This document discusses ISO 9001 and its implementation in the Government of India. It provides: 1. An overview of ISO 9001 - it is an international standard for quality management systems that specifies requirements like defining your processes and improving over time. 2. The current status of ISO 9001 implementation in the Government of India (GOI) - several departments have become certified, with more expected by 2014. 3. The process for implementing ISO 9001 which takes around 12 weeks and involves stages like awareness, documentation, internal auditing and certification.