MSMEs’ QCI assessment

The Quality Council of India (QCI) said it will begin the assessment process over the next 15 days to certify minimum of 22,000 Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) with the bronze level this year under the ‘ZED scheme’ initiated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, QCI, said the ambitious ZED program hopes to certify one million MSMEs in the next three years.

To meet this target, he urged the industry giants to acquire products and services only from certified merchants and mandate MSMEs to secure at least the bronze standards for their products and services.

Zainulbhai was speaking at the conference on ‘Sustainable Industry Growth through Quality Systems’ on the theme ‘Quality Systems to Achieve Goal of Make in India’. It was organized by the #Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

Speaking on improving the quality of life, Zainulbhai said that consumers need to demand quality goods and services and reject substandard products.

“This will force the manufacturers and service providers to deliver quality goods and services which would advance the overall quality,” he said.

Zainulbhai pointed out that the quality of products and services at the ground level in India did not even meet the minimum standards. This can be changed only by measuring quality and enforcing quality standards in all spheres of life.

He also felicitated the winners of the ‘5th FICCI Quality Systems Excellence Awards for Industry’.

The list of award winners:

First Prize in Construction Sector:
#Larsen & Toubro Limited – Power, Vadodara
Power Sector:
First Prize: #Haldia Energy Limited Haldia, West Bengal
Second Prize: #Maithon Power Limited, Dhanbad
Manufacturing Sector:
Small Sector:
First prize: #General Gauges Bourdon (I) P. Ltd.
Medium Sector:
First prize: #Shantha Biotechnics – A #Sanofi Company, Hyderabad
Second Prize: #Elin Appliances Private Limited – Baddi
Large Sector:
First Prize: #Welspun Corp Limited, Anjar Unit
Second Prize: #Godfrey Phillips India Limited; Unit: Ghaziabad
Third Prize (JOINT): #Magneti Marelli Powertrain India, Manesar
Third Prize (JOINT): #Gabriel India Limited, Dewas (MP)
Mining Sector:
First Prize: #Noamundi Iron Mine, #Tata Steel Ltd.
Second Prize: #V.V. Mineral , Unit: Authoor, Tuticorin, TN. /fii-news.com