QCI and NSIC have signed a five-year MoU to improve quality adoption, competitiveness and market access for India’s MSMEs.
The pact links ZED Certification, MSME Global Mart, TEAM Initiative and SPRS into a unified support framework.
ZED-certified firms will get digital commerce, ONDC onboarding, AI product cataloguing and export promotion support.
The collaboration combines QCI’s work in quality, accreditation and certification with NSIC’s MSME support network. It seeks to align national initiatives including the MSME Sustainable (ZED) Certification Scheme, MSME Global Mart, the TEAM Initiative and the Single Point Registration Scheme (SPRS), giving enterprises a more integrated route to certification, digital market access, testing support and capacity building.
The partnership will offer ZED-certified MSMEs more digital commerce opportunities through MSME Global Mart, onboarding on the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) under the TEAM Initiative, AI-enabled product cataloguing and export promotion through dedicated digital platforms.
The agreement will also strengthen convergence between ZED Certification and SPRS, support National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) accreditation for NSIC testing facilities, and enable National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET)-led assessment, accreditation and customised capacity-building programmes for NSIC training centres and laboratories, added the release.
QCI and NSIC will form a Joint Coordination Committee with representatives from both organisations. The committee will meet every quarter to identify further areas of collaboration, track progress and guide joint initiatives during the five-year MoU tenure.
The partnership is aimed at strengthening quality infrastructure and institutional capabilities while improving market access for MSMEs seeking to compete in domestic and global markets.
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