Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

Cigarette manufacturers ITC and Godfrey Philips are associate members of FICCI, India’s largest and oldest business organisation. Two senior ITC staff sit on key committees. FICCI has lobbied against “over-regulation” such as pictorial health warnings covering cigarette packs. It also advocated for tobacco trade bodies and farmers to attend COP7. FICCI also co-wrote a 2017 KPMG report on illicit tobacco trade.