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भविष्य में विकसित भारत के निर्माण में शिक्षा और उद्योग जगत की संयुक्त भूमिका को सशक्त बनाने की दिशा में बीएचयू और भारतीय उद्योग परिसंघ ने एक महत्वपूर्ण साझेदारी की शुरुआत की है। काशी संवाद 2025 में विश्वविद्यालय के मालवीय मूल्य अनुसंधान केंद्र में दो
Varanasi: In the spirit of Kashi Samvaad 2025, which brought together policymakers, experts, academics, industry leaders, and key stakeholders to shape the roadmap for Viksit Bharat 2047
In the spirit of Kashi Samvaad 2025, which brought together policymakers, experts, academics, industry leaders, and key stakeholders to shape the roadmap for Viksit Bharat 2047
बनारस हिंदू विश्वविद्यालय (बीएचयू) और भारतीय उद्योग परिसंघ (सीआईआई) ने विकसित भारत 2047 के लक्ष्य को प्राप्त करने के लिए एक समझौता ज्ञापन पर हस्ताक्षर किए। इस सहयोग का उद्देश्य भारत को 2047 तक एक विकसित राष्ट्र बनाने के लिए मिलकर काम करना और सहभागिता को बढ़ावा देना है।
बीएचयू के मालवीय मूल्य अनुशीलन केंद्र में काशी संवाद कार्यक्रम के दौरान पूर्व मुख्य सचिव अवनीश अवस्थी ने कहा कि बनारस अब बदल चुका है।
बीएचयू के मालवीय मूल्य अनुशीलन केंद्र में आयोजित काशी संवाद कार्यक्रम में प्रशासन और नीति निर्माण से जुड़े कई महत्त्वपूर्ण पहलुओं पर चर्चा हुई। पूर्व मुख्य सचिव अवनीश अवस्थी ने कहा कि काशी ने पिछले कुछ वर्षों में अद्भुत परिवर्तन देखा है।
Uttar Pradesh, with its rich cultural heritage and human capital, is uniquely placed to catalyse India's inclusive development.
India stands at a critical juncture in its development journey. As the world's fastest growing large economy.
SANGRUR, India, Nov 17 (Reuters) - To combat the worsening air in India's capital New Delhi, several farmers in the neighbouring northern state of Punjab are packing off crop stubble to factories for recycling instead of torching it.
Traditionally, stubble burning has been the quickest way for farmers to clear fields between rice harvesting and wheat sowing, typically in early to mid-November
Stubble burning every winter is a major contributor to New Delhi being one of the world's most polluted cities, with the smoke combining with vehicle exhaust, dust and remaining trapped in atmosphere
Tree Plantation Drive at Village Judola, Farukh Nagar, Haryana
In a proud moment for Maharashtra, Ms Varsha Ankush Patil from Maharashtra - Kolhapur district was felicitated by Annpurna Devi, Hon’ble Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Govt of India at the CII Annual Business Summit 2025 for her pathbreaking work in grassroots education.
Levels of air pollution escalate sharply in parts of North India in early winters every year primarily due to residual stubble burning in the agricultural heartland of India – Punjab, Haryana, and parts of UP, Rajasthan and Delhi.
Maghawali, Fatehabad 20 March & Naiwala, Sirsa 21 March 2023 – Apraava Energy, in partnership with the CII.
K.J. Maxi MLA inaugurated the material recovery facility set up as part of the 'Chelote Chellanam' project being run in Chellanam in collaboration with CII Foundation, Chellanam Panchayat and GIC to enable sustainable waste management. Collector N.S.K. Umesh was present.
LG Ladakh inaugurates Solid Resource Waste Management Centre at Chushot Yokma
My Dream Is to Make Ladakh Number One UT in Five Years’, Says Lt Governor Ladakh
The CII Foundation announced the winners of the Woman Exemplar Award 2024 at the CII Annual Business Summit 2024 held in New Delhi today.
As part of our Waste Management initiative, the CII Foundation in partnership with HDFC Parivartan successfully organised a cleanliness drive in Leh Ladakh’s Kharu Main Market on 27 April 2024.
Stubble burning: Fire rages but the heat goes down
केंद्र सरकार द्वारा फसल अवशेष प्रबंधन का असर अब जमीनी स्तर पर दिखने लगा है। जानिए केंद्र के इस कार्यक्रम में CII कैसे अपनी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभा रहा है।
Stubble burning by farmers in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab leads to massive increase in air pollution across North India, and has become a political tool for parties as well.
Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, 31 October 2022: Over 200 farmers, industry and other key stakeholders.
The CII Foundation announced the Woman Exemplar Award 2023 winners at the CII Annual Session held in New Delhi today.
Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, March 16, 2023 – PTC India Limited and PTC India
Assandh, Karnal, Haryana, 3 March 2023: To promote sustainable agricultural practices, the CII Foundation and SBI Card jointly organized a Farmer Outreach Event.
No less than 12 districts of Punjab and Haryana” the biggest contributors to the food basket of India covering three lakh acres of farmland.
With stubble-burning again emerging as a major issue, experts say stubble management is a treasure trove that farmers can unlock with the help.
No less than 12 districts of Punjab and Haryana — the biggest contributors to the food basket of India covering three lakh acres of farmland of 50,000 farmers in 300 villages — has resulted in over 84 per cent reduction in stubble burning this season.
With stubble-burning again emerging as a major issue, experts say stubble management is a treasure trove that farmers can unlock with the help from all stakeholders as it has the potential for sound income.
Twelve districts of Punjab and Haryana, covering three lakh acres of farmland of 50,000 farmers in 300 villages, has resulted in over 84 per cent.
A joint director-level officer of the agriculture department, Punjab, has said that farm scientists and experts are to be blamed for the current.
Chandigarh, Nov 6 : Twelve districts of Punjab and Haryana, the biggest contributors to the food basket of India, covering three lakh acres of farmland of 50,000 farmers in 300 villages
While stubble burning is still a trending topic, Cll foundation has developed a crop residue management method in which a machine smashes rice.
While stubble burning is still a trending topic, Cll foundation has developed a crop residue management method in which a machine smashes rice and wheat stubble and mixes it in the soil rather than cutting, stacking, and tying.
CII and Goodyear are supporting farmers across 15 villages in Barnala covering 40,000 acres of farmland to adopt environment-friendly alternatives to stubble burning.
CII and Goodyear are supporting farmers across 15 villages in Barnala covering 40,000 acres of farmland to adopt environment-friendly alternatives to stubble burning.
Goodyear India partnered with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), to support farmers in Barnala, Punjab, to mitigate crop residue burning, a significant aggravator of air pollution.
Project Vayu Amrit Launched To Reduce Incidents Of Stubble Burning
The Confederation of Indian Industry partnered with Indian Oil Corporation to launch project 'Vayu Amrit', a crop residue management initiative, in Punjab's Sangrur on Wednesday.
चंडीगढ़। सीआईआई ने बुधवार को आईओसीएल के साथ मिलकर पंजाब के संगरूर में पराली प्रबंधन प्रोजेक्ट वायु अमृत की शुरुआत की। अभियान के तहत पराली जलाने के हानिकारक प्रभावों के बारे में जागरूकता पैदा करना,
Chandigarh, Oct 19 (PTI) The Confederation of Indian Industry partnered with Indian Oil Corporation to launch project ‘Vayu Amrit’, a crop residue management initiative, in Punjab’s Sangrur on Wednesday.
Chandigarh, Oct 19 (PTI) The Confederation of Indian Industry partnered with Indian Oil Corporation to launch project 'Vayu Amrit', a crop residue management initiative, in Punjab's Sangrur on Wednesday.
Crop residue burning should be avoided at all costs as it adversely impacts the environment, Sangrur's Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal said.
The CII partnered with Indian Oil Corporation to launch Project Vayu Amrit, a crop residue management initiative, in Sangrur today.
Technology must be leveraged to educate and employ the maximum number of women. Businesses can play a critical role in giving them equal opportunities.
The research evaluation committee of the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has recommended the smart seeder for directly sowing wheat into paddy residues.
CII Foundation conducts Covid-19 vaccination camps in JK
Stubble burning: Doraha college shows the way
PAU launches 'Green and clean campus' drive
Four individuals and one organization from Nagaland have been recognized today as ‘Women COVID-19 Vaccination Champion’ for their remarkable contribution in COVID-19 vaccination drive in the state.
President Kovind presented Nari Shakti Puraskar to Kamal Kumbhar for promoting women’s entrepreneurship in animal husbandry.
On the eve of Women’s Day, interacted with recipients of the Nari Shakti Puraskar. We are very proud of their accomplishments and their efforts to serve society.
Benefits of direct rice seeding inspire Ajnaud farmer to go for it
7,155 students vaccinated in 35 camps at govt schools
After reopening, vaccination drive picks up pace at schools
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Targets the lower-income groups and underserved communities across multiple locations in three states i.e. Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra
The case describes the problems in agricultural practices in the north-western states of India and the efforts of a non-governmental organization, CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CESD) and CII Foundation (CIIF), to address those problems.
If moving mountains is what it takes to prove one’s worth and mettle, women in our country have shown time and again their ability to lead by example and face overwhelming odds with tremendous self-belief, will and grace.
The Global Development Awards Competition (GDAC) is an innovative award scheme administered by GDN through the World Bank, with the generous support of the Government of Japan.
Reeta Kaushik, from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, has fought casteism at every turn. Having completed her post-graduation with great difficulty, she started Samudayik Kalyan Evam Vikas Sansthan (SKVS) that aids in vocational and skill training and has taken mainstream education to thousands of girls in villages.
Reset India : Women entrepreneurs: Forging new ground
CII Foundation announces winners of Woman Exemplar Award 2021
सीआईआई फाउंडेशन ने 20 अगस्त को सीआईआई फाउंडेशन वुमन एबल आदर्श अवार्ड 2021 (CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award 2021)
RAMBAN : Deputy Commissioner, Ramban, Mussarat Islam today inaugurated a five day skill training program organized by CII Foundation for ICDS Supervisors and Anganwadi workers on State ECCE curriculum.
DC Ramban inaugurates 6 day skill development training programme for Supervisors, AWWs, Helpers
India is home to 21 of the top 30 cities of the world that suffer from air pollution. We are aware that air pollution is the cause of over two million premature deaths in India.
Every year, farmers across Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan set fire to the paddy harvest residue in their fields to prepare the soil for the sowing of the wheat crop.
Bhimavva Chalwadi, a resident of Vasco, Goa, was forced into sex work at the age of 15 but has since worked for the rescue and rehabilitation of child sex workers, for which she won the CII Woman Exemplar Award in 2019.
Born into the family of a poor Adivasi farmer from the Agaria tribe in Barga, a village in the Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh, life offered Chandrakali Markam few choices.
CII sets up an equipment bank to lease out farm machinery to farmers so that they can give up the age-old practice of paddy residue burning without spending lakhs on machines
Deep in the heart of Marathwada region of Maharashtra, in the Tuljapur Taluka, are a group of women commanding the winds of change against patriarchy and domestic abuse.
As Northern India gets shrouded in smog clouds in yet another winter season, the spotlight is back on the issue of stubble burning.
CII VS AIR POLLUTION Battling pollution hazards amid pandemic
CII sets up an equipment bank to lease out farm machinery to farmers so that they can give up the age-old practice of paddy residue burning without spending lakhs on machines
CII Foundation Receives the UNSDG Action Award for its work on Crop Residue Management
On 29th September 2020, at the 3rd edition of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDG) Action Awards 2020, The Confederation of Indian Industry(CII) Foundation received the UNSDG Action Award 2020 from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
MoU Signing with Kerala Govt. for Kerala Rehabilitation Initiative
Cleaner Air, Better Life - Crop Residue Management Initiative - II
Cleaner Air, Better Life - Crop Residue Management Initiative - I
CII coverage on Air Pollution-21st OCT
Farmer Field Day – Crop Residue Management Initiative in Ludhiana
Farmer Field Day - Crop Residue Management Initiative Launch in Ludhiana
CII Foundation Crop Residue Management Project Launch Media Covergae
CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award 2018 Media Covergae
CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award 2017 Media Coverage
CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award 2016
Disaster damaged schools rebuilt by CII Foundation at Mulya, Bagwan
CII rebuilds disaster-damaged govt primary schools at Mulya, Bagwan
CII rebuilds disaster-damaged govt primary schools at Mulya, Bagwan
CII rebuilds disaster-damaged govt primary schools at Mulya, Bagwan
Inaugural of a Spinning Centre Production Unit at Kedar Valley, Uttarkhand by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Harish Rawat
Coverage of Woman Exemplar Award Programme
Job Fair for Persons with Disabilities
Building on the momentum of the inaugural day, Kashi Samvaad today brought together different stakeholders
Viksit Bharat can only be achieved through jan bhagidari. No nation can fulfil big aspirations without people’s.
A large-scale tree plantation drive was organised today at Village Judola in Farukh Nagar block, Gurugram district.
To mark International Widows Day 2025, the CII Foundation in partnership with The Loomba Foundation, hosted a program in Delhi.
These grassroots women have emerged out of small villages, overcome many challenges to emerge as champions of change and are shaping India said Smt.
The CII Foundation, in collaboration with The Loomba Foundation and the Women’s Collective Forum launched the transformative initiative, Her Skill, Her Future, in New Delhi today.
HDFC Bank, India’s leading private sector bank, the CII Foundation and the Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Department.
HDFC Bank, under its CSR brand, Parivartan, and the CII Foundation today launched a comprehensive Crop Residue Management.
The CII Foundation, in partnership with Cadence Design Systems, today organized a Farmer Outreach Event to expand its Crop Residue Management.
PTC India Financial Services Limited (PFS) and the CII Foundation, in partnership with the District Administration of Fatehgarh Sahib.
The CII Foundation, in partnership with HDFC Parivartan, today organized a comprehensive Farmer Outreach Event for Crop Residue Management (CRM) initiative in the Fatehabad district.
The CII Foundation announced the Woman Exemplar Award 2024 winners at the CII Annual Business Summit 2024 held in New Delhi today.
Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, 31 October 2022: Over 200 farmers, industry and other key stakeholders came together at a farmer-outreach event today.
The CII Foundation announced the Woman Exemplar Award 2023 winners at the CII Annual Session held in New Delhi today.
Maghawali, Fatehabad 20 March & Naiwala, Sirsa 21 March 2023 – Apraava Energy, in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, March 16, 2023 – PTC India Limited and PTC India Financial Services Limited (PFS), in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Assandh, Karnal, Haryana, 3 March 2023: To promote sustainable agricultural practices, the CII Foundation and SBI Card jointly organized a Farmer Outreach Event in Village Mardan Heri, Assandh, Karnal, Haryana.
Supports farmers across 15 villages in Barnala covering 40,000 acres of farmland to adopt environment-friendly alternatives to stubble burning.
Over 400 farmers, school children, women from the villages, Government officials and industry members participated in an event organised at Khanoura Village.
The CII partnered with Indian Oil Corporation to launch Project Vayu Amrit, a crop residue management initiative, in Sangrur today.
For corporate India, it is essential to see CSR as a pillar that holds up its business” said Mr Vineet Mittal, Chairman, CII National Committee on CSR 2021-22 and Chairman.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)’s work on crop residue management to curb air pollution received the Global Development Award 2021 under the Most Innovative Development Programme.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)’s work on crop residue management to curb air pollution received the Global Development Award 2021.
The CII Foundation announced the winners of the CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award 2021 on 20 August.
The CII Foundation’s work on crop residue management has been awarded the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG)
Jammu, 06 December 2019: CII Foundation in association with ICDS Department, Government of Jammu & Kashmir organized a half day Consultation workshop around improving Early Childhood Education
Confederation of Indian Industry and CII Foundation in association with Kailash Satyarthi Children’s foundation, organized the screening of Award-Winning Documentary.
Confederation of Indian Industry and CII Foundation in association with Kailash Satyarthi Children’s foundation, organized the screening of Award-Winning Documentary.
Confederation of Indian Industry and CII Foundation in association with Kailash Satyarthi Children’s foundation, organized the screening of Award-Winning Documentary.
To promote sustainable agricultural practices and mitigate effects of crop residue burning, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
To promote sustainable agricultural practices and mitigate effects of crop residue burning.
Delhi, 19 October 2019: To mitigate air pollution caused due to stubble burning, CII has adopted more than 100 villages and 100,000 acres of farm area in the districts of Ludhiana.
Farmer Field Day – Crop Residue Management Initiative Launch in Ludhiana
Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, presented three grassroots women leaders with the CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award 2019.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)
The Confederation of Indian Industry organized a farmer field day to interact and discuss on crop residue management in Govindgarh village in Raikot.
In the light of the current challenge of crop residue burning, leading to air pollution and degradation of soil quality, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Industry bodies Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Society for Indian Automobile Association organised a Project Launch Event on 17 Oct at village Jasso Majra.
Pertaining to the current challenge of crop residue burning, leading to air pollution and degradation of soil quality
The support received from the Confederation of Indian Industry and CII Foundation has strengthened the constitutional commitments in Nepal and paves way for providing basic health access to citizens of Nepal through this initiative.
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, presented the three grassroots women leaders with the CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award 2018.
CII Foundation handed over two well-equipped ambulances to the district administrations of Baramulla and Bandipora in J&K today.
CII Foundation handed over two solar and RO plants to government schools of Saharsa impacting 3500 students.
Orphaned at the age of 3, Ms Jayamma Bandari dropped out of school due to poverty.
Mr. Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, presented three extraordinary grassroot women leaders with the CII Foundation Woman Exemplar Award 2016.
CII Foundation handed over two of the newly re-constructed, disaster damaged schools as part of its Uttarakhand Disaster Rehabilitation Initiative.
On 14 April 2015 Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Shri Harish Rawat inaugurated the Production Unit Hon’ble CM with Chairman (spinning center) of Mandakini Mahila Bunker Samiti (MMBS) at village Bhanigram, Kedar valley.
Women Exemplars, working at the grassroot level, who have contributed significantly in the fields of Education and Health were presented with the Award by Mr Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister, Government of India.
The amended Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rules focus on the impact and scale of CSR projects, re-emphasising that companies can come together to collaborate on initiatives.