Steel ministry beceomes first central ministry to bag ISO 9001 tag

KOLKATA: The ministry of steel 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. Sunil Soni, DG-BIS (Directorate General, Bureau of Indian Standards) presented the certificate to the Union Steel Minister, Shri Beni Prasad Verma in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The certificate was handed over in the presence of the secretary, ministry of steel, DRS Chaudhary and other ministry officials.

The steel minister, Mr Verma has been laying emphasis on streamlining systems and procedures in the ministry to improve its working and bring about greater transparency in its operations.