New Delhi, April 14 -- The government should cap testing and certification charges for routine industrial products, as rising compliance costs under Quality Control Orders (QCOs) risk impacting manufacturing and small importers, trade-focussed think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) has said.
While the QCO framework is aimed at improving product quality and consumer safety, the think tank cautioned that its rapid expansion is straining testing infrastructure and creating compliance bottlenecks, particularly for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
News agency PTI quoted GTRI Founder Ajay Srivastava as saying, India's expanding quality control regime is imposing such high testing and certification costs that many MSME ...