BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS ACT, 2016

OBJECTIVIES AND APPLICABILITY OF BIS ACT 2016

1. Bureau of Indian Standards act,2016 NAME – SOURAV ROLL NO – 143 SECTION – H

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 for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto BIS has been providing traceable and tangible benefits to the national economy in a number of ways – 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.

3. OBJECTIVES OF BIS ACT,2016 To set up the BIS or Bureau of Indian Standards as the National Standards Body of India Inclusion of goods, services and systems apart from articles and processes under the standardisation regime Enabling GoI to bring mandatary certifications regime such as article process or service considered vital from viewpoint of health, safety, environment, prevention of deceptive practices, establishment of peace and security and so forth This will assist consumers to receive ISI certified products and prevent import of below par products There will be multiple types of simplified conformity assessment schemes such as SDOC/ Self Declaration of Conformity against any standard to give multiple simplified options to manufacturers for standards adherence and certificate of conformity for improving the ease of doing business Enable the Centre to appoint any authority alongside BIS for verifying conformity of products and services to a standard and issue certificate of conformity

4. Enabling  GoI  to implement mandatory hallmarking of precious metal articles    • Boosting penal provisions for better and more effective compliance and compounding of offence for violations    • Providing recall, including product liability of products associated with the Standard Mark yet not conforming to relevant Indian Standards    • Repeal of the BIS Act 1986 

5. FUNCTIONS OF BIS

6. schemes of certification covered under BIS

7. PRODUCT CERTIFICATION The Product Certification Scheme of BIS aims at providing Third Party Guarantee of quality, safety and reliability of products to the customer Product Certifications are to be obtained voluntarily Presence of ISI certification mark, known as Standard Mark, on a product is an assurance of conformity to the specifications The manufacturer is permitted to self certify the licenced products after ascertaining its conformity to the Standard

8. PENALTY

9. For foreign manufacturers

10. HALLMARKING

11. ECO Mark Scheme The Government of India has instituted a scheme for labeling of environment friendly products to be known as ECO Mark. The scheme is being administered by the Bureau of Indian Standards. The Ecomark Scheme covers various product categories like Soaps and Detergents, Paints, Food Items, lubricating oils, Packaging materials/Package, Architectural Paints and Powder Coatings, Batteries, Electrical and electronic goods, Food Additives, Wood Substitutes, Cosmetics, Aerosols and Propellants, Plastic Products, Textiles, Fire-extinguisher, Leather and Coir & Coir Products.

12. Laboratory Services 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 has established a network of eight laboratories.

13. Mandatory certification scheme Mandatory certification scheme is bifurcated into ISI (Indian Standards Institute) Mark Scheme and Compulsory Certification Scheme (collectively referred to as 'Standard Mark'). ISI Mark Scheme is applicable for products such as cement, electrical appliances, baby food, etc. and Compulsory Certification is required mostly for IT/ electronic products. For procurement of the BIS certificate, the manufacturer has to ensure that the product is in compliance with the 'Indian Standard'.

14. BIS IS ENGAGED IN FORMULATION OF INDIAN STANDARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING SECTORS

15. EACH OF THESE SECTORS HAS A DIVISION COUNCIL TO OVERSEE AND SUPERVISE ITS WORK ​ BIS IS ENGAGED IN FORMULATION OF INDIAN STANDARDS FOR THE FOLLOWING SECTORS

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