SME Times News Bureau | 06 Jan, 2021
Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal
on Wednesday said that Quality & Productivity are going to be two very
important legs on which the future of Indian industry stands.
Addressing a webinar of Udyog Manthan, Goyal said
that we must take forward our journey to build 'Brand India' and make
production & services extremely efficient & effective in delivery.
Through this, we can serve the world on the
strength of our quality & value of our products, he added.
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry is organizing Udyog Manthan
- a marathon of focused sector-specific webinars for promoting Quality and
Productivity in Indian Industry in association with Quality Council of India,
National Productivity Council, and Industry bodies. It began on January 4, 2021
and will continue upto March 2, 2021.
The webinar series comprising 45 sessions, will
cover various major sectors in manufacturing and services. Udyog Manthan will
identify challenges, opportunities; draw upon solutions and best practices. It
will enable learning across industries and sectors for enhancing quality and
productivity to promote 'Vocal for Local' and realizing the vision of
'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'.
Goyal said that Udyog Manthan will be a harbinger
of change in the way we work, in our mindset & will truly be remembered for
the base that it will set for India to engage as a global player with high
productivity & high quality.
He said that this webinar series will be taken up
with the true spirit that our Industry & Businesses have displayed time to
time. This webinar will be considered successful in the actual implementations
of the recommendations that come out of the discussions in Udyog Manthan,
he mentioned.
Quoting the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has
said “India does not want to merely fill global markets with its products. We
want Indian products to win the hearts of people around the world.”, Goyal said
that this is possible by adopting the high quality and improving productivity
in a big way.
He said that it is time that India, which
aspires to be an integral part of the resilient global supply chain &
aspires to serve markets around the world, also looks at improving the quality
standards.
He said that a very liberalised FDI framework has
been provided for promoting investments in different sectors, including
single-brand retail, coal, mining & manufacturing. We are opening up
rapidly in a number of sectors & encouraging investment into India, the
minister added.
Talking about the Governance transformation, the
Minister said that Good Governance, Quick Governance & Transparent
Governance are all hallmarks of a good government.
In the
last few years, the world has seen governance transformation in India into one
in which global recognition & trust has been achieved, he added.