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BRIEF
PROFILE
FICCI is the rallying point for free
enterprises in India. It has empowered Indian businesses,
in the changing times, to shore up their competitiveness
and enhance their global reach.
With a nationwide membership of over
1500 corporates and over 500 chambers of commerce and
business associations, FICCI espouses the shared vision
of Indian businesses and speaks directly and indirectly
for over 2,50,000 business units. It has an expanding
direct membership of enterprises drawn from large, medium,
small and tiny segments of manufacturing, distributive
trade and services. FICCI maintains the lead as the
proactive business solution provider through research,
interactions at the highest political level and global
networking.
Set up in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma
Gandhi, FICCI is the largest and oldest apex business
organization of Indian business. Its history is very
closely interwoven with the freedom movement. FICCI
inspired economic nationalism as a political tool to
fight against discriminatory economic policies. That
commitment, drive and mission continue in the ever-changing
economic landscape of India, chasing always newer agenda.
In the knowledge-driven globalized
economy, FICCI stands for quality, competitiveness,
transparency, accountability and business-government-civil
society partnership to spread ethics-based business
practices and to enhance the quality of life of the
common people
Core Competence
- A reservoir of experience and expertise in diverse
fields
- Quality service provider
- Forum for continuous government-industry interface
for evolving a shared vision on economic matters
- Information superhighway for corporates in India
and abroad
- Rallying point for track-two business diplomacy
for promoting global trade and investment
- Professional Committees on all segments of the economy
- Highly trained, experienced and accomplished multidisciplinary
intellectual capital as its Secretariat
- Internationally acclaimed state-of-the-art office
infrastructure for conferences, board meetings and
business consultations
- Specialized organizations and think-tanks to address
the present and futuristic issues and challenges
- Strong database with connectivity to every conceivable
networks to access and provide data online to industry,
government and business organizations
- Professional approach for evolving quick solutions
to economic and industrial issues
- Perspective groups to visualize the future challenges
and requirements of the industry
- International Business Forum to help and guide
overseas business partners
- Institutionalized advisory groups to provide customized
consultancies in quality assurance, energy auditing
and sustainable and environmental issues
- A state-of-the-art food testing laboratory which
has been the referral point for the emerging multi-billion
food industry in the country
- Well-conceived social outreach programmes targeted
at the civil society
- Strong global connectivities
World-Class Infrastructure
Located in the heart of New Delhi,
in a sprawling compound, FICCI headquarters have the
world-class infrastructure. There are seven different
halls having capacities ranging from 16-600 - a meeting
hub for business leaders.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of FICCI consists
of industry leaders who hold a pride of place in the
business landscape of the country. Among them are some
of the key innovators, wealth creators and employment
providers. Their contributions to the national economy
are immense and varied.
Intellectual Capital
Highly qualified multidisciplinary
Secretariat consisting of economists, MBAs, IT professionals,
fiscal and financial analysts, lawyers, etc., who can
provide business solutions and guidance on industry
issues like quality, market access, taxation, economic
policies, etc. The intellectual capital is ever-expanding
to address newer areas and wider issues.
FICCI National
Affairs
FICCI has played a proactive role in
evolving the economic policies of the nation both in
the pre-Independence and post-Independence period. The
Government has been consulting FICCI while evolving
and implementing all major economic policies of the
country. The Government of India Act of 1936, Bombay
Plan, Five-Year Plans, etc. are some of the major economic
policy instruments that were discussed threadbare in
the FICCI forum. That partnership between the Government
and FICCI continues. Thirty-four specialized committees
of FICCI on diverse segments of the economy grapple
with sectoral issues on a day-to-day basis to provide
solutions to business and to suggest pragmatic policies
to the Government.
Global Connectivities
From Nikita Khrushchev to Vladimir
Putin, President Eisenhower to Clinton were the hosts
of FICCI. That unique international networking and interactions
at the highest level have helped the Indian business
community to expand their business horizon. From the
League of Nations (the precursor to the United Nations)
to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), FICCI has maintained
organic relationships, which have blossomed into effective
partnerships and exchange of ideas. Consultations with
the heads of multilateral organizations like UNIDO,
UNEP, ILO, GATT, WTO, World Bank, IFC,
WIPO, ADB, etc have been a feature of FICCI activities
to strike credible communication channels with these
organizations to amplify the business point of view
on developmental matters. These track two business consultations
with multilateral organizations have resulted in forging
effective partnerships in implementing projects and
reinforcing the views of developing countries in the
global development agenda.
Joint Business
Councils
Joint Business Councils (JBCs). FICCI's
track two business diplomacy with India's trading partners,
open up new business opportunities to Indian businessmen
with overseas investors, technology suppliers, multilateral
and bilateral funding agencies. JBCs formed with over
69 countries, including the US, Japan, South Korea,
Australia and the People's Republic of China regularly
meet to take stock of the bilateral issues and to frame
newer policy initiatives to take the two-way trade and
investment to newer heights.
FICCI is also
the nodal point for the Indian Chapters of:
- Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (CACCI)
- G-15 Federation of Chamber of Commerce, Industry
and Services (G-15 FCCIS)
- Indian Ocean Rim Business Forum (IORBF)
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- SAARC Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FICCI Annual General Meetings
Annual General Meetings of FICCl have
been important national economic events. The contemporary
developmental issues facing the nation are discussed
and debated by the political leadership, business and
the academia. These events have helped the Government
of India to take stock of the developmental initiatives
and to evolve policy corrections based on industry responses.
FICCI has always stood behind the nation
in the hour of crisis. It is committed to free enterprise
and competition. That is the key to enhance the quality
of life of the people and to build a new, dynamic and
vibrant India.
Think Tank
FICCI Think Tank consists of eminent
economists, planners, civil servants and industrialists
who meet regularly in structured monthly meetings to
discuss important macro level issues confronting the
nation. A background note for the meetings is usually
prepared by one of the distinguished economists and
final recommendations will be submitted to the Government.
Services
Allied Organisations
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Confederation of Indian Food Trade and Industry
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Socio
- Economic Development Foundation (SEDF) |
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All India Organisation of Employers (AIOE) |
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All India Shippers Council (AISC) |
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Indian
Council of Arbitration (ICA) |
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International
Chambers of Commerce (ICC India) |
Forum of Parliamentarians
- The India-U.S. Forum of Parliamentarians
- The Indo-British Forum of Parliamentarians
- The Indo-German Forum of Parliamentarians
- The India-European Union Forum of Parliamentarians
- The India-Japan Forum of
Parliamentarians
- The India-Singapore Forum of Parliamentarians
- The India-Pakistan Forum
of Parliamentarians
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