President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the 15th set of Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) Niryat Shree and Niryat Bandhu Awards in New Delhi. The Awards were presented to companies from various sectors of exports besides service providers, banks, various facilitating agencies promoting exports during the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) at New Delhi. Besides conferring the awards, the president also unveiled the brand new FIEO Logo representing growth, vibrancy, innovation and entrepreneurship.
List of award recipients
- Reliance Industry was adjudged as the top foreign exchange earner and leading exporter of last 50 years.
- TCS bagged the Gold Award in IT services. Exporters from engineering, chemicals, textiles, agro and processed sector, etc. were also given Gold/Silver/Bronze awards.
- State Bank of India got the Gold award followed by Canara Bank and Punjab National Bank are among the supporting institutions.
About FIEO
Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) was set up in 1965 has completed 50 years of its service to the exporting community. The Federation started with a small room in Allahabad Bank building moved to its state of art building at Niryat Bhawan, New Delhi. FIEO added 17 more offices and its membership grew from 131 to over 22000 in 2015-16 recording a compound annual growth rate of 10.8% over 50 years base.
