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18 June 2018
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The government today said exporters,
particularly from the food and agriculture sectors, should strictly comply with
global norms for quality and standards, or else they might lose their export
market share to other countries.
Emphasising on the importance of adopting
best standards for goods and services, Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia said it
is critical to promote manufacturing, exports and enhancing participation of
domestic industry into global value chains. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
She said in the food and agriculture sectors,
Indian exporters are repetitively facing trade barriers on account of
compliance issues.
"Such situations are prevalent in
discerning markets like the US, European Union and Japan and if Indian
producers are unable to meet mandatory obligations for standards including the
sanitary and phytosanitary (related with plants and animals) measures, we may
lose our share of export market to other countries," she said. The Total Investment & Insurance
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Teaotia was speaking at the National
Standards Conclave, organised by the commerce ministry and industry body CII.
She said promulgation of sanitary and
phytosanitary (SPS) measures are very important as India receives so many
alerts from these countries.
"We have initiated an inter-ministerial
space where agriculture ministry, health ministry and agencies like Fssia,
Export Inspection Council, Apeda and Mpeda are now working together to be able
to respond more appropriately and efficiently to these alerts," she added. The Total Investment & Insurance
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She also informed that Indian National
Strategy for Standardisation (INSS) will be released tomorrow and urged the
industry to give feedback on the suggestions made in this report. The Total Investment & Insurance
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INSS recommends wide range of policy
directions such as standard settings, conformity assessment, accreditation, SPS
and technical regulations as well as awareness building, training and
education.
"It recommends an implementation
framework for realising these goals, identification of the responsible agencies
and related activities taken by them and time frames for achieving these
milestones..it has a finite time," the secretary said. The Total Investment & Insurance
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It has also suggested setting up of a
high-level committee for regular reviews, monitoring and publication of
results.
She added that three areas are important from
standards perspective - manufacturing, services and food and agro products.
Global value chains, she said, are fast
emerging as a key driver of standards, and participation in these requires
uniform standards worldwide.
"There is a need to assess the global
standards, and working towards harmonisation and adopting global value
standards are critical," she said.
Teaotia further said the government has
advised all the line ministries to create and strengthen their technical wings
for identifying specific standards and technical regulations needed. The Total Investment & Insurance
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There is also a need to promote brand India
for Indian products and make them globally acceptable. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Talking about global standards in services,
Teaotia said it is in nascent stage unlike in goods. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
"We will have to take lead in
development of standards in this sector," she added. The Total Investment & Insurance
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