The Ministry of Steel under Government of India has become the first Central Ministry to be awarded ISO 9001:2008, Quality Management System certification. The Bureau of Indian Standards has conferred the Ministry with the certification for three years (from June 25, 2013 to June 24, 2016), BSl officials informed.
DG-BIS (Directorate General, Bureau of Indian Standards) Sunil Soni, presented the certificate to the Union Steel Minister, Beni Prasad Verma recently. The Minister lauded the efforts of the officials of the Ministry of Steel in accomplishing the feat and expressed happiness over the Ministry being the first amongst Central Government Ministries to have received the certificate.
The Ministry of Steel has been conferred with the coveted certification under the able leadership of Minister of Steel, Verma. The Minister has been laying emphasis on streamlining systems and procedures in the Ministry to improve its working and bring about transparency. Verma has been the guiding force behind the effort and has taken special interest in the matter, said an official.