Budget Boost for Science, Technology and Innovation
Union Budget emphasises on strengthening the R&D and innovation, technologies and start up ecosystem for opening up new vistas for post Covid economy. This will contribute significantly towards a strong, sustained economic revival, commented Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII in his article published by the New India Express on 2 March 2021.
Posted On: 02 Mar 2021

India Rises Above the Challenges Brought on by the Pandemic
"Implementation of a slew of schemes, along with targeted strategies to promote the champion sectors, will help transform the country into a global manufacturing hub", comments Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, in his article published in the Economic Times on 19th February 2021.
Posted On: 19 Feb 2021

Budget 2021 Puts Green Recovery at the Centre of Policy Framework
The Government has taken bold steps towards integrating environment and climate change in the first Budget of the decade and CII is confident that this will enable inclusive and sustainable growth, comments Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, in his article published in The Asian Age on 18 February 2021.
Posted On: 18 Feb 2021

Budget strikes the right balance
"The Finance Minister has unravelled a most consequential and pathbreaking Budget, which rightly catalyses growth with social inclusion; and has struck a delicate balance between lives and livelihood, growth and fiscal prudence," comments Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, DG, CII, in his article published in The Financial Express on 6 February 2021.
Posted On: 06 Feb 2021

A ''Never Before'' Budget for ''Never Before'' Times
"The multiplier effect of the capital expenditure can aid fiscal consolidation in medium term", comments Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, published in the LiveMint on 2 February, 2021.
Posted On: 02 Feb 2021

Bold Reforms in Vital Sectors to Catalyse Growth
"With the overall expenditure at INR 34.83 lakh crores this year, the quality of spending is moving in the right direction, as more money is being put into productive capital expenditure", comments Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, in his article published in the New Indian Express on 2 February 2021.
Posted On: 02 Feb 2021

Game-changer that will help enable growth with inclusion
"The budget has deployed various policy levers to rebuild the economy devastated by the pandemic and steer it towards full revival and growth", comments Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, in his article published The Asian Age on 2 February, 2021.
Posted On: 02 Feb 2021

Historic Budget with growth at its centre
Covid-19 has brought back attention to the topic of improving healthcare infrstructure", comments Mr Uday Kotak, President, CII, in his article published in the The Hindu on 2 February, 2021
Posted On: 02 Feb 2021

Rush of measures to drive economy
The Government has adeptly balanced the tightrope walk to increase spending, without going overboard, by focusing on critical sectors like healthcare and infrastructure, comments Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, in his article published in The Telegraph on 2 February, 2021.
Posted On: 02 Feb 2021

Government must think of many AIFs, rather than one bad bank: Mr Uday Kotak
One of the suggestions we have made from the CII is rather than thinking about just one single bad bank, where you have a big challenge of clearing price, allow floatation of multiple bad banks in the form of Alternate Infrastructure Funds registered under SEBI, comments Mr Uday Kotak, President, CII and Managing Director & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank, in his article published in The Hindu BusinessLine on 28 January 2021.
Posted On: 28 Jan 2021