Japanese companies’ growing concerns over India’s mandatory Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification regime underline the need for a broader overhaul of the country’s Quality Control Order (QCO) framework, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said in a report.
The think tank, led by Ajay Srivastava, welcomed Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s recent proposal to ease or waive mandatory quality certification requirements for high-technology industries, but said a sector-specific exemption would not address wider problems with the certification system.
