Lok Sabha Question No. 2273 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-02
Subject: QCOs
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Ramesh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2273. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 02 ND  AUGUST, 2023.

QCOs

## 2273.  SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government proposes to introduce new Quality Control Orders (QCOs) for imported goods;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (c) the other steps taken by the Government for containing import of sub-standard goods; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  boosting  domestic industry?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a) & (b): Quality Control Orders (QCOs) are issued by the   concerned line    Ministry/    Department    of    the    Central    Government primarily under the provisions of BIS Act, 2016. The QCOs are    applicable  to products domestically manufactured as well as imported. The focus of the government is to bring products under the ambit of QCOs for the development of the quality ecosystem in the country and to provide the consumers with quality products. Accordingly, various line ministries/ departments of the Government  identify  products  to  be included under the ambit of QCOs.
- (c): Even after BIS license is granted for the product falling under the QCOs, Both domestic and foreign manufacturing units are required  to  ensure  that  the  products  produced  by  them  are tested regularly and follow a defined scheme of inspection & testing.  As  a  part of its  market  and  factory  surveillance activities, BIS conducts  surveillance  visit  at  the  licenses manufacturing units and also draws   samples from the factories as well as from the market and gets them tested at BIS Labs or BIS recognized labs .
- (d): Central Government facilitates industrialization  and   supplements efforts to set up industries through a number  of            schemes/ initiatives  implemented  by various Ministries/ Departments.  The major policy initiatives for industries  includes    Make in India, Start Up  India, Gati Shakti, Industrial Corridors, Production  Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, National Single window    System (NSWS), One  District  One  Product  (ODOP),  GIS  enabled  Land  Bank, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy Reforms, Project Monitoring Group to remove bottlenecks in setting up of major   in frastructure  projects,  Special  Packages  for  North  Eastern  and Himalayan Regions, Setting up of Industrial Park, Stand up India, introduction  of  Goods  and  Service  Tax,  reduction  in  Corporate tax, interventions  to  improve  ease  of  doing  business,  measures for  reduction  in  compliance  burden,  policy  measures  to  boost domestic   manufacturing through  public  procurement  orders,  and Phased    Manufacturing Programme (PMP) etc.

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