Gujarat will embrace quality standards in development: CM Patel

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has said the state is committed to achieving total success in quality adoption and making it the cornerstone of development in the state.Patel reaffirmed the state's commitment to embracing quality standards in development. Addressing  the launch of 'Gunvatta Sankalp Gujarat' (Gujarat's commitment to quality), an initiative of the Quality Council of India, in Ahmedabad on Thursday, he said, quality was a largely ignored term in India until a few years ago, but under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country is moving towards quality. "Be it Make in India, Digital India or Atmanirbhar Bharat, every movement PM Narendra Modi has undertaken has seen significant progress. We are focused on quality and I am confident that we will also achieve 100 per cent success in making it the cornerstone of development," he said.
'Gunvatta Sankalp' is a targeted state engagement initiative, wherein QCI collaborates with states to integrate their growth story into a pan-India quality movement and assist in developmental objectives.It brings together stakeholders across government and industry, addressing bottlenecks, identifying actionable targets, and creating state-specific roadmaps for building an ecosystem of quality. He emphasized that Gujarat’s 5G model—Garvu Gujarat, Gunvantu Gujarat, Green Gujarat, Global Gujarat, and Gatishil Gujarat—will now include ‘Gunvatta’ (quality).

QCI Chairperson Jaxay Shah, in his address, said the historic Salt March began from Ahmedabad, and with the Gujarat Gunvatta Sankalp, the "quality march" is also beginning from the city.  QCI Secretary General Chakravarthy T Kannan said this transformation is not just about standards but about building a quality culture that permeates every aspect of the society and making quality excellence the backbone of development.The day-long event also featured sessions on education and skilling in Gujarat, affordable and quality healthcare, future of industry and MSMEs, transforming e-commerce through targeted value addition, making Gujarat a global hub for tourism, culture and sports, quality of life as the parameter of success, and the state's quality roadmap.

(State Correspondent)