Importance Of World Quality Month

The word quality as defined by the oxford dictionary means ‘the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something’ .
The month of November,‘World Quality Month,’ is celebrated and, the ‘World Quality Day’ is observed on the second Thursday of November. The purpose of World Quality Month is to promote the use of quality tools in businesses and communities. Quality tools, such as flowcharts and checklists, reduce mistakes and help produce superior products. Quality principles could reduce headline-making errors, like food safety, toy recalls, and financial disruptions. World Quality Month calls on people who use quality tools to share their knowledge by submitting their stories to illustrate the value of quality principles.

The vision-to promote quality, establish a national accreditation system and make sure the guidelines set henceforth are met. These recommendations were submitted to the Cabinet in 1996. Furthermore, the key recommendations included the forming of a nexus between the Government and the Industry, but aiming to keep it separate from the Government.
Accepting the recommendations, the Cabinet Committee decided to set up Quality Council of India as a non-profit autonomous society registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 to establish an accreditation structure in the country and to spread quality movement in India by undertaking a National Quality Campaign, which was headed by Mr. Ratan Tata, from the year 1997-1999.
Under the Government of India, the nodal ministry for the QCI, will be The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, currently under Ms. Nirmala