BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS (Overview of BIS Activities)

1. OVERVIEW OF
BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS
(BIS)
ACTIVITIES

2. INTRODUCTION
BIS is the National Standard Body of India established
under the BIS Act 2016 for the harmonious development of
the activities of standardization, marking and quality
certification of goods and articles.
BIS has its Headquarters at New Delhi, 5 Regional Offices
and 41 Branch Offices. In addition, BIS has a Central Lab in
Sahibabad (U.P), 4 Regional Labs and 3 Branch Labs.
National Institute for Training in Standardization (NITS)
located in Noida imparts training in areas related to
standardization and quality
Bureau of Indian Standards (www.bis.gov.in)

3. ACTIVITIES OF BIS
 Standards Formulation (Standardization)
 Product Certification Scheme (Conformity assessment)
 Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS)
 Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme (FMCS)
 Management Systems Certification
 Hall Marking Scheme (HM)
 Laboratory Services
Contd…
Bureau of Indian Standards (www.bis.gov.in)

4. Activities of BIS(Contd..)
Bureau of Indian Standards (www.bis.gov.in)
• LABORATORY RECOGNITION SCHEME (LRS)
• DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN STANDARDS (BOTH HARD & SOFT
COPY)
• CONSUMER AFFAIRS ACTIVITIES (CAD & ENFORCEMENT)
• PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES (PUBLICITY)
• TRAINING SERVICES, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
• TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES

5. Chemical
Civil
Engineering
Electronics and
Information
Technology
Electrotechnical
Food and
Agriculture
Management
and Systems
Mechanical
Engineering
Medical
Equipment and
Hospital Planning
Metallurgical
Engineering
Petrochemical,
Coal & Related
Products
Production and
General
Engineering
Textiles
Transport
Engineering
Water
Resources
Service
sector
Division
Areas of Standardization

6. International Training Programme, 10 May 2012
Stage 2 : Building consensus among committee members
Stage 3: Building national consensus
STAGES OF STANDARD
FORMULATION

7. The ISO/IEC Guide 2 : Definition of conformity assessment is
“any activity concerned with determining directly or
indirectly that relevant requirements are fulfilled.”
Conformity assessment involves a set of processes that
show the product, service or system meets the requirements
of a standard.
WHAT IS CONFORMITY
ASSESSMENT?

8. WHY CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT ?
Conformity assessment is important to suppliers,
consumers, and regulators.
It enables producers to demonstrate that their
product(s) meet relevant design, performance and
safety standards and gives consumers confidence
when selecting products in the marketplace.
Standards are the key to any conformity
assessment activity. Standards are used to ensure
that a product or service measures up to its design
specifications and is safe for use

9. Bureau of
Indian
Standards
(Conformity
Assessment
)
Regulations,
2018
Scheme – I (ISI Mark)
based on scheme Type E as per Schedule-I
Scheme-II (Registration Mark )
based on scheme Type C as per Schedule-I
Scheme – III (Management system)
based on scheme Type ‘G’ as per
Schedule-I
Scheme – IV
(Grant of certificate of conformity)
based on scheme Type E as per Schedule-I
Scheme – V (Grant of certificate of
conformity for a batch or lot of goods)
based on scheme Type ‘B’ as per Schedule-I
Scheme – VI (Grant of certificate of
conformity for services)
based on scheme Type ‘F’ as per Schedule-I

10. Various Schemes under Schedule - II
Scheme Scope of the Scheme
I Grant of licence to use or apply Standard Mark on products as per Indian Standard
II Grant of licence to use or apply Standard Mark through registration based on self-
declaration of conformity for goods and articles as per Indian Standard
IV Grant of CoC for goods and articles as per any standard
V Grant of CoC for a batch or lot of products as per any standard
VII Grant of CoC for type approval of products as per any standard
III Grant of licence to use Standard Mark/CoC for management system as per Indian
Standard/Specified Requirements
VI Grant of CoC for services as per any standard

11. Management Systems Certification :-
● Bureau of Indian Standards has been operating Management Systems
Certification Scheme since 1991.
● Initially, BIS started the scheme with Quality Management System
Certification (IS/ISO 9001) and over the years it has gradually expanded its
activities to various other Management Systems.

12. Management Systems under certification:
•Quality Management System- IS/ISO 9001
•Environmental Management System- IS/ISO 14001
•Food Safety Management System- IS/ISO 22000
•Energy Management System- IS/ISO 50001
•Occupational Health & Safety Management System- IS 18001 & IS/ISO:45001
•Service Quality Management System- IS 15700
•Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)- IS 15000
•Medical Device Management System- IS/ISO 13485
•Social Accountability at Workplace- IS/ISO 16001
•Road Traffic Safety Management System Certification Scheme as per IS/ISO 39001
•Adventure Tourism Safety Management System as per IS / ISO 21101:2014 (New)
• Ready Mixed Concrete Certification Scheme as per ISO:9001 along with IS:4926
• Integrated Milk Certification Scheme for Packaged Pasteurized Milk as per IS:13688
along with ISO:22000 (New)
• Food Safety Audits (FSSAI Recognized) (New)
• Educational Organizations Management System (EOMS) (New)

13. Foreign Manufacturers Certification Scheme (FMCS)
•Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has been operating a Foreign
Manufacturers Certification Scheme (FMCS) since the year 2000 under BIS
Act, 2016 and Rules & Regulations framed there under.
•Under FMCS, licence is granted to a Foreign Manufacturer for use of
Standard Mark on a product that conforms to an Indian Standard.
• The Scheme is applicable for grant of licence for
all products except Electronics & IT Goods notified by MeitY
• The licence is granted by Foreign Manufacturers Certification Department
(FMCD) located at BIS Headquarters, New Delhi.
Contact Details :
Head (FMCD), Room No. 459, Manakalaya Building, Bureau of Indian
Standards, 9, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi – 110002.,
Telephone : 011-2323 0131/3375/9402.

14. Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS)
● Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) (erstwhile DeitY) has
notified "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement for Compulsory
Registration) Order, 2012" on 03 October 2012 for fifteen categories of electronics
items. Fifteen more product categories were added by MeitY under this order on 13
November 2014. MeitY has also notified Indian Standard for ‘Indian Language Support for
Mobile Phones’ on 24 October 2016. Another thirteen product categories were added by
MeitY under this order on 23 August 2017.
● As per the Orders, no person shall manufacture or store for sale, import, sell or distribute
goods which do not conform to the Indian standard specified in the order and do not bear the
Standard Mark with unique registration number obtained from BIS.
● Bureau of Indian Standards grants licence to the manufacturers to use or apply Standard Mark
with unique R-number, through registration based on self-declaration of conformity for goods
and articles as per Indian Standards. The grant of licence and its operation under Compulsory
Registration Scheme are carried out as per the conformity assessment scheme under Scheme
- II of Schedule - II of BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018’.

15. Laboratory Services Overview
● To protect consumer’s interest , BIS operates various conformity assessment
schemes. Under these schemes, BIS grants licenses/registrations to such
manufacturers who are capable of producing goods conforming to relevant
Indian Standards, on continuous basis. To support these scheme, which requires
testing of products on regular basis for checking conformity to the relevant
Indian Standards
● BIS Labs- 08
● BIS Recognized labs (OSL)- 265.
● Lab of national repute and eminence, facilities of which are being utilized by
BIS- 258.

16. Hall marking
● BIS Hallmarking Scheme has been aligned with International criteria on
hallmarking. As per this scheme, Registration is granted to the jewellers by BIS
under Hallmarking Scheme. The BIS certified jewellers can get their jewellery
hallmarked from any of the BIS recognized Assaying and Hallmarking Centres.
Hallmarking is the accurate determination and official recording of the
proportionate content of precious metal in precious metal articles. Hallmarks are
thus official marks used in many countries as a guarantee of purity or fineness of
precious metal articles.
● Total Jewellers registration – 111741.
● Total HM Assay centres – 982. (South-336, North-65, East- 208, West – 204 and
central- 168).

17. Hallmarking Contd..
● Consumer can get its jewellery/sample tested from any of the BIS
Recognized Assaying & Hallmarking Centre. The Assaying and Hallmarking
centre is required to issue Assay Report giving proper identifications as
marked on article.
● Procedure for Recognition of Assaying and Hallmarking Center.
→Online application along with fee.
→ Document scrutiny
→ Audit of the center by qualified Auditors.

18. ● Consumer Protection:
● Complaints Management & Enforcement Department (CMED) at BIS HQ in
New Delhi is working with Public Grievance Officers at all its Regional and
Branch Offices. Grievance/Complaint can be lodged regarding BIS certified
products under various schemes or Services rendered by BIS, in the
following manner:
● Through Consumer Engagement Portal on eBIS website at
www.manakonline.in
● Through BIS’ own mobile application BIS CARE which has been launched
recently.
● By contacting/writing to Public Grievance officer of the nearest Regional/
Branch office of BIS
● By email at complaints@bis.gov.in or By writing directly to the Head.

19. Overview of activities of BIS, Vijayawada
● VJBO is looking after product certification activities.
● We are sure that all the stakeholders utilize the services of our office in all
aspects and make ‘quality’ a buzz word every where in entire state.

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