MSMEs must join ZED movement to excel: Secy DIPP

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Saurabh Gupta | 08 Aug, 2015
To achieve excellence in manufacturing, the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) must join the Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) movement, Secretary, DIPP (Ministry of Commerce & Industry), Amitabh Kant said at the 10th year of National Quality Conclaves organized by the Quality Council of India (QCI) in the capital on Friday.

The theme of this year's Conclave is "Creating an Ecosystem for World Class Quality". The Conclave is being co-hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Quality Austria Central Asia (QACA) with American Society for Quality (ASQ) as the knowledge partner.

Delivering the Keynote address, Amitabh Kant said, "There was a pressing need to Make India an easy place to do business, so that manufacturing can easily get established and Excel in manufacturing. In this context he lauded Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) movement being initiated by Quality Council of India (QCI) which will change the manufacturing landscape of the country transforming the completely MSME sector."

Secretary DIPP highlighted that highlighted that India needs to achieve 9 to 10 percent p.a. growth for 3 decades which would lead to transformation of the nation & poverty being eliminated.

He cited the examples of countries like Japan, Korea, China who grew in the back of manufacturing. India's growth is on the back of the services and Growth of the services sector, without stress on manufacturing would result in skipping the industrialization era. Kant stressed that manufacturing creates job opportunities and the job challenges can be overcome through growth in manufacturing.

In the inaugural session, QCI presented awards across sectors for promotion of best practices & creating world-class quality benchmarks to reach new levels of efficiency & productivity.

Over 1000 delegates from India and abroad including quality professionals, industry managers, WHO representatives and senior officials from Central and State Governments are participating in this event.

Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman of QCI, mentioned the initiative of QCI to elevate the quality level of more than 1.5 Million MSMEs in a time of 5 years to support the Make in India Campaign.