INTRODUCTION TO BIS
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WHAT IS BIS ?
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is the national
standards body of India, working under the 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.
A New Bureau of Indian standards act 2016, which was
notified on 22nd March 2016, has been brought in to force
with effect from 12th Oct 2017.
The act establishes the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) as
national standards body of India
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OBJECTIVES OF BIS
Harmonious Development of activities of standardization,
Making & Quality certification of Goods.
To provide thrust to standardization & Quality control for
growth & Development of Industry on one hand and to
meet the needs of customers on the others
Functions of BIS
To protect consumers from Hazardous Product
For Promoting Consumer Confidence
To provide Safeguard to the public health
For providing Quality Assurance
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MAIN ACTIVITIES OF BIS
Standards Formulation
International Activates
Product Certification
Hallmarking
Laboratory Services
Training Services
Consumer Affairs & Publicity
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STANDARD FORMULATION
BIS Formulates Indian standards in line with national priorities for various sectors that have
been grouped under 14 departments like:
Chemical
Food & Agricultural
Civil Department
Electro – Technical
Electronics and Information Technologies
Mechanical Engineering
Management Systems
Metallurgical Engineering
Petroleum & Coal related products
Medical Equipment & Hospital Planning
Textile
Transport Engineering
Production & General Engineering
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Water Resources
PRODUCT CERTIFICATION
BIS operates for product certification scheme for
ensuring compliance to Indian standards presence of
BIS standard mark on product indicates conformity to
the relevant Indian standards.
BIS Certification is Voluntary in nature. How ever for
number of products, Compliance to Indian standards
made mandatory by the Central Government under
various statutes in public interest.
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BIS REGISTRATION / APPLICATION
PROCEDURE
The BIS registration procedure generally involves the licensing
process and surveillance process.
• The manufacturers submit the BIS registration application online in BIS website.
• The BIS officer will visit the factory for a preliminary inspection
• After the inspection, the product samples will be tested
• After completion of the evaluation, the BIS officer will derive the final result
• After the inspection process, the inspecting officer will conduct the surveillance
process to conduct a complete survey of the factory.
The following steps are involved under the surveillance process:
• The inspecting authority will visit the factory to testify the test results
• The inspecting officer will send the samples to the independent labs
• The test report will give feedback or brief on the investigation
• The performance review report will be prepared
• Once the report is reviewed, the BIS license is granted 7
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR BIS
CERTIFICATION
The documents vary depending on the type of BIS registration scheme. However, the general required
documents that a manufacturer needs to submit to the BIS for obtaining BIS certification are as follows:
Name and address proof of office and factory
Document showing the establishment of the manufacturing unit such as Incorporation Certificate or
Registration Certificate or Memorandum of Association, etc.
MSME/SSI certificate, if applicable
Manufacturing process flow covering all processes of manufacture (from raw material to finished product stage)
Manufacturing machinery list along with the machinery details
Details of outsourcing of manufacturing operation, if applicable
A detailed list of testing facilities and testing equipment list
Copies of valid calibration certificates of testing equipment
Third-party laboratory test report as per Indian Standards, if applicable
Layout plan of the factory premises and location plan of the factory
In-house or independent test report, if applicable
In case the application is signed by the authorized signatory, the authorization letter from CEO in the
authorized signatory name
In case of a foreign manufacturer or overseas applicant, nomination details of Indian agent and nomination form 8
TEST BARS & SAMPLE PREPARATION
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VALIDITY OF BIS CERTIFICATION
The BIS certification issued by the BIS is valid for One
year. The manufacturers can renew the BIS
certification when there is no change in the concerned
products and prescribed standards.
The renewed BIS certificate will be valid for at least
one year and a maximum of five years.
The renewal of the BIS certificate is subject to an
annual advance minimum marking fee and license fee.
However, if the renewal application of the BIS
certification is filed after the expiry period of the
certificate, the applicant needs to pay a late fee of
Rs.5000.
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HALLMARKING
Hallmarking of Gold Jewelry was started by BIS in
April 2000 to provide third party assurance to
consumers on the purity of gold jewelry or it’s
fitness.
The scheme for hallmarking of silver
jewelry/artefacts was launched on October 2005
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LABORATORY SERVICES OF BIS
To protect Consumer's Interest, BIS operates various conformity
assessments schemes, Under these schemes BIS grants
license / Registrations to such Manufactures who are capable to
producing goods confirming to relevant Indian standards, on
continuous basis.
To support these schemes, which requires testing of products on
regular basis for checking conformity to the relevant Indian
standards, BIS has established a network of 8 laboratories.
Mainly as follows:
Bhabha Atomic Research center (BARC) UP
Indian Jute Industries Research Association (IJIRA) Kolkata WB
Industrial Toxicology Research Center (ITRC) Lucknow UP
Defense Institute of Fire research, Delhi.
Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute. Kolkata WB
Central Institute of Fisheries Technologies. Cochin Kerala
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TRAINING SERVICES OF BIS
BIS Imparts training through National Institute of Training for
standardization (NITS) to technical & Management personnel
from Industry, consumer organizations, Public sector
undertakings, Government bodies.
The institute also conducts International training programs for
Developing countries under different co operation schemes of
Government of India.
Consumer Affairs
Consumer Awareness program
Industry Awareness programs
Educational utilization of standards programs
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