Quality Council of India (QCI)

Subject: Institutions

Context: EDMC got open-defecation free tag by QCI.

Concept:

Third-party inspection’ conducted by the Quality Council of India (QCI) on behalf of Union government’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
Exercise was part of the nationwide Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)
A QCI team surveyed 17 spots in the trans-Yamuna area — an amalgam of slums, residential colonies, markets and school premises — and found no evidence of human excreta lying in the open
Roko Toko’ and ‘SeetiBajao’ campaigns has been used in region.
The certificate is renewed every six months based on mandatory re-evaluation by QCI. A total of 3,246 Urban Local Bodies in India has been declared ODF by the MoHUA. The central government aims to make India 100% open defecation-free by October 2, 2019

About QCI:

QCI was set up in 1997 as an autonomous body attached to the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The Chairman of QCI: Appointed by the Prime Minister on recommendation of the industry to the government.
Mandate: Establish and operate the National Accreditation Structure (NAS) for conformity assessment bodies and providing accreditation in the field of health, education and quality promotion.
National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) and National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) are two accreditation boards of the QCI.
These two bodies work closely to support the Government and regulators to ensure that the data provided by accredited conformity assessment bodies is robust, reliable, trustworthy in terms of decision making, compliance testing and standards setting.
Indian industry is represented in QCI by three premier industry associations namely ASSOCHAM, CII and FICCI.