Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday said that over twenty two thousand MSMEs Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) scheme.

More than 22,288 MSMEs have registered themselves to take up Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) manufacturing under ZED scheme, said Gadkari in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.

The Quality Council of India (QCI) have organized Industry Awareness Programme, training for Enterprise Capacity Building, training of officials of implementing agencies, Consultants/Assessors/Master Trainers’ training.

Online Self-Assessments, Desktop Assessments and Site Assessments have carried out and ZED ratings have been awarded as provided for under scheme guidelines.

ZED Scheme aims to rate and handhold all MSMEs to deliver top quality products using clean technology. It will have sector-specific parameters for each industry.

MSME sector is crucial for the economic progress of India and this scheme will help to match global quality control standards.

The slogan of Zero Defect, Zero Effect (ZED) was first mentioned by PM Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech in 2014.