Key Highlights
- India now chairs the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) for the 2025–26 term, amplifying its role in regional productivity discourse.
- Shri Amardeep Singh Bhatia, Secretary DPIIT, will guide the organization’s focus on sustainability, digital transformation, and innovation.
- APO Vision 2030 and the newly introduced Green Productivity 2.0 set the strategic roadmap for 21 member economies.
- India’s longstanding participation involves capacity‑building programmes through the National Productivity Council (NPC).
- Chairmanship underscores India’s ambition to become a global hub of productivity and technology‑driven growth.
Detailed Insights
The 67th Governing Body Meeting in Jakarta, held from 20–22 May 2025, marked a milestone in the organization’s history. India’s leadership will steer the APO’s initiatives toward a greener, digitally integrated future, while reinforcing cooperation across sectors such as MSMEs, industry 4.0, and entrepreneurship.
With APO Vision 2030 as its guiding framework, the chairmanship aims to roll out joint programmes that foster knowledge exchange and implement evidence‑based productivity practices for Asian economies. The Green Productivity 2.0 model seeks to align economic growth with environmental stewardship, expanding upon previous green productivity concepts introduced by the organization.
India’s contribution has historically centred on training more than one hundred experts annually through APO channels, strengthening skills and capabilities of its workforce. The National Productivity Council (NPC) has managed the capacity‑building arm of APO’s agenda inside India.
Key Concepts
- Asian Productivity Organization (APO): An intergovernmental body established in 1961 to promote productivity and technological advancement across the Asia‑Pacific.
- Vision 2030: APO’s long‑term strategy to enhance productivity, competitiveness and sustainability in member economies by 2030.
- Green Productivity 2.0: An updated framework that integrates environmental considerations into productivity improvement strategies.
- Industry 4.0 for MSMEs: Application of digital technologies—IoT, AI, data analytics—to small and medium enterprises for efficient production.
- National Productivity Council (NPC): India’s flagship public body that implements, monitors, and disseminates productivity initiatives under APO.