PLI scheme for BIS compliant Toys to be announced soon

ENA Knowledge Resource 2022-11-23 09:52:23 New Delhi, Nov 23 (KNN) The government will soon introduce the PLI scheme for manufacturing of toys in the country for BIS compliant products, said Anil Agrawal, Additional Secretary, DPIIT. He was speaking on the session Quality by Regulation and Policy organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) on Tuesday. <a href="https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj"><img alt="FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS" src="https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg" style="border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px" /></a> Any product that complies with BIS standards for toys is an eligible product for PLI, he added. He also mentioned that ever since the introduction of Quality Control Order for toys, more than 85 per cent of toys are found to be safe for children as per the market survey. Agrawal further stated that since the introduction of PLI scheme in the air conditioner sector, the industry has increased production. Now we are thinking of making India a manufacturing hub for global markets, he noted. He further stated that Quality standardization needs to be led by the industry. He also urged the industry to proactively work in areas of innovation, standardization, metrology, conformity assessment and market surveillance to be able to cater to global markets. Dr V K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog today stated that quality plays a very critical role in both manufacturing and services sector. He added that services sector contributes largely to the Indian GDP as compared to manufacturing sector. Addressing the 9th FICCI Quality Systems Excellence Awards & Conference for Industry, Dr Saraswat said that the umbrella of quality includes the quality management system, quality assurance and quality control system. The primary factors affecting the quality, he said, are leadership, engaging with people, process adoption and need to have continuous improvement program along with relationship management. (KNN Bureau) 31304 https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/knowledge-resource/pli-scheme-for-bis-compliant-toys-to-be-announced-soon 2022-11-23 09:52:23 knnindia.co.in PLI scheme for BIS compliant Toys to be announced soon