India’s Accreditation System

Context:

India’s national accreditation system under the Quality Council of India (QCI) has been ranked 5th in the world in the recent Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021.

About Global Quality Infrastructure Index:

• The GQII program is an initiative of the independent consulting firms Mesopartner and Analyticar to research and disseminate data on Quality Infrastructure.

•  The GQII ranks the 184 economies in the world on the basis of the quality infrastructure (QI).

• The GQII measures the relative development of countries’ QI.

• A formula calculates a score for each country based on its position in the sub-rankings for metrology, standards and accreditation.

• Geographically, the top 25 QI systems are mainly located in Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, with some exceptions, such as India (10th), Brazil (13th), Australia (14th), Turkey (16th), Mexico (18th) and South Africa (20th).                                                                                                                                    

News Source: pib.gov.in

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