Bureau of Indian Standards

Bureau of Indian Standards Latest News

Recently, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has published a number of standards for medical assistive technologies as a part of the NLEAP (National List of Essential Assistive Products) initiative.

About Bureau of Indian Standards

• It is the national standard body of India established under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act 2016.
• Objective: It was established for the harmonious development of the activities of standardization, marking, and quality certification of goods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
  • It is the successor of the Indian Standards Institution (ISI), which was created in 1947.
• BIS represents India in International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
• Nodal Ministry: It is functioning under the administrative control of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
• Headquarter: It is headquartered in New Delhi and maintains regional and branch offices throughout the country.

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Functions of Bureau of Indian Standards

• BIS has been providing traceability and tangibility benefits to the national economy in a number of ways by
  • Providing safe, reliable quality goods; 
  • Minimizing health hazards to consumers; 
  • Promoting exports and imports substitute; control over proliferation of varieties etc. through standardization, certification, and testing.
• It operates product certification schemes through which it grants licenses to manufacturers covering practically every industrial discipline, from agriculture and textiles to electronics.

Source: PIB