Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has
been awarded a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency in
partnership with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to support
six standards and conformance workshops in India. The workshops would focus on
three critical sectors of smart and sustainable cities, water and
sanitation, and clean energy.
Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General, CII, said,
“The award of the USTDA grant will enable CII and ANSI to continue our joint
efforts for enhancing standards and conformity. This can boost the
competitiveness of US and Indian companies to trade more efficiently and help
achieve the bilateral trade target of $500 billion.”
The
exclusive project is aligned to the second phase of the U.S.-India Standards
and Conformance Cooperation Program (SCCP), which provides a platform for the
U.S. and Indian public and private sectors to collaborate on the development of
standards and conformity assessment practices in India for global
competitiveness.
ANSI
and CII renewed their commitment to fostering the Indo-U.S. cooperation
on standards and conformity assessment through signing of a
renewed and expanded Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2015. The MOU
was recognized and supported by both US & Indian governments as
a key deliverable of the Strategic and Commercial Dialogue in 2015.
CII
Institute of Quality is the leading organisation working with industry to
attain global standards. This grant will help continue CII’s
extensive work in the field of Quality Enhancement and capacity building for
the Indian industry. The award comes ahead of the proposed US-India
Commercial Dialogue and Trade Policy Forum meeting likely to take place later
this year.
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