https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=73330 Quality Council of India and Footwear Design and Development Institute have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the quality, testing, accreditation and skilling ecosystem in the leather and footwear sector. The collaboration is directed at building a structured framework for capacity building, certification, testing infrastructure development and quality ecosystem support across major footwear clusters, with emphasis on workers, MSMEs, supervisors and other stakeholders in the value chain. The partnership assigns QCI a role in providing technical guidance on accreditation principles, quality management systems and standards, while also supporting awareness initiatives on quality, testing, accreditation and applicable government schemes. FDDI is to lead cluster-specific skilling and training programmes, map testing and calibration laboratories, identify gaps in laboratory access, support sample collection centres and develop knowledge resources. en-us Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:46:43 +0530 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:46:42 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=73330 Quality Council of India and Footwear Design and Development Institute have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen the quality, testing, accreditation and skilling ecosystem in the leather and footwear sector. The collaboration is directed at building a structured framework for capacity building, certification, testing infrastructure development and quality ecosystem support across major footwear clusters, with emphasis on workers, MSMEs, supervisors and other stakeholders in the value chain. The partnership assigns QCI a role in providing technical guidance on accreditation principles, quality management systems and standards, while also supporting awareness initiatives on quality, testing, accreditation and applicable government schemes. FDDI is to lead cluster-specific skilling and training programmes, map testing and calibration laboratories, identify gaps in laboratory access, support sample collection centres and develop knowledge resources. News - Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:46:43 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=73330