{"id":11006,"date":"2026-03-21T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11006"},"modified":"2026-03-21T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T09:17:43","slug":"national-productivity-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-productivity-council\/","title":{"rendered":"National Productivity Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>National Productivity Council Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the National Productivity Council (NPC) has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&amp;CC) to function as the Environment Audit Designated Agency (EADA).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Productivity Council<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was established in 1958 as an <\/span><b>autonomous organization.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It works under the <\/span><b>Department for Promotion of Industry &amp; Internal Trade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>multipartite, non-profit organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with equal representation from employers\u2019 &amp; workers\u2019 organizations and the Government, apart from technical &amp; professional institutions and other interests.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Headquarters:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> New Delhi<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a constituent of the <\/span><b>Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organisation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (APO), an Inter-Governmental Body of which the Government of India is a founding member.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Objectives of National Productivity Council\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Increase awareness of productivity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> concepts and techniques<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthen microeconomic foundations of economic development<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Function as a think tank for the Government<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide premier productivity consultancy and training services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhance focus on productivity<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Functions of National Productivity Council<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Consultancy to organizations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on productivity improvement<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training of personnel at different levels<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dissemination of productivity information<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through seminars, workshops, conferences, etc<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Productivity Research and Database<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Productivity Publications<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2243139&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Productivity Council was established in 1958 as an autonomous organization. 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