Minister Goyal asks manufacturers, FMCG providers, consumers to work collectively to revive manufacturing
Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday asked manufacturers, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) providers and consumers to work collectively to revive Indian domestic manufacturing at scale, with high quality and at competitive prices, so that India once again provides a large number of jobs, work opportunities, business opportunities, and meets the aspirations of 1.4 billion people. Addressing the inaugural session of Massmerize 2023 in New Delhi, the Union minister said the government over the next two or three years hoped to significantly ramp up focus on quality by bringing in reasonably strict and compulsory but practical quality standards on many more products so that Indian manufacturing is able to withstand irrational competition, increase the scale of production and become more competitive. The minister said, “As long as we do not recognise the importance of quality in our country, we will not be able to stop this influx of low-quality produc...