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New Delhi : Union Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the Packaged Drinking Water Test Facility at National Test House (NTH), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, on December 19, 2021. Addressing senior scientists of NTH, Goyal lauded the NTH for taking a leap of technology to usher in quality assessment and assurance. Goyal said if India is to be known for its reliability in international markets, Quality Control, Quality Assessment, and Quality Assurance have to be nothing less than world class.
“If we have to make India truly a global power, if we have to show to the world our strength, our capabilities, if we have to do mutual recognition agreements,…we will have to be world class in our laboratory testing facilities, our people will have to be well trained, our equipment will have to be the best available in the world,” Goyal said, according to a PIB release.
With the inauguration of two equipment, – Ultra High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph (UHPLC) and Ion Chromatograph (IC), NTH-Ghaziabad, has added a feather in comprehensive quality testing facility for water. UHPLC is helpful in quantification of different organic compounds especially residual pesticides in Drinking Water samples. Calling for a transformational change, Goyal said, “we have a long way to go” in building quality assurance as the government promotes new technology such as Technical Textiles where Nano Tech is a critical element.
“Don’t look at incremental improvements anymore, should take a quantum leap in technology,” Goyal said, adding, “Can we make a difference? Can we revolutionize our testing system? Nothing short of a revolution is required.”
Stressing on Prime Minister’s principle of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’, Goyal said we should test the goods in such a way that they carry zero defect and your testing shall be acceptable worldwide.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s working style, I’m sure you’ve all seen in the last few years, he doesn’t settle for second best, – when we take a programme or a project, it should be the best. And that is how we will become acceptable to the world, that is how the world will trust us, that is how we will be able to get the goodwill and the confidence of the people of India,” he added.
NTH is working in close coordination with BIS esp in formulation of various types of standards All the NTH Labs, including Ghaziabad, have been integrated with the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) of BIS, which is a comprehensive online system developed for managing working of the BIS recognised labs via integrated and centralised workflow management system.
All NTH labs, including Ghaziabad, have been mapped on the ‘Parakh’ portal, which is a Geographic Information System (GIS) based Unified Laboratory Network developed by DPIIT. The portal makes it possible to search labs for a particular product, standard, test method in a state or a city and would facilitate transparency in the testing activities.
The activities of NTH (NR), Ghaziabad, cover six major disciplines namely Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), and Rubber-Paper-Plastic and Textile (RPPT) with state-of-the-art machines to test the raw materials and products from Manufacturing Industries, Small Scale Industries, Govt. Department,s and vigilance and judicial authorities viz court cases, CVC, CBI, Police Department etc. The Laboratory is also open to common people to satisfy their requirements.
In near future NTH (NR), Ghaziabad,will have latest facilities for Short Circuit Test for Transformers, Residual Current Circuit Breaker (RCCB) test, Food Testing, Lithium (Li) ion Battery Testing for Electric Vehicles, Helmet Test, and Advance Building Material Tests.