State-Business Interface Meeting (SBIM) Effective regulation of Pharmaceutical Industry for Better Business
December 11, 2013, New Delhi

CUTS in order to take the discussion forward on exploring how phama firms could promote Business Responsibility (BR) and behave as better business in India given the public interest interface of the industry, is organising a State-Business Interface Meeting on 11th December, 2013 in New Delhi. The meeting would try to facilitate a discourse among senior policy makers and industry leaders in the pharmaceutical sector, to develop a common understanding on feasibility and importance of BR in the sector. It would also help develop clarity on the role that central and state governments, regulatory agencies and business associations need to play in moving this agenda forward. Further, one of the anticipated outcomes from the event would be identification of positive changes that can be brought about in the process of implementing policies and regulations in the pharmaceutical sector to promote responsible business. It would also throw some light on the manner in which some of the key stakeholders need to improve their interactions. More...

Stakeholder Consultation Meeting on National Public Procurement Policy in India
December 10, 2013, Jaipur

CUTS International with support from the British High Commission, is organising a half-day stakeholder consultation in Jaipur on 10th December, 2013 in Jaipur.

CUTS International is organising a series of regional stakeholder consultations to understand their experience in public procurement system and to obtain stakeholder-inputs on (draft) policy briefs exploring interfaces between procurement policy and other macroeconomic policies such as manufacturing policy, competition policy, sustainable procurement, trade policy, fiscal policy and state-government-level-procurement policy in order to adapt them for the National Public Procurement Policy. These meetings are being held in Jaipur, Bhopal, Mumbai, Bangalore and Ranchi. More...

Resolving Access and Quality Constraints in Broadband Services: Consumer Organisations Need to Come Forward
December 09, 2013, New Delhi

Stakeholders’ Roundtable
Promoting Business Responsibility in Pharmaceutical & Private Healthcare Sectors
December 06, 2013, Bengaluru

Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) in partnership with Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) , would be organising a meeting on 6th December, 2013 in Bangalore to discuss the findings of the BRCC Project report entitled “Rethinking Business Responsibility in India” . The main objective behind organising this event is to share the findings of the BRCC project with relevant stakeholders related to pharmaceutical and private healthcare sector and especially scholars with rich experience and interest on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)/Business Responsibility (BR) issues in India. More...

Capacity Building Workshop
Elements of Business Responsibility in Pharmaceutical and Private Healthcare Sectors in India
December 05, 2013, Bengaluru

The Training Workshop on promoting business responsibility is being organized under the BRCC project, so as to facilitate the process of adoption of responsible way of doing business from the part of pharmaceuticals firms and private hospitals in India. The Workshop is intended to be a technical assistance activity, a training opportunity and a forum for exchange of findings of the BRCC project. The workshop also aims at identifying regulatory bottlenecks creating obstacle towards adoption of responsible conduct by the pharma firms and private hospitals. More...

Interface Meeting
Evolving Responsible Private Healthcare Sector through Multi-stakeholder Engagement
December 03, 2013, Kolkata

The meetings are being organised in order to examine existing challenges facing uptake of responsible business practices in the Private Healthcare sector at the state level and initiate a discussion to address them. Through these meetings Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) and key actors in each of these states would try to comprehend difficulties faced by the Private Hospitals in becoming more responsible entities. Understanding these limitations would allow preparation of a roadmap for promotion of better business in the sector at the state level. More...