green, Responsible, Resilient Products & Processes, it was emphasized that designing f

chain that can innovate by being responsible There is an urgent need to invest in mitigation and resilience-building

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The impact of air pollution is widespread and deep It leads not only to increased expenditure on healthcare but also

The Key to Controlling Pollution due to Stubble Burning

The economic case for better crop residue management looks promising, but further investments are required in the sec

released into the atmosphere An estimated 10 15 billion litres of water was saved in the project villages in just on

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Financial Market

Enhancing Steel Consumption in Rural Areas CII in association with the Ministry of Steel organized a webinar on Aatma

Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Steel and Petroleum & Natural Gas

Faggan Singh Kulaste, Minister of State for Steel

Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Food Processi

Rebooting Economy through Financial Market Reforms The economy is fighting to come out of the pandemic induced slowdo

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demand stimulus including infrastructure spending and a possible package for the hospitality sector A generic push

Building a Self-reliant Indian Aerospace Industry The 15th edition of the international conference on energising Indi

of the Government and exhorted the industry to rise to the occasion He emphasized on the importance of R&D for devel

Defence and Aerospace

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Over the past few years, the Indian defence industry has been galvanised through progressive policy and procedural re

Blair, CEO, Lockheed Martin India said that agreements that have been put in place over the last decade gives a treme

Handling Waste More Responsibly To encourage better waste management across the country, CII has been working towards

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A New Era of Indian Digital Gaming Industry The Government of Telangana has taken a focused approach for promoting th

Waste Management

Prof K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India

Martina Tauberová, Deputy Minister, EU Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade, The Czech Republic

Dr Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Grand Jury, CII 3R Awards and Chairman, Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission

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India, the Number One Choice for Future Investments

India has emerged as one of the top three choices for overseas investments in the next 2-3 years, according to the FD

cities as well as financial sector reforms will also help in establishing India as a favorable destination for FDI F

The respondents of the CII - EY FDI Survey of MNCs have pinned down market potential, skilled workforce, and politica

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AFRICA Kenya Exploring Business Opportunities India Kenya trade stands at USD 2 2 billion with trade balance in fa

spoke about climate change and the EU green deal He mentioned that India will soon be leading the G20 in 2022 and wi

European Union Collaborating with EU Countries With an aim to explore how the dynamics between India and the EU could

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Engaging with the World

Kamal Bali, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on TCM, and President & MD, Volvo Group India Pvt Ltd

Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation and Former Ambassador of India to Italy

Kalyan Ram Madabhushi, CEO, Global Chemicals; Group Business Head - Fertilizers & Insulators, Aditya Birla Group

Ugo Astuto, Ambassador of the European Union to India

Suresh Prabhu, India s Sherpa to G20 & G7, Member of Parliament

Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that its mandate to promote the commercial interests of Kenyans,

digital connections The digital platform will not only bridge the gap but will also acquire space of its own H E Mr

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india and the world

Ashish Sinha, Deputy High Commissioner of India to Kenya

Willy Bett, Kenya High Commissioner to India

Dr Francis Owino, Principal Secretary, State Department for Industrialisation, Republic of Kenya

Lt Gen Dr Sibusiso B Moyo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Government of Zimbabwe

Arijit Datta Chowdhury, Member, CII Africa Committee and Vice President & Head International, Ashok Leyland Ltd

R Masakui, Ambassador, Embassy of India, Harare

in implementation; the bilateral investment treaty between India and Zimbabwe is still in abeyance and the relevant a

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india and the world

provisional economies and having a multi sectoral approach to SEZs Mr Vijay Bahl, Chief Operating Officer, Varun Bev

Vijay Bahl, Chief Operating Officer, Varun Beverages (Zimbabwe) Ltd

Dr Godfrey Majoni Chipare, Ambassador, Embassy of Zimbabwe, New Delhi

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Building Capacity

Encouraging GrampreneursTM through Mentorship After months of struggling with lost orders, sick employees and myriad

Mr Nawathe adds that her success especially during the COVID-19 pandemic will inspire many young women to carve their

Empowering Youth

EPS

Siddharth Salunke

The Food and Beverage industry has had its own share of problems during the pandemic as Neelima, a BYST GrampreneurTM

Promoting the Start-up Ecosystem In an effort to promote start-ups and encourage regional co-operation among start-up

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and Start-Up India launched the first SCO Start-up Forum on 27 October We have a billion minds to tackle a million p

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Ministry of Railways, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution

Building Capacity

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Portfolio for Excellence

MSME Competitiveness

Food Regulations and Compliances With progressive changes in the food regulatory ecosystem, it has become essential t

Food and Agriculture

Building Competence in Industrial and Electrical Safety Safe and healthy work environments improve

employee morale and more satisfied employees increase productivity Every year, businesses spend company profits on w

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Manufacturing Excellence

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standard, develop effective communication and motivate people to effectively adopt standard Lean Manufacturing Strat

develop, but finding a way to prevent them During the current pandemic situation, many organizations are facing prob

Managing Foreign Currency Exposures Foreign exchange rate is highly unpredictable Although companies cannot control

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Labour Reforms, 29 Central Labour Laws have been consolidated in to 4 Labour Codes These codes are expected to reduc

transforming into digital supply networks (DSNs), where functional silos are broken down and organizations become con

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SPECIAL FEATURE

Looking Back 125 Years of CII

CII completes 125 years of its momentous journey as a preferred and valuable partner of Government, industry and civi

CII strongly believes that partnership and cooperation between Industry, Government and civil society is the key to e

for smaller industry-specific associations ASCON is an important forum that brings together over 3 lakh members thro

Growing with Partners

To give the flagship initiative a larger mandate, India 75 was registered as a Foundation Trust on 13 July 2012 Over

for career women The thought behind the formation of IWN was that career women require a structured network to meet

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SPECIAL FEATURE

organizes conferences on increases knowledge and understanding of unique family businesses issues NFCG National Foun

The Government of India has been refining policies to promote self-reliance, indigenization, technology upgradation a

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SPECIAL FEATURE

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Regional Review

Polygon

Way Forward for the Tea Industry The objective of the CII Tea Conclave, held virtually on 7 October, was to connect t

11th CII Energy Conclave CII Eastern Region organized the second phase of the 11th Edition of Energy Conclave on 3 Oc

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regional review

CII Eastern Region organized a virtual session on rebooting and exploring new opportunities in the Indian textile sec

of India (QCI) organized a two-day session on best practices on implementation of total quality management in manufac

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regional review

showcased the need of digital technologies required for better control on critical energy efficiency aspects To carr

conducted an interactive session with the attendees which mainly focused on how the artisans can develop a more susta

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northern Region

regional review

North EastERN Region

CII calls on High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India In order to boost trade relations with Tripura and Bangladesh,

Powering Himachal Pradesh The 1st edition of Himachal Pradesh Power Conclave was organized with the theme Making Hima

Rekindling Aspirations for Women Leaders CII Indian Women Network (IWN) West Bengal organized the Women Leaderprene

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regional review

crisis industry must work on reskilling their workforce Technology is redefining the future of work, to produce a ri

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regional review

southern Region

Betting on the Power of Millennials CII-Young Indians Telangana organized a Millennial Summit with the theme The Indo

and manufacturing them in bulk for millions of people across the country as well as for the world Mr Krishna Bodanap

G Kishan Reddy, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India

Etela Rajender, Minister of Health Medical and Family Welfare Department, Government of Telangana

R B Udayakumar, Minister for Revenue, Disaster Management and IT, Government of Tamil Nadu

Anil Srivastava, Principal Consultant & Mission Director, National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Sto

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regional review

The way mobility is changing is transforming the overall mobility for last mile connectively, first mile connectivity

Encouraging R&D in Refrigeration Technologies CII s Tamil Nadu Technology Development & Promotion Centre organized th

Sandeep Singh, Chairman, CII Karnataka State Council and Managing Director, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Pv

B Thiagarajan, Deputy Chairman, CII Western Region & Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd

Sudhir Garg, Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Government of India

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regional review

Creating a Roadmap for Gujarat's Chemical Sector The CII Gujarat Chemical Conclave: Challenges & Way Forward was orga

economic activities, he added Addressing the participants, Dr Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister of Goa said that the Sta

Suresh Prabhu, India s Sherpa for G20 & G7 Summit and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

Rajesh Tope, Minister for Public Health and Family Welfare, Government of Maharashtra

Babul Supriyo, Minister of State, Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India

Enhancing Long Term Profitability CII Goa in association with Institute of Quality organized a sensitization session

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regional review

CII Tax Conference CII in association with Nexdigm (SKP) organized a two-day conference on 15 and 16 October with the

Amitesh Bharat Singh, Additional Director General, DGTS

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Anecdotal evidence

For many diplomatic families, Diwali in the Indian embassies is a much-anticipated festival, reinvigorating our spiri

for people voting in the US and in Bihar on election days, COVID-19 did not appear to be a consideration There is a

Strange Festivities

COVID-19 has followed varying paths of infection incidence in different countries depending on their ability to contr

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