Government will soon
be starting certification of occupational health and safety systems
in companies to ensure safe industrial environment for workers.
This was stated by Shri V. Sreenivasa Prasasd, Minister of State
for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution while inaugurating
the 35th International Training Programme here today
.The National Institute of Training for Standardisation, Quality
and Management (NITSQM) under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs,
Food and Public Distribution had started providing training in
this important area, the minister said.
Addressing the
participants of the training programme, the minister pointed out
the need for developing countries to participate in international
standardisation for safeguarding their rich heritage and prevention
of draining of their resources at the hands of industrialised
nations. Standardisation activity, should focus on the consumer
as in developing countries the consumer had always been at the
receiving end, he said and urged the participants of the programme
to give adequate care to consumer interest in their countries.
The Institute proposed to organise a training programme for formulating
standards for quality of food for SAARC nations from next year,
he said.
In his presidential
address, Shri Wajahat Habibullah, Secretary, Department of Consumer
Affairs, lay stress on quality for survival in the international
markets in the wake of globalisation.
Earlier, in his welcome
address, Shri Nirmal Singh, director General, Bureau of Indian
standards(BIS), said the Bureau had been organising training programmes
for developing countries since 1968 and had so far trained 700
participants from 73 countries. The present programme is being
attended by 24 participants from 15 countries.
