Govt to relax quality control norms for footwear, electronics components

The government is planning to relax Quality Control Order (QCO) norms for footwear and electronics components manufacturing to boost domestic production and exports. According to industry sources, a high-level committee, constituted by the Cabinet Secretariat, has recommended that several QCOs be either fully revoked or deferred by one to two years. The committee has been set up to remove regulatory barriers and establish a ‘modern, flexible, and trust-based framework for non-financial sectors regulation’.