The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has a National Mining & Construction Equipment Division (MCED), dedicated to driving the sector's growth through policy advocacy, innovation, sustainability, and international collaboration.
As India's leading industry platform and thought leadership forum for the mining, construction, earthmoving, and allied equipment sectors, MCED brings together OEMs, component manufacturers, technology providers, mining companies, infrastructure developers, service providers, policymakers, academia, and research institutions to collectively shape the future of the industry.
At a time when India is undertaking unprecedented investments in infrastructure, manufacturing, energy transition, urban development, and resource security, the mining and construction equipment sector plays a critical role in enabling national growth and competitiveness. MCED works to promote government-industry collaboration and advance dialogue on key themes that will define the sector's future, including technology adoption, digitalisation, automation, artificial intelligence, sustainability, localisation, skill development, advanced manufacturing, and critical minerals.
The Division actively undertakes policy advocacy, industry research, stakeholder consultations, government-industry roundtables, international partnerships, and knowledge-sharing initiatives to address emerging opportunities and challenges across the value chain. It also serves as a platform for generating actionable insights and promoting best practices that enhance productivity, innovation, safety, and environmental stewardship.
Through its engagements, publications, flagship summits, and collaborative initiatives, MCED seeks to support the development of a globally competitive, technologically advanced, and sustainable mining and construction equipment ecosystem aligned with India's long-term economic and industrial ambitions.
MCED remains committed to advancing industry transformation and facilitating informed dialogue among stakeholders to build the future of India's mining and construction equipment industry.
Policy Advocacy for promoting an environment for stimulating growth of the sector through continuous engagement with Government
Strategize and develop initiatives for improving the competitiveness of the industry by organizing capacity building initiatives, advocate adoption of global best practices
Strategize and develop initiatives for promoting linkages with other countries to achieve the objective of promoting not only business development but also in the areas of research & development
Harnessing opportunities to support Self Reliance “Atmanirbhar Bharat”
Creating opportunities to engage more with the major PSUs and large-scale buyers
To engage and encourage industry members to emphatically work on Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)