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2021-08-19 09:29:57 Q.)With the reference to 'Quality Council of India (QC).
consider the following statements.

1. t was set up in 1997 as a constitutional body.

2. It aims to establish and operate national accreditation
structure and promote quality through National Quality Campaign.

3. The Chairman of QCl is appointed by the Prime
Minister on the recommendation of the industry to the
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2021-08-18 13:12:58 MoHUA launches one brand -‘SonChiraiya’ - for Urban SHG products;

SonChiraiya’ – (A brand and logo)- for marketing of urban Self-Help Group (SHG) products. 
DAY-NULM, under the aegis of MoHUA, has focussed on equipping the urban poor women with adequate skills and opportunities, and to enable them to promote sustainable micro enterprises.
It mobilises women from urban poor households into SHGs and their federations to create a support system for these women.
Over 5.7 lakh SHGs have been formed across various States/ UTs with almost 60 lakh members.
Many of these SHGs are engaged in livelihood activities, producing goods such as handicrafts, textiles, toys, eatables and so on.
These were being sold primarily in local neighbourhood markets and often faced barriers in achieving visibility and wide market access.
To overcome these challenges, Ministry entered into Memorundum of Understandings (MoUs) with leading e-Commerce Portals viz. Amazon and Flipkart, with an underlying narrative of women empowerment.
Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this partnership has successfully onboarded on the e-Commerce Portal over 2,000 products of nearly 5,000 SHG members across 25 States/ UTs.
Innovative methods of online trainings for SHGs have been ensured to enable them to smoothly operate on e-portals.
Live demonstrations for account registration, pricing, packaging, re-branding and so on were also organised in collaboration with the e-portals and State Urban Livelihoods Missions.
This initiative will certainly prove as a step towards increased visibility and global access for the products made by urban SHG women.
Ministry expects to link many more such SHG members, with variety of professionally packaged, hand-crafted ethnic products, reaching the doorsteps of the customers globally.

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2021-08-18 13:12:57 Government notifies the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, prohibiting identified single use plastic items by 2022.

These rules prohibit specific single-use plastic items which have “low utility and high littering potential” by 2022.
The manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of the identified single-use plastic will be prohibited with effect from the 1st July, 2022.
The ban will not apply to commodities made of compostable plastic.
For banning other plastic commodities in the future, other than those that have been listed in this notification, the government has given industry ten years from the date of notification for compliance.
The permitted thickness of the plastic bags, currently 50 microns, will be increased to 75 microns from 30th September, 2021, and to 120 microns from the 31st December, 2022.
Plastic bags with higher thickness are more easily handled as waste and have higher recyclability.
Legal Framework for Banning Plastic: Currently, the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, prohibits manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of carry bags and plastic sheets less than 50 microns in thickness in the country.
Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021 amend the 2016 rules.
The Central Pollution Control Board, along with state pollution bodies, will monitor the ban, identify violations, and impose penalties already prescribed under the Environmental Protection Act, 1986.
Commodities shall be prohibited with effect from the 1st July, 2022:-
ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene [Thermocol] for decoration;
plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping or packing films around sweet boxes, invitation cards,  and cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, stirrers.


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