The Bureau of Indian Standards is the national Standards Body of India working under the
aegis of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Government of India.
It is established by the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 which came into effect
on 23 December 1986.
The Minister in charge of the Ministry or Department having administrative control of
the BIS is the ex-officio President of the BIS.
The organization was formerly the Indian Standards Institution, set up under the Resolution of
the then Department of Industries and Supplies No. 1 Std.(4)/45, dated 3 September 1946.
The ISI was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.
As a corporate body, it has 25 members drawn from Central or State Governments, industry,
scientific and research institutions, and consumer organizations.
Its headquarters are in New Delhi, with regional offices in Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Chandigarh
and Delhi and 20 branch offices.
It also works as WTO-TBT enquiry point for India.
Association with international standards bodies BIS is a founder member of International Organisation
for Standardization It represents India in the International Organization
for Standardization, the International Electrotechnical Commission and the World Standards Service
Network.
Standard formulation and promotion One of the major functions of the Bureau is
the formulation, recognition and promotion of the Indian Standards.
As on 31 August 2013, 19067 Standards formulated by BIS, are in force.
These cover important segments of economy, which help the industry in upgrading the quality
of their products and services.
BIS has identified 14 sectors which are important to Indian Industry.
For formulation of Indian Standard, it has separate Division Council to oversee and supervise
the work.
The Standards are regularly reviewed and formulated in line with the technological development
to maintain harmony with the International Standards.
Laboratories To support the activities of product certification,
BIS has a chain of 8 laboratories.
These laboratories have established testing facilities for products of chemical, food,
electrical and mechanical disciplines.
Approximately, 25000 samples are being tested in the BIS laboratories every year.
In certain cases where it is economically not feasible to develop test facilities in
BIS laboratories and also for other reasons like overloading of samples, equipment being
out of order, the services of outside approved laboratories are also being availed.
Except for the two labs, all the other labs are NABL accredited.
It operates a laboratory recognition scheme also.
Product Certification Scheme Product Certifications are to be obtained
voluntarily.
For, some of the products like Milk powder, Drinking Water, LPG Cylinders, Thermometers
etc., certification is mandatory.
Because these products are concerned with health and safety.
For foreign manufacturers All foreign manufacturers of products who
intend to export to India are required to obtain a BIS product certification license.
Towards this, BIS launched its Product Certification Scheme for overseas manufacturers in the year
1999.
Under the provisions of this scheme, foreign manufacturers can seek certification from
BIS for marking their product(s) with BIS Standard Mark.
If or otherwise, the foreign manufacturer has not signed an MoU with BIS, it has to
set up a liaison office in India with the permission of Reserve Bank of India.
Otherwise, an authorized representative or agent needs to be appointed by the foreign
firm.
Scheme for Indian importers Indian importers who intend to get Certification
Mark may apply for the license.
However, the assessment visit is paid to the original product manufacturer.
Management System Certification Quality Management System Certification Scheme
IS/ISO 9001 Environmental Management System Certification
Scheme IS/ISO 14001 Occupational Health and Safety Management
System Certification Scheme IS 18001 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Scheme
IS/ISO 22000 Service Quality Management System Certification
Scheme IS 15700 National Institute of Training for Standardization
It is a training institute of BIS which is set up in 1995.
It is functioning from Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
The primary activities of NITS are:- In-House and Open Training Programme for Industry
International Training Programme for Developing Countries
Training Programme to its employees.
Grievance Cell If any customer reports about the degraded
quality of any certified product at Grievance Cell, BIS HQs, BIS gives redressal to the
customer.
Small Scale Industry Facilitation Cell SSI Facilitation Cell became operational since
26 May 1997.
The aim of the Cell is to assist the small scale entrepreneurs who are backbone of the
Indian industry.
It has an incentive scheme to promote such units to get certified with ISI Mark.
National Building Code of India, 2005 It is a comprehensive building code for regulating
the building construction activities across the country which came with the contribution
of around 400 experts.
The code was first published in 1970 at the instance of the Planning Commission of India.
Draft Addition Preliminary Draft Amendment No. 1 to NBC 2005 Part 11 Approach to Sustainability
The BIS has put into circulation a preliminary draft amendment as Part-11 to NBC.
The BIS will accept comments, reaction from people in large till 15 March 2013,[1].
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Certification marks in India ISI mark
BIS hallmarkBureau of Indian Standards Agmark
FPO mark References
^ "THE BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS ACT, 1986".
Retrieved 23 December 1986.
^ BIS Annual Report 2006-07 ^ "Bureau of Indian Standards".
India Portal, National Informatics Centre, Indian Government.
Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "CHAPTER - VIII, BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS".
Ministry of Consumer affairs, Food and Public distribution, India.
Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Quality Management System and Certification".
Business Portal of Indian Government, National Informatics Centre.
Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TRAINING FOR STANDARDIZATION".
BIS, India.
Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "National Building Code updated".
The Hindu.
16 September 2006.
Retrieved 8 May 2012.
Indian Institute of Architects, Northern Chapter See the Draft
External links Indian Standard Codes for Civil Engineering
IS codes for brickwork IS codes for concrete work
IS codes for soil and Foundation engineering IS codes for Measurments
BIS Official Website www.StandardsBIS.in
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