National Productivity Council Latest News
The Delhi High Court recently quashed the Lokpal of India’s proceedings against Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, a 1989-batch IAS officer, and other officials in a case alleging irregularities in promotions at the National Productivity Council (NPC).
About National Productivity Council
- NPC, established in 1958, is an autonomous organization under the Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- It is a multipartite, non-profit organization with equal representation from employers’ & workers’ organizations and the Government, apart from technical & professional institutions and other interests.
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- National Productivity Council Objectives:
- To increase awareness of productivity in general, especially of the concepts and techniques aimed at strengthening the microeconomic foundations of economic development, rooted in operating practices and strategies of the organizations.
- To function as a think tank of the Government on measures needed to enhance focus on productivity
- To be among the premier productivity consultancy and training organizations of the country in the first phase and of the South & Southeast Asian region in the long run.
- To raise financial resources to sustain its operations on its own on a self-generating and continuing basis.
- National Productivity Council Functions:
- Consultancy to organizations on productivity improvement.
- Training of personnel at different levels.
- Dissemination of productivity information through seminars, workshops, conferences, etc.
- Productivity Research and Database.
- Productivity Publications.
- Productivity Awards.
- NPC has professionals from diverse fields to provide Consultancy, Capacity Building, and Project Monitoring Unit (PMU) services to various organisations, including Central Government Ministries and State Governments.
- It is a constituent of the Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an Inter-Governmental Body of which the Government of India is a founding member.
Source: TP
Last updated on November, 2025
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