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Paswan invites EU to collaborate in quality assurance programme

| | Nov 12, 2014, at 10:30 pm
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IBNS): Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday invited European Union (EU) to collaborate in quality assurance programme and development of mandatory standards for various consumer services and products by his Ministry.

Under "Sawachh Bharat" Mission, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is developing mandatory standards for garbage disposal and supply of potable water.

Quality assurance programme for food products of mass consumption.

European Union can collaborate in these ventures, he said.

The Minister was talking to a European Union delegation led by H.E. Dr. Joao Cravinho during a call on meeting in his office in the capital.

Recalling India-EU relations date back to early 1060s, Paswan said that our engagement with each other has grown manifold since then and now India is the one of the largest trading partner of EU.

He said this partnership can be further strengthened by sharing expertise and experience in fields like quality up gradation of labs and standardization of consumer services and products. 

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