<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal has said that the Government, over the next two or three years, will significantly ramp up focus on quality by bringing in reasonably strict and compulsory but practical quality standards on many more products. He said by this move, Indian manufacturing could withstand irrational competition, increase the scale of production and become more competitive. Mr. Goyal was addressing the inaugural Session of Massmerize 2023 in New Delhi today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The Minister said, if the importance of quality standards is not recognised in the country, the influx of low-quality products into the market can not be stopped. He said, towards that end, the Government is working to introduce quality standards in a much bigger way. He stated that the Government has now almost four times the number of quality control orders implemented in the last few years than what it had 10 years ago.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''<br />''On this occasion, Mr. Goyal also asked manufacturers, Fast-moving consumer goods, FMCG, providers and consumers to work collectively to revive Indian domestic manufacturing at scale so that India once again could provide a large amount of jobs, work opportunities, business opportunities, and meets the aspirations of 1.4 billion people.&nbsp; He opined that the FMCG sector will truly be a driver of economic growth and that moving forward, India will be an important consumer market. The Minister said, sustainability will drive demand in the time to come. He also asked consumers to foster respect for domestic products and Indian producers.</span><br />
News On AIR | March 6, 2023 7:25 PM
Union Minister Piyush Goyal addresses inaugural Session of Massmerize 2023 in New Delhi