Compromising with Quality Would Get You Blacklisted: Piyush Goyal

Goyal was speaking after inaugurating ‘ELECRAMA-2016 -The World Electricity Forum

February 13, 2016

Stressing that the government will not compromise on quality, Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on on February 13 asked electrical equipment manufacturers to ensure quality or face blacklisting. “On more occasions than one I have requested and appealed to all of you that quality is going to be the defining feature of this government’s programmes,” Goyal said.

“And if any of you is still harboring hope and desire to use second grade sheets, to use recycled copper or to use any of these products which damage the life, quality or accuracy of electrical equipment, I can assure you that there will be nobody worse than me for you to deal with,” he said.

Goyal was speaking after inaugurating ‘ELECRAMA-2016 -The World Electricity Forum’, organised by the Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEMMA) here.

He said he wants the message to go to the entire industry that this government will “not at all” tolerate any compromise on quality. “Power Secretaries of the states may also kindly note that, because we fund a lot of these schemes that are happening in the states, all of India is one, we want best of quality in the states also,” he added.

Stating that after investigation it is found that somebody continues to indulge in malpractices, he said, “I promise you, I will make sure not only they get blacklisted in the government of India and all of associated public sector undertakings, I will ensure that state also blacklists them.” “I will appeal to my friends in the private sector to make sure that such a company is blacklisted and run that business to the ground,” he added.

Noting that the world is challenged today and there is a situation where growth is not happening, Goyal said in his recent energy dialogues with the US or Japan or Australia he has observed that they have great technology and ideas, but don’t have the capacity to execute it efficiently and effectively and hence moving their bases to China.