Context: Recently, CIPET (an institute under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) gets accreditation by NABL for testing and certification of PPE kit.
About NABL 

• It has been established with the objective of providing Government, Industry Associations and Industry in general with a scheme of Conformity Assessment Body’s accreditation which involves third-party assessment of the technical competence of testing including medical and calibration laboratories, proficiency testing providers and reference material producers.

The NABL is an accreditation body providing services to: Testing laboratories; Calibration laboratories; Medical testing laboratories; Proficiency Testing Providers (PTP) and Reference material producers (RMP)

• It is a constituent board of the Quality Council of India.
• NABL also maintains linkages with international bodies such as the Asia Pacific Accreditation Co-operation (APAC) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Co-operation (ILAC).

About Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET)

• CIPET is a premier national institution under the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers.
• It was established in 1968 by Government of India with the assistance of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at Chennai.
• It was formerly known as the Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology (CIPET).
• Recently it has been renamed as the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET).
• The primary objective of CIPET has been contributing towards the growth of the plastics industry through a combined program of education and research.