**Executive Summary**
The Quality Council of India (QCI) announced next-generation quality reforms on December 24, 2025, to strengthen India's quality ecosystem and advance the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision. These reforms aim for transformative impact across healthcare, laboratories, MSMEs, and manufacturing, focusing on transparency, trust, and citizen awareness. A key initiative is training one lakh MSMEs and Self-Help Groups under the ODOP initiative in quality, packaging, and branding in 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **General Reforms:**
* Unveiling of Q Mark – Desh ka Haq, a QR-coded Mark of Quality for citizen awareness.
* Shift from inspection-based to trust-based systems with reduced paperwork and timelines.
* Launch of Quality Setu, a secure ticket-based system for grievance redressal.
* Introduction of a single, paperless, modular accreditation platform.
* Expansion of the assessor pool by lowering entry barriers.
* **MSME Focused Reforms:**
* Focus on empowering over six crore MSMEs to strengthen India’s economic backbone.
* QCI to mentor and support Tier-2 and Tier-3 suppliers for ZED and Lean certification.
* Training of one lakh MSMEs and Self-Help Groups under the ODOP initiative in quality, packaging, and branding by 2026.
* Introduction of a Shop Floor Best Practices Playbook for MSMEs.
* Reduced fees for ZED and Lean certification.
* **NABL Reforms (Industry and Laboratories):**
* Aim to position India as the testing capital of the world.
* Introduction of a model scope for medical testing laboratories.
* Training of 5,000 laboratory personnel in 2026.
* Self-declaration for authorised signatories to enable approval of NABL assessors within 48 hours.
* 48-hour scope extensions for laboratories.
* Elimination of additional fees for product-based accreditation.
* **NABH Reforms (Healthcare):**
* Focus on driving patient safety in every hospital and pincode.
* Direct guidance through NABH's MITRA programme.
* Relaxation of accreditation norms by allowing hospitals with 20% occupancy to apply.
* Shift to graded penalties with guidance and course correction.
* Gunvatta Pathshala for role-based skilling in patient safety and accreditation.
* Introduction of desktop surveillance for consistently performing hospitals.
* **NABCB Reforms (Certification Bodies):**
* Measures to ensure local products reach global markets.
* Accredited certification for indigenously manufactured products.
* Launch of a Quality Passport for Indian products and services.
* Fast-track accreditation for new-age technology areas.
**Impact Analysis**
**MSMEs**
* **Impact:** Enhanced competitiveness, access to global markets, and improved quality, packaging, and branding.
* **Action Required:** Participate in QCI-Industry partnership programs, adopt ZED/Lean certifications, and undergo training in quality, packaging, and branding.
**Laboratories**
* **Impact:** Streamlined accreditation processes, increased efficiency, and enhanced testing capabilities.
* **Action Required:** Familiarize with model scopes, participate in technical skilling initiatives, and adopt self-declaration for authorized signatories.
**Hospitals**
* **Impact:** Enhanced patient safety, improved accreditation processes, and access to guidance and support.
* **Action Required:** Participate in NABH's MITRA program, leverage Gunvatta Pathshala for skilling, and prepare for desktop surveillance.
**Certification Bodies**
* **Impact:** Opportunity to expand services, improve recognition of Indian products, and gain access to new technology areas.
* **Action Required:** Align certifications with global standards and participate in fast-track accreditation for new technologies.
**Citizens**
* **Impact:** Increased awareness of quality standards, transparency, and reduced fake certificates.
* **Action Required:** Leverage Q Mark – Desh ka Haq to know their laboratory, hospital and MSME.
Key Entities Referenced
Quality Council of India (QCI): The central organization driving the quality reforms and launching initiatives like Q Mark and Quality Setu to strengthen India's quality ecosystem.
Q Mark – Desh ka Haq: A QR-coded Mark of Quality initiative by QCI to enhance transparency and citizen awareness in the quality of laboratories, hospitals, and MSMEs.
Quality Setu: A secure ticket-based system launched by QCI for time-bound grievance redressal and feedback resolution related to quality assurance.
Viksit Bharat 2047: The national vision that the reforms are aimed at advancing.
NABL: National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, a constituent board of QCI.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
QCI Announces Next-Generation Quality
Reforms to Strengthen India’s Quality Ecosystem
System-wide quality reforms to drive transformation across
healthcare, laboratories, MSMEs and manufacturing
QCI unveils Q Mark – Desh ka Haq to strengthen
transparency, trust and citizen awareness in the quality
ecosystem
प्रव तथ: 24 DEC 2025 5:03PM by PIB Delhi
The Quality Council of India (QCI) today announced a comprehensive set of next-generation quality
reforms on the eve of Sushasan Divas 2025, aimed at strengthening India’s quality ecosystem and
advancing the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.
Inspired by the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and honouring the legacy of Shri Atal Bihari
Vajpayee, the reforms are being implemented under the guidance of the Union Minister of Commerce and
Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal.
Drawing from operational experience and evolving stakeholder needs, the reforms are aimed at having a
transformative impact across sectors such as healthcare, laboratories, MSMEs and manufacturing.
System-wide reforms to power the quality ecosystem include the unveiling of the Q Mark – Desh ka Haq,
a QR-coded Mark of Quality to enable citizens to know their laboratory, hospital and MSME, ensuring
full disclosure and eliminating fake certificates.
The reforms mark a shift from inspection to trust through reduced paperwork, shorter timelines, fewer
inspections and a low-friction ecosystem based on higher trust. The assessor pool will be expanded across
boards and divisions by lowering entry barriers to bring in young experts and strengthen last-mile reach.
QCI is also launching Quality Setu, a secure ticket-based system for time-bound grievance redressal and
feedback resolution. A single, paperless, modular one-stop accreditation platform will be launched to
replace multiple accreditation portals.
For industry and MSMEs, the reforms focus on empowering India’s economic backbone of over six crore
MSMEs. Under the QCI–Industry partnership, QCI will mentor and support Tier-2 and Tier-3 suppliers to
achieve ZED and Lean certification, making Indian products ready for global standards. One lakh MSMEs
and Self-Help Groups under the ODOP initiative will be trained in quality, packaging and branding in
2026. A Shop Floor Best Practices Playbook for MSMEs will be introduced to familiarise small businesses
with global quality practices and strengthen day-to-day shop floor performance. Fees for ZED and Lean
certification will be reduced to ensure affordability, access, quality and recognition for last-mile
entrepreneurs.Under NABL reforms for industry and laboratories, QCI aims to position India as the testing capital of the
world. A model scope for medical testing laboratories will be introduced to ensure uniformity in
accredited scopes. Technical skilling initiatives will train 5,000 laboratory personnel in 2026 to strengthen
the national testing ecosystem. Self-declaration for authorised signatories will enable approval of proposed
signatories for NABL assessors within 48 hours. Laboratories will be allowed 48-hour scope extensions
for similar products, methods, tests or analytes under existing scopes, removing long waiting periods.
Additional fees for product-based accreditation will be eliminated where test parameters are already
covered.
Under NABH reforms for healthcare, the focus is on driving patient safety in every hospital and every
pincode. Direct and trusted guidance will be provided through NABH’s MITRA programme, with trained
and verified mentors officially empanelled to guide hospitals, particularly in smaller towns. Accreditation
norms will be relaxed by allowing hospitals with 20 per cent occupancy to apply. The penalty framework
will shift from blanket bans to graded penalties with guidance and course correction. Gunvatta Pathshala
will provide role-based skilling for doctors, nurses and technicians in patient safety and accreditation.
Desktop surveillance, including AI-assisted form filling and desk-based monitoring, will be introduced for
consistently performing hospitals to reduce on-site inspections.
Under NABCB reforms for certification bodies, measures will be taken to ensure that local products reach
global markets. Accredited certification for indigenously manufactured products will be introduced to
enable seamless acceptance of Indian products across global supply chains. A Quality Passport for Indian
products and services will be launched through globally aligned NABCB-accredited certifications for
faster market access. Fast-track accreditation of certification bodies will be undertaken for new-age
technology areas such as drones and cybersecurity.
Speaking on the reforms, the Chairman, QCI, Shri Jaxay Shah, stated that aligned with the vision of
Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for Viksit Bharat 2047 and India’s aspiration to emerge as a
Vishwaguru, the next-generation reforms build on QCI’s sustained efforts in recent years to simplify
accreditation systems, reduce procedural friction and strengthen trust in India’s quality ecosystem. He said
the reforms aim to accelerate processes, reduce turnaround times and leverage technology-driven systems
to make quality assurance faster, more transparent and more accessible for enterprises, institutions and
citizens across the country.
Over the years, QCI has consistently undertaken structural and process-driven reforms to modernise
India’s quality ecosystem and strengthen trust-based governance. These efforts have focused on
simplifying accreditation frameworks, reducing procedural complexity, leveraging digital technologies,
rationalising inspections and expanding institutional capacity to improve ease of compliance and
transparency.
As India advances towards the national vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, these reforms reflect QCI’s
commitment to strengthening India’s quality architecture as an enabler of transparent governance,
simplified compliance and globally competitive enterprises, positioning quality as a catalyst for
sustainable growth, citizen trust and national progress.
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Abhishek Dayal/ Garima Singh/ Ishita Biswas
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