National Productivity Council (NPC) "EMPOWER IAS"

In news:

• National Productivity Council (NPC) has been granted accreditation conforming to ISO 17020:2012 by National Accreditation Board for Certification Body (NABCB).

 

National Produvtivity Council(NPC)

• NPC is a national level autonomous organization under Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry to promote productivity culture in India.
• It was established as a registered society on 12th February 1958 by the Government with aim to stimulate and promote productivity and quality consciousness across all sectors in the country.
• It is a tri-partite non-profit organization (NGO) with equal representation from government, employers and workers’ organizations.
• It also has representatives from technical and professional institutions including members from local productivity councils and chamber of commerce on its Governing Body.
• It also implements the productivity promotion schemes of Government and carry out programmes of Tokyo based Asian Productivity Organ.

 

Why ISO  staus?

• It has been granted accreditation for undertaking inspection and audit work in the area of Food Safety Audit and Scientific Storage of Agricultural Products.
• NPC has been conducting inspections/audit for different statutory bodies such as Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) and FSSAI and is already having high credentials in the area of inspections and audits.