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• The Quality Council of India is set to celebrate its Silver Jubilee with a special event organised to share India’s growth journey.
• The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles were the Chief Guests at the event.
• The panel discussed the quality ecosystem to promote ‘Make in India’, achieving India’s growth vision for 2047.

Quality Council of India

• The Quality Council of India was set up in 1997. It was set up as a public-private partnership model on the model existing in the Netherlands at the time.
• It was jointly set up by the Government of India and the Indian Industry represented by the 3 industry associations;
  • Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
  • Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
  • Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
• QCI got established under the Societies Registration Act 1860, to provide accreditation services in various sectors for products, services and persons.
• The Council is independent and works under the directions of its Governing Body.
  • The governing body has equal representation of government, industry and industry associations.
• It does not get any funds or financial support from the government; it is a self-sustaining non-profit organization with its own Rules.
• QCI work includes project management, monitoring the performances of various cells, data analytics and tactical research.
  • The key responsibilities include creating timelines and assessing the requirement of the plans, coordination with the stakeholders, methodology formulation and the overall execution and mobilization of the projects.
• QCI conducts an extensive survey to measure the success rate of the Swachh Bharat Mission.
• QCI introduced a voluntary certification to assure standardized yoga practices across the world.
• The Chairman of QCI is nominated by the Prime Minister of India.
• Mr Ratan Tata was the first Chairman.
• Current Chairman is Adil Zainulbhai.

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