NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL (NPC)

June 28, 2020

The 49th Governing Council Meeting of National Productivity Council (NPC) was held under the Chairmanship of Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal.

About:

  • Parent body: NPC is an autonomous body under Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.

  • Objective: NPC is a national level organization to promote productivity culture in India.

  • Established in: 1958. 

  • Status: It is an autonomous, multipartite, non-profit organization and has been registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860.

  • NPC is a constituent of the Tokyo-based Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an Inter-Governmental Body, of which the Government of India is a founder member.