Islamabad: Ahsan Iqbal presided over a meeting of senior officers of National Productivity Organization (NPO) on Thursday which was attended by Additional Secretary Ministry of Industries and Production, Asad Islam Mahni, and CEO NPO Mr Alamgir Chaudhary from Ministry of Industries and Production.
Federal Minister Prof Ahsan Iqbal appreciated the National Productivity Master Plan, a strategic framework to turn Around Pakistan’s productivity scenario developed with the support of Asian Productivity Organization (APO) Tokyo Japan and Assistance of Korean Development Institute (KDI).
Speaking on this occasion, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal said that the only way to achieve growth for Pakistan at this time is to increase productivity. He regretted that despite having vast resources, Pakistan’s economy had been facing challenges due to inconsistency in pollical setup and lack of focus on productivity.
Giving example to the participants he said Pakistan is the third largest milk producer in the world yet our production is 1600 to 1800 liters of milk per animal. Other milk producing nations have increased their production levels to approximately 7000 to 8000 liters of milk per animal by adapting to productive methods. He emphasized that the country needs to enhance productivity in agri-industry and value addition of its products.
Minister Ahsan Iqbal directed officials of National Productivity Organization to conduct productivity awards on the foot prints of Malcom Barlidge Quality Award. The launching of Excellence Award will encourage the public and private sector organizations in using the excellence framework consequently increase in the efficiency and productivity. Similarly, implementation of these concepts will enhance the profitability and competitiveness of the organizations.
In Agriculture sector, Tractors should be given to the best farmers in each district. Motorcycles should be given to the best farmers in every tehsil. Identify champions in the small industry sector. School Level and University Level Curriculum ready. The concept of productivity is not augmented with quality and innovation to create competitiveness edge in current are.
The minister said that countries sell their national brands based on their standardized product quality. He emphasized that productivity, quality and innovation is the only alternative for growth enhancement as an alternative for growth through investment. Productivity, quality and innovation ensure the profitability of the organizations thus the economic condition of the enterprises will improve which consequently affect the lives of the stakeholders especially the employees. The introduction of these concepts in the public sector organization will improve the quality of their service, which will enhance the satisfaction of the public at large, the minister stated.
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