With an aim to develop a comprehensive ecosystem for standards and quality development, the government has come out with a product and services standardisation strategy. It is expected that all elements of the strategy would be undertaken and completed over a five-year period (2018-23). The strategy includes promoting brand India, developing quality norms for services sector and ease compliance burden for small and medium enterprises. According to the strategy paper, the rapid growth of the Indian economy, its size and emerging relevance in global trade, makes it essential to establish a robust quality ecosystem in India with a harmonised, dynamic and mature standards framework.
The strategy would focus on four areas such as standards development, conformity assessment and accreditation, technical regulations, and awareness and education. It aims to develop a comprehensive ecosystem for standards and quality development besides using standards for providing a level-playing field to domestic industry and enhancing the competitiveness of Indian goods and services in domestic and global markets.
Besides, Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu has said that standards of goods and services would help boosts both exports as well as domestic economy growth. The implementation of the strategy would be monitored by a high-level committee with quarterly reviews. As part of standards development, it has set eight goals including convergence of all standards development activities in India, harmonising standards with international norms, and development of services sector standards.
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