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FICCI constituted a Furniture committee with leading furniture manufacturers, exporters, and retailers in April 2020. The committee works with the Government, industry, and other stake holders with the objective to make India a self-reliant country in terms of furniture industry and a global supplier and exporter of furniture.

It interacts regularly with the Government, industry, and stakeholders to address the challenges and work on different issues including availability of raw material, build scale, reduce logistics cost, skill development, capacity utilization, ease of doing business, PLI scheme, etc.

The committee is also working with Central and State Governments on identifying and setting up of furniture hubs and played an important role in facilitating furniture park in Tamil Nadu.


FICCI has constituted a Furniture committee with leading furniture manufacturers, exporters and retailers in April,2020. The committee includes Obeetee, Godrej Interio, IKEA, Hettich, HNI, Pepperfry, Manor & Mews, CL Gupta, Merino Industries, Furniture & Fittings Skill Council ( FFSC) and Buying Agents Association. The committee is working with Government, industry and other stake holders with an objective to make India a self-reliant country in terms of furniture industry and a global supplier and exporter of furniture. The target is to create $30-40 Billion furniture Industry by 2025 with 5 lakh employment opportunity.
 
The furniture committee is actively involved in the issues related to policy & strategy. It interacts regularly with the Government, industry and stakeholders to address the challenges and work on different issues including availability of raw material, build scale, reduce logistics cost, skill development, capacity utilization, ease of doing business. The committee is also working with Central and State Governments on identifying and setting up of furniture hubs.

The furniture sector has been identified by Govt. of India as one of the focus sectors for further strengthening Indian Industry's competitive edge. India already has the ecosystem in place with several advantages like skilled labour force, availability of raw material, huge demand, presence of major global buyers and has a great potential to be among top three global players in furniture.

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Mousumi Ghose

Deputy Secretary General
2024
Oct
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Virtual Committee Meeting and Stakeholder Consultation with Govt of Uttar Pradesh

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Sep
Press Release

FICCI Leads Furniture Industry Business Mission to Singapore to Boost Bilateral Trade

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May
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Furniture Committee Interaction with Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC)

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Jan
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Furniture Committee Meeting

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2023
Aug
Press Release

FICCI and SFIC collaborate to unlock opportunities in furniture and lifestyle sector

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Roundtable on Furniture Industry

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Mar
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FICCI Furniture Committee Meeting and Consultation on Furniture Industries with Govt of Rajasthan

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2022
Oct
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FICCI Furniture Committee organized a meeting with Chairman, SCALE Committee

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Sep
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Carpenter training course by Hettich Poddar Wood Working Institute (HPWWI)

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May
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FICCI, Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) and Enterprise Singapore - Virtual Roundtable on the Furniture Industry

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Apr
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Signing of MOU between Paschim Banga Society for Skill Development (PBSSD), Technical Education, Training & Skill Development (TET & SD) Department, Government of West Bengal, FICCI and Hettich Poddar Wood Working Institute (HPWWI) for placement linked training programme in furniture sector

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Feb
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Interactive meeting with Singapore Furniture Industries Council (SFIC) on opportunities in furniture sector in India

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Jan
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Meeting with Enterprise Singapore

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2021
Oct
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Interactive Meeting with Government of Assam regarding Furniture Hub

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Meeting with Network for Certification and Conservation of Forests (NCCF) regarding augmenting the availability of certified raw material for furniture industry

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Sep
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FICCI Furniture Committee Meeting with Ministry of Railways, Govt of India

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Jul
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FICCI Events: Mr. Thiru. N. Muruganandam, IAS, Principal Secretary (Industries) to Government of Tamil Nadu addressing Furniture Committee members and industry

FICCI Furniture Committee Meeting

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Jun
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FICCI Study:Recommendations to Promote Growth in Furniture Sector

Recommendations to Promote Growth in Furniture Sector

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Mar
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Virtual meeting with Guidance Tamil Nadu, SIPCOT, SCALE Committee, FICCI Furniture Committee and BCG regarding Tamil Nadu Furniture Hub

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Interactive Meeting with Principal Secretary, Industries Govt of Madhya Pradesh on Furniture Hub

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Virtual Meeting with RICCO officials with Furniture industry

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Furniture Committee Meeting

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Jan
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FICCI Events: DPIIT in association with QCI, NPC & Industry Chambers is organising Udyog Manthan - a marathon of focused sector-specific webinars for promoting Quality and Productivity in Indian Industry. The webinar on Furniture was organized on 6th January 2021, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. FICCI supported the webinar on furniture. The welcome address was given by Mr Anil Agrawal, Joint Secretary, DPIIT . Mr Rudra Chatterjee, Chair, FICCI Furniture committee and Chairman , Obeetee, Chairman, Manor & Mews moderated the session. Panelists included the following Mr. Anil Goel, MD, Hettich India, Mr Anil Mathur, COO, Godrej Interio , and Mr Hussaine Kesury, Chief Category Officer, Pepperfry , Ms. Dimpy Daroch , Business Manager , UL India , Lalitesh Mandrekar, GM- Design, Godrej Interio and Mr Jagat Shah, CMD, Vibrant markets

Udyog Manthan - Sector: Furniture

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2020
Dec
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Pilot Placement Linked Modular Furniture Fitting Training Programme

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Sep
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Webinar on Future of Furniture Industry

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May
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FICCI Study:India - Potential as a Global Furniture Hub

India - Potential as a Global Furniture Hub

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