India-Specific
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry — India's oldest and largest apex business chamber.
FICCI’s own history dates it to a resolution passed at “the Fourth Session of the Indian Industrial and Commercial Congress … held at Calcutta from the 31 December, 1926 to 2 January, 1927 under the presidentship of Sir Dinshaw M Petit”. The resolution approving the constitution of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce “was proposed by Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas and seconded by Prof Benoy Kumar Sarker”, with Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya among those commending it. The present name came shortly after: “two years later, the name was changed to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, thus emphasizing its character as representative not only of commerce but also of Industry.” That is what FICCI is — a federation of chambers and associations rather than a body of individual firms, and an industry representative rather than a regulator, which is the distinction that matters when weighing what a FICCI position or publication is evidence of.
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From the AJG lexicon archive (July 2026).
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