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Committee

Quality Council of India (QCI):- Post liberalization, India embarked on a process of creating the quality infrastructure in the country which can help Indian products and services easy access to foreign markets in the new order under WTO regime. In the process, an organization was sought to be established which would function as the National Accreditation body (NAB). QCI thus, came to be organized as an independent autonomous body that worked towards assuring quality standards across all spheres of economic and social activities. It got established under the Societies Registration Act in 1997 to provide accreditation services in various sectors for product, services and persons. Functioning of QCI The Council is independent and works under the directions of its Governing Body (GB) having equal representation of government, industry and industry associations. It does not get funded by the government and is a self-sustaining non-profit organization with its own Memorandum of As...

Government organisations and institutions

WTO:- The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that is concerned with the regulation of international trade between nations. It is the largest international economic organization in the world The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948. It deals with regulation of trade in goods, services and intellectual property between participating countries. It provides a framework for negotiating trade agreements and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants' adherence to WTO agreements. The agreements are signed by representatives of member governmentsand ratified by their parliaments. The WTO prohibits discrimination between trading partners, but provides exceptions for environmental protection, national security, and other important goals .