New Delhi, June 12 -- The Quality Council of India (QCI) and the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the quality, testing, accreditation and skilling ecosystem in Bharat's leather and footwear sector.

According to the statement released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, "the collaboration aims to establish a structured framework for capacity building, certification, testing infrastructure development and quality ecosystem strengthening across key footwear clusters, including Agra, Bahadurgarh, Ranipet, Chennai, Calicut and Kanpur."

Through this partnership, QCI and FDDI will jointly design and deliver need-based, outcome-oriented programmes for workers, MSM...