Standard, ISO in the opening 34 of the General Assembly on "important component of growth", says Indian minister

ISO is the world largest developer of international standards, the 34 General Assembly Prof. KV Thomas, Consumer Affairs Minister of State for India, opening today at New Delhi, Food and Public Distribution, said: "We have identified standardization as an important component of our growth engines, trade and a major tool to protect consumer interest, convenience is important. "

ISO of 1947 and started operations in India, as a founding member, as provided by the two Presidents and Vice President of the organization. This is the second time that the Bureau of Indian Standards (bis) of the General Assembly to host the ISO. Last time was in 1964, when the 50 national members of ISO. Today, the national standards institutes of 163 countries in a network.

The ISO is the President, Dr. Boris Aleshin, the next crucial event in his opening address, the next year, the Rio +20 in relation to the objectives of the ISO to provide emphasis on the importance of team work. Among other things, the progress of the sustainable development of the Rio +20 Earth Summit was launched in 1992 will be reviewed. He said: "The Earth Summit taking stock after 20 years, ISO has developed several practical tools to help them survive the challenges of disposing of the international community can point to. The same time, there is still much that can and used. "

Doug Aleshin ISO standards or examples in recent years suggested that address sustainable development challenges to be released under the social responsibility, information and social security, climate change, energy efficiency and renewable resources in response to, the design and construction of sustainable, equitable, transparent and diverse procurement contract, water, services, nanotechnologies, intelligent transportation systems, food safety management and Health Informatics.