Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for 2012 declared

Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2012 were declared by Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan. The awards are awarded by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

BEST OF ALL AWARD

Rail Wheel factory (Ministry of Railways), Bangalore, Karnataka

CATEGORY AWARDS:

1. Large scale manufacturing: Sakthi Masala P. Ltd., Erode, Tamil Nadu
2. Large scale service sector: Tata Business Support Services Limited, Hyderabad
3. Small scale service sector: Elin Appliances Pvt. Ltd., Solan, Himachal Pradesh

COMMENDATION CERTIFICATES

Large Scale Manufacturing Industry

1. Chemical: Dalmia Cement (B) Limited, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
2. Electrical & Electronic: EOS Power India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra
3. Engineering & Others: Currency Note Press (A unit of security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Ltd.), Nashik, Maharashtra
4. Food & Drug: Mehsana Dist Co-Op Milk Producers’ Union Ltd., Dudhsagar Dairy, Mehsana, Gujarat

Large Scale Service Industry

1. Health care: Apollo Speciality Hospital Madurai, Tamil Nadu
2. Others: Engineers India Limited, New Delhi
3. Education: Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, Uttar Pradesh
4. Finanace: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA), New Delhi

Small Scale Manufacturing Industry

1. Engineering & Others: Suprabha Protective Products Pvt. Ltd, Pune, Maharashtra

Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards

Introduced in 1991, the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award is given by the BIS to Indian manufacturing and service organizations that show excellence in their performance.
The award purposes to encourage quality services to the customers and to provide special appreciation to organizations that contribute considerably towards the quality movement of India.
The award is presented annually as per the financial year, and is similar to other national quality awards worldwide like the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award of the United States, European Quality Award of the European Union and the Deming Prize of Japan.
The award is presented to organizations in 5 broad categories:

1. Large scale manufacturing
2. Small scale manufacturing
3. Large scale service sector
4. Small scale service sector
5. Best overall

Cash prize of Rs 5,00,000 for BEST OF ALL category, Rs 2,00,000 for each winner in respective category and Rs 1,00,000 for each winner of commendation certificate.
 

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2014