Shri Piyush Goyal asks NPC to leverage its strengths for expansion of its Advisory & Capacity Building services;

Online review meeting of National Productivity Council held;

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Sh. Piyush Goyal today took an online review meeting of National Productivity Council (NPC), an autonomous organization of DPIIT. Shri Som Parkash, Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and other Senior Officials of DPIIT were present in the meeting. 

Shri Goyal acknowledged that National Productivity Council, an organization set up in 1958, has been rendering expert services in the areas of Consultancy and Capacity Building in the domains of Energy, Environment, Business process and Productivity improvement. He said that it can further leverage its strength and work more closely with Industry, SMEs and other organizations in the Government, Public as well as the Private Sector.

The Minister said that successful experience of NPC in implementing Lean Manufacturing in MSME sectors needs to be leveraged for expanding schemes to benefit more MSMEs. Similarly, the recent estimation study of plastic litter into riverine and marine eco-system needs to be expanded to other cities, with the objective of making India plastic free. It was also decided that the current scheme of “Training and certification of competent persons for Boiler Certification” needs to be reviewed with an objective of bringing in more efficiency. The CIM called for enhancing NPC’s revenue to the tune of ₹ 300 Crores by 2024 through expansion of its Advisory & Capacity Building services to public and private sectors.

In order to bring in more synergy among the offices of Commerce & Industry Ministry, it was recommended that all these offices should be co-located in the same city. The Minister further desired that NPC should try to replicate the Delhi Police Model of Automated Transfer & Posting System, developed by NPC, for other Government Organizations, including Railways. He also emphasized that NPC could render its services to Indian Railways which is largest government employer in the country.

Expansion of advisory and capacity building services to industry and government to scale lean practices and environmental assessments. National productivity body instructed to expand and monetise its Advisory & Capacity Building services by partnering with industry, SMEs and government entities, leveraging expertise in consultancy, energy, environment, business process and productivity improvement. Priorities include scaling Lean Manufacturing for MSMEs, expanding plastic litter assessment studies to additional cities, and reviewing the Boiler Certification training and certification scheme to improve efficiency, alongside administrative measures to co-locate offices and replicate an Automated Transfer & Posting System for other government organisations.