Question: Who inaugurated the 60th World Standard Day celebration by Bureau of Indian Standards on October 14,2019 in New Delhi?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Amit Shah
(c) Ram Vilas Paswan
(d) Ashwini Chaubey
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan inaugurated the celebrations of ‘World Standard Day’ by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi.
- The theme of the celebration was “Video Standards create a global stage” being highly relevant in the Indian context as India is the fastest growing entertainment and media market globally and is expected to keep up the momentum by growing at a compounded annual growth rate of more than 11%.
- The Media and entertainment industry in India will become a Rs. 4,51,373 crore industry by 2023.
- Delivering his Presidential address, Union Minister Shri Ram Vilas Paswan congratulated everyone on the occasion of 60th ‘World Standards Day’ and appreciated the efforts of all officials of BIS and said that we have some of the best laboratories in the world.
- With the target of providing tap water to all households by 2024, BIS which sets quality standards for piped water, has a huge role to play in this regard.
Links:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1588021