Critically analyse the inevitably of the “One Nation One Standards” mission of Government of India. Discuss various steps taken by our Government in this regard.
Critically analyse the inevitably of the “One Nation One Standards” mission of Government of India. Discuss various steps taken by our Government in this regard.
One Nation One Standards Mission:
- It focuses on making India the leader in setting global benchmarks for setting quality standards. All areas of production and services have been included in this mission, thereby bringing a national uniformity and standardization in all kinds of public procurement and tendering.
Need for the mission:
- To satisfy the customers aspirations, be it Indians or foreigners
- To gain international markets in the era of stiff competition by building the “Brand India” image
- The mission could boost innovation ecosystem in the country thereby reaping the benefits of state of the art technologies in multiple domains
- To reduce the imports of many goods and services from abroad (thereby preserving our forex reserves)
- The standardised commodities could easily gain investment avenues from both domestic as well as abroad.
- It could augment employment opportunities to our youth, so that demographic dividend could be reaped more positively.
- Ultimately, this mission could be ensure the grand success of Make in India initiative
Steps taken:
- National Strategy for Standardization (2018), it address the important pillars like Standards development, conformity assessment and accreditation, technical regulations, education and awareness
- Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has been mandated to formulate Indian standards as its core work.
- Issue of Quality Control Orders from various ministries and departments from time to time.
- BIS grants licence to manufacturers to use the Standard mark (ISI mark) on the product conforming to the relevant Indian Standards.
- Production-Linked Incentive scheme to boost manufacturing of many products
- Launch of Udyog Manthan, a kind of brainstorming exercise to enhance productivity and quality in Indian industry.
- Panchan initiative has been launched to accelerate the culture of standardization in the domain of Indian handicrafts.
- Strengthening Intellectual Property Regime in the country through multidimensional approach.
Road Ahead:
- Thus the One Nation One Standards mission is gaining tremendous momentum in the country and its successful implementation is of utmost importance for the success of India’s flagship initiatives like Make in India and Atma Nirbhar Bharat.
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