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POLICY PUSH
‘Government extending mandatory quality standards

to more products’

Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush quality standards comparable to inter- So far, 156 QCOs have been issued,
Goyal has said that the government will national standards wherever possible. covering 672 products. Before 2014,
bring more products under the man- “For example, in products like lift, only 106 products were covered under
datory quality norm as India moves air fi lters and medical devices, I think 14 QCOs, he said.
towards becoming a developed nation India can be a front-runner and set
by 2047. In a virtual address on the international standards,” he said. He “In future, more products will be
occasion of the 77th foundation day also urged for much greater stakeholder brought under the QCO. I believe we
of the Bureau of Indian Standards engagement in making quality stand- will be covering 2,000-2,500 pro-
(BIS), Mr. Goyal said complying with ards and asked the industry to be more ducts,” he said, and added, “Our com-
high quality standards in products and demanding to set labs for testing the mitment to the quality will be so strong
services will help India achieve high quality. that every product/service available in
goals and become a developed nation. India will be of higher quality.” The
Towards this direction, the BIS should Hailing the BIS efforts in creating minister further said that over deca-
become an ambassador of quality a quality conscious nation, the minis- des, India was dependent on foreign
standards. “It should not just become ter said bringing more products under standards for quality. “Now, India’s
an adopter of standards, but should be a the mandatory compliance of quality pace and progress will be decided and
pioneer of standards,” he said. norms issued through the Quality Con- dependent on our own standards. We
trol Order (QCO) has ensured availabi- will rely on our standards, not foreign
International standards lity of quality products/services to the standards, thus become self-reliant,”
That apart, the BIS should frame consumers. he added.
Tata Chemicals gets recognition at CII Industrial

Innovation Awards 2023

Tata Chemicals was acknowledged
as the ‘Grand Winner’ at the Top 50
Innovative Companies 2023 Award at
the Technology Conclave in New Delhi,
during the ‘CII Industrial Innovation
Award’ ceremony.

The award is in recognition of the
dedication of Tata Chemicals’ R&D
teams across its Pune and Bengaluru
facilities and its role as a driving force
behind the ‘CII Enterprise Innovation vices, and technologies. The ‘Enterprise Tata Chemicals said, “We continue to
Maturity Framework’, for fostering a Innovation Maturity Framework’ pro- remain focused on developing sustaina-
culture of innovation throughout the vides insights into best practices and pro- ble, next-generation science-based solu-
Indian industrial landscape. motes the exchange of innovative ideas tions rooted in green chemistries, whilst
for advancing the industry, creating a collaborating with the best of academia
The ‘CII Industrial Innovation dynamic learning environment. Com- and R&D labs in India and globally. This
Awards’ evaluate a wide range of menting on the achievement, Dr. Richard recognition further fuels our passion to
innovations, encompassing potentially Lobo, Head Innovation, R&D, Business keep innovating at the cutting edge of
growth-oriented processes, goods, ser- Excellence and Chief Ethics Counsellor, science and technology”.

146 Chemical Weekly January 16, 2024

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